EU/Turkey

Esman: Turkey Placing Islam Above Child Welfare

The IPT Blog 13 March 2013

The government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants immigrant Turkish children adopted by non-Muslims in Europe removed from their new homes and given to

 

Turkey Supports Funding to Syrian Jihadist Rebels?

israelnationalnews 12 March 2013
By Chana Ya'ar

Turkey, a member of NATO and an ally of the United States, is reportedly supporting an effort by Arab nations and NGOs to fund radical Islamist rebel forces in Syria. The

 

Turkey: Police force woman to strip naked at police station

Today's Zaman 12 March 2013

A 23-year-old university student was allegedly forced to strip naked at a police station and videotaped during the process after she was summoned to testify after taking part

 

Turkey: Secularism and freedom of religion

Hurriyet Daily News 12 March 2013
By UMUT AZAK

According to a survey from 2008, around 70 percent of Turkish women covered their heads, and the prohibition of the headscarf for public servants and students in the name of

 

Turkey: Police force woman to strip naked at police station

Today's Zaman 12 March 2013

A 23-year-old university student was allegedly forced to strip naked at a police station and videotaped during the process after she was summoned to testify after taking part

 

Turkey Supports Funding to Syrian Jihadist Rebels?

israelnationalnews 12 March 2013
By Chana Ya'ar

Turkey, a member of NATO and an ally of the United States, is reportedly supporting an effort by Arab nations and NGOs to fund radical Islamist rebel forces in Syria. The

 

"Moderate" Turkey

Gatestone Institute 7 March 2013
By Ali Uyanik

Minorities have been classified by the political elite as dangerous for the nation. "We did not want to leave because the mob would then have gotten what it wanted: to

 

Turkish-Armenian journalist to face trial for insulting Prophet Mohammed

News.Az 7 March 2013

A Turkey-based Armenian journalist is going to face a court proceeding for using an insulting remark against Prophet Mohammed on his personal website. According to the

 

Turkey school to expand into UAE, Qatar

Trade Arabia 7 March 2013

Doga Schools, a leading education system in Turkey, revealed plans to set up 10 schools in the UAE and Qatar in the next five years at the ongoing Gulf Educational Supplies and

 

EU official: Erdogan’s comments ‘unacceptable’

The Jerusalem Post 6 March 2013
By HERB KEINON

It’s taken a week, but the EU has finally condemned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s characterization of Zionism as racism, with the body’s special envoy Andreas

 

Steinbach: "Erdogan is a populist"

Deutsche Welle 6 March 2013

Middle East expert Udo Steinbach explains the calculations that could be behind Prime Minister Erdogan's comparison of Zionism and fascism - and whether they will affect

 

Turkish PM Erdog(an continues harsh criticism of media

Hurriyet Daily News 6 March 2013

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today maintained his angry criticism toward a Turkish daily after it published the reported minutes of a Feb. 23 meeting between the

 

The Genex: New movie on Armenian genocide to feature Hollywood stars, due for release in 2015

armenianow 5 March 2013

Plans for a new movie dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide have been revealed, with a number of Hollywood stars expected to be involved in the

 

Turkish General Hits German Female Soldier

Islam versus Europe 5 March 2013

Again and again we see that the primitive Muslim male cannot endure the sight of a woman in authority. Here we have yet more evidence of it from Turkey, where German soldiers

 

Turkish group seeks Islamic debt for Istanbul finance hub

ANSAmed 5 March 2013

Agaoglu Group, a Turkish company with interests in construction, energy and tourism, plans to raise USD 2 billion in Islamic debt to finance the construction of Istanbul's

 

Fundamentally Freund: Time to teach Turkey a lesson

The Jerusalem Post 5 March 2013
By MICHAEL FREUND

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has done it again. Despite his extensive efforts to masquerade as an enlightened and civilized statesman, his temper got the best of

 

Turkey: Famous fifth-century monastery to be turned into a mosque

JihadWatch 4 March 2013

More indication of the rapid Islamization of Turkey. It is noteworthy also that none of the world's "human rights" organizations seem concerned about this, or the worsening

 

Jews are Number One Target of Hate Speech in Turkey

The Jewish Press 4 March 2013
By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A Turkish foundation created in memory of a slain Armenian and human rights activist and journalist, Hrant Dink, revealed in its bi-annual report on discrimination in Turkish

 

Turkey: Muslim murderer complains that he is being treated like a "Christian"

JihadWatch 4 March 2013

Recep Cetin has admitted that he murdered two women from Ireland, but that is not the point of this post. What is noteworthy is that in his complaint here, Cetin seems to

 

J'lem welcomes condemnation of Erdogan's remarks

The Jerusalem Post 4 March 2013
By HERB KEINON

Jerusalem "welcomes” the condemnation by international leaders of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent characterization of Zionism as a crime against humanity,

 
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