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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,
Turkey Demanding Return of Adopted Children
Abigail R. Esman 4 March 2013
By Abigail R. Esman
Imagine: You adopt a young child, a toddler whose biological parents abused him, or a small girl whose mother abandoned her at birth. You raise the child as your own in a
Islamophobia: 'A Crime against Humanity'
American Thinker 4 March 2013
By JanSuzanne Krasner
The UN and its arms across the world have become a platform for some of its member to spew propaganda and racial hatred against the U.S. and Israel while cloaking their own crimes against humanity
At a recent UN Conference in Vienna, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the podium to address the 2,000 participants, including the UN Secretary-General, the Emir of Qatar, the presidents of Austria and Romania, foreign ministers from Iran and Spain, about crimes against humanity.
PKK terror financier taken into custody
Money Jihad 1 March 2013
A Kurdish-Swede has been arrested by Spaniards along with 21 other PKK terrorists in Spain and France. The operatives reportedly imposed a common Marxist guerrilla fundraising
The UN’s Alliance Of Bigots
Canada Free Press 1 March 2013
By Joseph A. Klein
The United Nations "Alliance of Civilizations,” co-founded by Turkey and Spain, has an annual budget of approximately four million U.S. dollars. It just completed its Fifth Global Forum this past week in Vienna. The ostensible theme of the lavish two-day gathering was "Responsible Leadership in Dialogue and Diversity."
Alliance of Civilizations is yet another in a long string of United Nations forums wasting money with false hopes
According to its appropriately named "Vienna Declaration,” the forum was aimed, among other things, at an informed debate on how responsible leadership can make a difference in promoting and protecting full enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion and belief in "a context of religious pluralism” and "greater diversity.”
Turkish Prime Minister Denies Israel’s Right to Exist
FrontPage Magazine 1 March 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
We’ve gone way past the illusion that this is about Turkey’s opposition to Israel’s blockade of Hamas or the Turkish ambassador feeling insulted or a sudden outbreak of concern
'Erdogan Uses Denigration of Israel to Walk Islamist Street'
israelnationalnews 1 March 2013
By Rachel Hirshfeld
The Simon Wiesenthal Center decried UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s silence at a UN conclave in Vienna as Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan charged that Zionism is "a crime
Turkey’s National Action Party Resists Peace With PKK
Al-Monitor 1 March 2013
By Caleb Lauer
ISTANBUL —Two dozen retired men, most in woolen blazers, turned their chairs to the café’s center table. A grey-haired member of parliament in a black overcoat had taken a
White House condemns Erdogan's anti-Zionist comments
The Jerusalem Post 1 March 2013
The White House on Thursday condemned comments made by Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he denounced Zionism. "We reject Prime Minister Erdogan's
Video: Turkey’s Erdogan Calls Zionism A "Crime Against Humanity” at UN Conference
UN Watch 28 February 2013
UN Watch expressed shock over anti-Jewish remarks delivered by Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan at a UN summit for tolerance, and urged UN chief Ban Ki-moon — who was present on the stage yet stayed silent — to speak out and condemn the speech.
The Geneva-based human rights group also called on Erdogan to apologize, and hoped US President Obama would press him to do so.
Turkey: Reuniting The Ottoman Empire – Analysis
Eurasia Review 28 February 2013
By Brett Daniel Shehadey
Turkey is reportedly in pursuit of a better alternative to the EU. They have been engaged in a stall of civilizations with their European neighbors and may sue for
Turkey reaches out to EU while embracing Islamicization
National Post 27 February 2013
By Araminta Wordsworth
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: Not even the Turks seem very upbeat about their government’s
Turkish Youths Approve of Holocaust on Dutch TV
Bad News from the Netherlands 27 February 2013
On a program of the Dutch NTR TV station, a number of Dutch Turkish youths said that they approved of the Holocaust. One of them said, "What Hitler did to the Jews is fine with
Turkey: only 1 in 3 consider Turkey 'democratic', poll
ANSAmed 27 February 2013
Only one in three Turks, or 34.2% of the population, considers Turkey a 'fully democratic country', according to a poll on social and political trends by the Kadir Has
Turkey wants to retrieve kids fostered outside their culture
The Associated Press 27 February 2013
By Ceren Kumova
Turkey has embarked on a campaign to retrieve children of Turkish immigrant families living in Europe who are fostered by foreigners, and instead place them in homes where
‘Empire strikes back’: Turkish seculars oppose ‘Ottoman dress’ for hostesses
Al Arabiya News 26 February 2013
Turkey’s proposed new more modest dress code for its flight attendants has been criticized by the country’s seculars with some Twitter users deriding the new suggested uniforms
Chechen and Caucasus Islamists in Syria: Turkey, Russian Federation and UK Policies
Pakistan Christian Post 26 February 2013
By Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker
It is odious for the British government to claim that you have to support "a so-called third force” in Syria, while the secular government of this nation is fighting international jihadists, sectarianism and forces of sedition
The same equivalent would be to attack the central government of Afghanistan and Iraq, while both nations face a deadly Islamist insurgency. However, the United Kingdom wants to increase the pressure on Syria by arming "a third force” while Syria is being attacked by various Islamist factions.
Turkey’s Failed Attempt at Democratization
International Affairs Review 25 February 2013
By Robert Ellis
Turkey has signalled a shift from European to Islamic values
U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone incurred the wrath of the Turkish government when he drew attention to the shortcomings of the country’s legal system.
Military leaders ar blocked up as if they were terrorists, parliamentary deputies and university professors are detained on unclear charges, and non-violent student protesters are imprisoned for protesting tuition hikes as evidence.
Despite this, the United States remains a staunch supporter of Turkey’s European Union membership.
