Turkey’s Thugocracy
As in 1908-1912, journalists are at the center of the government’s rage.
Why We Should Assume Erdogan Played a Role in the Ankara Bombing
ISIS involvement must have taken place with the connivance of Turkish intelligence.
Between Ankara and Jerusalem: A Festival of Incitement and Blood
Wherever radical Islam raises its head, the result is destruction and bloodshed.
The Politics of Lies
“There is no more rule of law.” — Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s prime minister for 22 years.
Limits to Self-Criticism in the Muslim World
Murat Yetkin, our editor-in-chief, mentioned in his Sept. 24 column “a self-criticism of the Islamic world by a top Turkish official in Mecca.”
Why Do Muslims Flock to The “Evil West”?
Officially, Muslim Turkey is home to the largest number of Syrian refugees (1.9 million).
Middle East Provocations And Predictions
A region notorious for its problems also offers some good news.
Turkey: America’s Really Bad “Faustian Bargain”
Turkey cannot fight the Islamic State (IS) and the Kurds, who are the essential ground force of any coalition campaign against IS, at the same time forever.
Sorry, Egypt No Longer a Province of the Ottoman Empire
The neo-Ottoman ambitions of Turkey’s Islamists, to make Egypt a “neo-khedivate,” have crashed into the wall of Middle Eastern realities.
Turkey: Payback Time?
It came as no surprise that the Islamic State recently threatened to “conquer Istanbul.”
