Qatar and the Saudis – Getting Ready for the Next Round
The demands have been retracted, but reconciliation is not at hand.
Erdoğan: French Words in Turkish Are Foreign, Arabic Ones Aren’t
Language has been part of Erdoğan’s campaign to make Turkey more Islamic and more Turkish.
Violence Against Women: Some Inconvenient Data for the Corrupt UN
According to the Global Gender Gap Index of the World Economic Forum, there is not a single overwhelmingly Muslim nation in the best 50 scoring list of countries.
Turkey’s Failed Grand Design for the Middle East
Once again, Turkey’s leaders were trapped by their own ideological shallowness into betting on a losing horse.
Soft Sharia in Turkey
Turkey, once a semi-modern state, is now drifting fast into the Sharia order — without the name Sharia.
Turkish Funding in Jerusalem Could Be “Explosive”
A report published by Israel Hayom has outlined 63 Turkish-funded projects in the Jerusalem’s Arab sector.
Turkey’s Hunger-Strike ‘Terrorists’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in an odd mood: He is trying to convince the international community that he is not Hitler.
Jewish, Christian, Muslim Leaders Feast Together for Interfaith Ramadan Break-Fast in Istanbul
More than 750 people from different religions and nationalities, including Jewish and Christian clergy, joined a leading Muslim figure for an annual feast hosted by the organization, the Movement for the Culture of Peace and Reconciliation.
Germany: Wave of Muslim Honor Killings
2017 is nevertheless on track to be a record year for honor violence in Germany;
Don’t Believe the Hype about Turkey’s Weapons Industry
This could be bad news for those companies from a longer term perspective, no matter how much Ankara continues to push them.