When the Sultan took in Jewish refugees
By +972 Blog |Published January 25, 2018 Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, saved my family’s life during the Spanish Inquisition. The Israeli government could learn a […]
Turkish forces push into Syria, clash with Kurdish militia
By Reuters – Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish armoured vehicles move towards Hassa district of Hatay, Turkey, as part of the ‘Operation Olive Branch’ on Sunday (Anadolu Agency photo) […]
View from Jordan: Ominous signs in Syria’s Afrin
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Turkey’s military intervention in the northern Syrian city of Afrin under the code name “Olive Branch” will certainly complicate the already complicated conflict in Syria. Ankara has been threatening all along to strike at the so-called Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) deployed along its southern border with […]
Why is Turkey attacking Syria?
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria. The BBC’s Mark Lowen explains why – and why now. Original Source
Syria: Turkey war planes launch strikes on Afrin
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria, in a move likely to cause tensions with the US. Turkey wants to oust […]
The next Kurdish war is on the horizon – Turkey and Syria will never allow it to create a mini-state
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 18 January 2018 Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of […]
View from Turkey: US insincerity in combating terrorism in the Middle East
SAADET ORUÇ @saadetoruc Helping PKK-affiliated factions to form a force in northern Syria will pave the way for Daesh to act more freely in the region The United States plan to charge terrorist factions in northern Syria with enhancing security has brought the role of Daesh and the international struggle […]
US-led coalition denies report that ex-Daesh militants joined SDF
RAGIP SOYLU @ragipsoylu WASHINGTON AFP Photo The United States-led military coalition against Daesh has dismissed the allegation that dozens of former Daesh members and officials had joined the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) had tortured two civilians to death in Manbij. “No, the allegations… […]
Turkish anger over new Kurdish-led border security force in Syria
Menekse Tokyay | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 ANKARA: Turkey reacted with undisguised anger on Sunday to plans by the US-led coalition against Daesh to establish a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led […]
Turkish gym gives lifetime pass to Syrian boy gazing through window
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published January 8, 2018 A few days after a photo of him gazing through a gym window went viral, Muhammad Khaled, a Syrian boy who works as […]
Turkey, OIC’s Jerusalem strategy must include BDS
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian Protesters in Paris demonstrate against Israel’s first officially sanctioned new West Bank settlement in more than 25 years, April 1, 2017. Adopting a Boycott, Divestment and […]
Wellesley College Lecture: Trump, Populism, and Muslims
Mustafa Akyol (born 1972) is a Turkish writer and journalist. He is the author of Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty, long-listed in 2012 for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award […]
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Agency Promotes Child Marriage
JANUARY 4, 2018 BY MICHAEL STONE, 2 COMMENTS Aisha was a child bride: Under Islamic law girls as young as nine may marry, according to Turkey’s religious affairs state agency. Earlier this week Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs – or Diyanet – which is responsible for administering religious institutions and […]
Turkish child marriage religious document sparks anger
Source: BBC News Turkey’s main opposition party has called for a parliamentary inquiry after the directorate of religious affairs said that, under Islamic law, girls as young as nine could […]
Why Turkey’s president was among thousands in Konya paying homage to Rumi
Source: The Washington Post By Erin Cunningham KONYA, Turkey — Nestled in Turkey’s Anatolian heartland, Konya is both an economic boomtown and a bastion of conservatism — a modern Turkish city with deep Islamic […]
Garbage collector Syrian finds gold in trash, hands it to Turkish police
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A Syrian man making a living by collecting recyclable garbage in an eastern Turkish city was hailed for taking gold jewelry he found in a dumpster to […]
From an Arab point of view: Sizing up the Turkish threat
Fadi Esber | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 In his magnum opus “Strategic Depth,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top foreign policy adviser Ahmet Davutoglu predicted that one day popular uprisings would […]
AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across […]
Turkey, Saudi Arabia key for ensuring peace in the region, PM Yıldırım says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Crown Prince Salman (L) and PM Yıldırım Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two key countries for ensuring permanent peace and stability in the Middle East, Prime […]