Monthly Archives: July 2017

One of the two main drivers of anti-American sentiment among youths in Turkey is the relentless campaign by a militant neo-nationalist group led by Doğu Perinçek, a former foe who turned into an ally of embattled Turkish President Recep Tayyip … Continue reading →

Turkey’s strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blinked in the face possible economic sanctions when he saw that Germany means business by finally deciding to take some concrete actions as opposed to a long-running policy of appeasement that played into the … Continue reading →

Increasingly isolated Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears set to stir up some troubles for Europe, starting in the Balkans, as part of his belligerent posturing designed to intimidate his regional and global opponents into brokering a deal that … Continue reading →

The network of Turkey’s highly controversial charity group the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı, or IHH in Turkish), a pro-government Islamist organization that was accused of smuggling arms … Continue reading →

The Cordoba Youth Movement (Kurtuba Gençlik Hareketi), an al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist group linked to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, has now set its eyes on Africa and Southeast Asia, expanding its network under ostensibly charitable works. The group appears … Continue reading →

Jihadist cells linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have not only taken root in conservative, nationalist and predominantly religious provinces in Turkey’s heartland and the Southeast but also in western provinces where the … Continue reading →

The ambassador of China in the Turkish capital of Ankara would be better off by getting additional security in the aftermath of threatening remarks by radical Turkish imam and family cleric of the Turkish president Nureddin Yıldız, whose venomous preaching … Continue reading →

The primary reason why Turkey’s autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his associates target human rights defenders by bringing absurd terrorism and espionage charges is to undermine their credibility, discredit their invaluable work in exposing massive human rights violations and … Continue reading →

The Erdoğan regime’s destabilizing long arm in cultivating recruitments among Turkish expatriates abroad to serve the interests of the current Turkish government’s Islamist policies has apparently been upgraded to a new 2.0 version with an aggressive campaign to enlist allies … Continue reading →

The Turkish government under autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s perpetual emergency rule last week expanded its definition of terrorism by calling the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) “accomplices of terror” and “pawns of foreign powers.” Considering that the CHP … Continue reading →