Posted on Mon, June 25, 2012 at 13:45 pm CEST
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Turkey trots toward Islamism

The Turkish regime is gradually suppressing freedom as its society moves steadily toward a more hardline Islamic identity… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Islamism • Neo-Ottomanism • Politics • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, November 24, 2010 at 17:03 pm CET
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Changing Of The Guard: Judicial Reforms Reinforce Concerns About the AKP’s Increasing Authoritarianism

The restructuring of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), which is responsible for appointments and disciplinary procedures in the Turkish judicial system, was one of the key reforms in the package of constitutional amendments which were approved in a referendum… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, April 22, 2010 at 14:20 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Transformation Under The AKP

The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a party rooted in Turkey’s Islamist opposition, to government in 2002 introduced new social, political, and foreign policy winds across the Turkish society. After seven years of AKP rule, the Anatolian Turks are bending over to the power of the AKP, orthopraxy and the Islamist mindset in foreign policy are taking hold… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, April 16, 2010 at 23:31 pm CEST
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There Can Be No Talk Of Genocide

In a SPIEGEL interview, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discusses Ankara’s relationship with the European Union, the debate over genocide against the Armenians and his role as a mediator in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear policy… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • Iran • Israel • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, April 7, 2010 at 21:24 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Regime Marches Toward Islamism

More evidence piles up every day that the Turkish government is moving toward radical Islamism yet Western policymakers pretend it merely combines a nice flavor of moderate Islam combined with democracy… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Israel • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, April 7, 2010 at 20:44 pm CEST
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How Turkey Manufactured a Coup Plot

On Feb. 22, Cetin Dogan, a retired four-star Turkish Army general, was detained and subsequently imprisoned by Turkish prosecutors, accused of masterminding an elaborate plot in 2002 and 2003 to topple the country’s newly elected conservative Islamist government… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Turkey