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AKP Sees to Control Society – but can it?

The liberals who were instrumental in legitimating the ascension of the Justice and development party (AKP) are now dramatically revoking their support for the Islamic conservatives… Continue reading

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Guarantees Of Peace

Peace will not come as long as the powers abet Arab visions of a paradise on earth, encourage them in their hopes of destroying and inheriting Israel, and equip them with the instruments for the undertaking. The prospect of peace will appear on the horizon when the Arab leaders realize that they cannot change the… Continue reading

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Poster Art of the Armenian Genocide

By the end of the nineteenth century, there were some 300,000 Armenians in Iran (Persia at the time) representing almost 3% of the Iranian population of 1900. The massacres at the end of 19th century and early 20th century brought more Armenian refugees… Continue reading

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The Cause Of The Conflict

The nature of the Arab purpose in Palestine was illumined, was indeed dramatized, by the clash between the terrorist organizations and the Jordanian government that began September 1970. Not an ideological confrontation nor the result of a difference of opinion on the proper fate of Israel… Continue reading

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The Jewish Presence in Palestine

Promoted by two such powerful forces as Soviet assertions and Arab propaganda, the claim of Arab historical rights has become a central element in the international debate. By sheer weight of noise, it has impressed many otherwise knowledgeable and well meaning people. The facts of history are… Continue reading

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Jordan’s King Abdullah Meets Greek Foreign Minister

Jordan’s King Abdullah met with Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments in the Middle East peace process… Continue reading

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Diplomatic Incident Between Iran and Turkey on “Slaughter of Armenians”

A vice president’s mention of the slaughter of the Armenian people in World War I has sparked a diplomatic incident between Iran and Turkey this week. Speaking at a conference titled… Continue reading

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Israeli Sovereignty Over Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria

It is widely accepted, but not correct, that the West Bank belongs to the local Arabs in Palestine who call themselves Palestinians. Israel’s position has not recently been fully stated. At most, it is said that… Continue reading

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Crusade Propaganda

Since September 11 2001, the crusades are news and are quite possibly the most misunderstood event in European history. So, what do the medieval crusades have to do with… Continue reading

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The Turkish Atrocities In Bulgaria

More than 5,000 of the 7,000 inhabitants of the Bulgarian town of Batak, including women and children, were raped, slaughtered, beheaded or burned alive by Ottoman irregulars who left piles of dead bodies around the town square and church… Continue reading

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Retired Turkish Ambassadors Statement: Erdogan is Caught Up in Neo-Ottomanism

Retired ambassadors hit back at Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s criticisms of Foreign Ministry diplomats, saying no diplomat deserves to be the target of such uninformed speech… Continue reading

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Erdogan’s Turkey, Islamism and the Ottoman Empire

Under the Islamist Erdogan government, Turkey can no longer be considered an ally of Israel or the West… Continue reading

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Turkey’s Brinkmanship Against Israel

The Gaza Flotilla was a well-calculated stunt by Turkey’s Islamist AKP government to punish Israel, not only for the Islamists’ inherent hatred for Israel and Jews, but also for Israel’s past… Continue reading

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Gaza Flotilla’s Leader Yildirim Explains That It Was a Jihadist Attack

Thus, more than any other individual, Yildirim represents the thinking behind the operation, its direction, and the creation of a militarized group on board that started the violence in order to achieve the intended result… Continue reading

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‘Gaza Flotilla’ Organizer Bülent Yıldırım at Hamas Rally in Gaza 2009

Bülent Yildirim is the main organizer of the Gaza Flotilla and his organization is linked to Islamic terror groups. The Gaza Flotilla was not a Humanitarian mission, but… Continue reading

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Bring Back the Caliphate

The Islamists’ embrace of Osman, a descendant of the westernized Ottoman sultans, provides a periscope into the Islamist mind: Islamism is not about religion or reality. Rather it is a myth and a subversion of reality intended to promote Islamism… Continue reading

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The Balfour Declaration of 1917

The Balfour Declaration was a statement of support made by the British Government [the War Cabinet] for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael. It was… Continue reading

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Will Turkey Lead a Revived Islamic Empire?

In 2005, the National Intelligence Council, or NIC, produced a report called, “Mapping the Global Future: Project 2020.” According to this report, within the next several years, we may expect to see the emergence of a fledgling caliphate, or revived Islamic empire… Continue reading

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Obama Again Avoids To Use The Word ‘Genocide’ In Armenian Remembrance Message

US President Barack Obama declined, for a second time, to use the word “genocide” to describe the atrocities experienced by Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire a century ago… Continue reading

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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

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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

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The Armenian Genocide and The Turks

The month of April marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. Between 1915 and 1918, some 800,000 to 1.5 million people were murdered in what is now eastern Turkey, or died on death marches in the northern Syrian desert. It was one of the first genocides of the 20th century… Continue reading

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The Sykes – Picot agreement (1916)

The Sykes-Picot (-Sazonov) agreement, concluded on 16 may 1916, was an agreement between the Governments of Britain and France and with the consent of the Russian Empire about dividing the Middle East in spheres of influence… Continue reading

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McMahon – Husayn Correspondence (1915-1916)

At the awakening of Arab Nationalism and the start of the first World War (1914-1918), the European Governments attempted to gain the sympathies of the Arabs with promises of independence from the Ottoman Empire and other foreign powers… Continue reading

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The Arabs in the Holy Land – Natives or Immigrants?

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were practically no Muslim Arabs in the Holy Land. By contrast, the Jews, despite 2000 years of persecution and forced conversions by various conquerors, have throughout most of history been the majority population there. In Jerusalem Jews were always the largest demographic group, except for periods when conquerors specifically threw them out and prevented them from returning… Continue reading