Erdogan’s new agenda covers cratering the economy, busting terror-financing sanctions, unjustified jailing, declining in the polls – and now, provoking an unprecedented rift with NATO…
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For five years since the dramatic, bloody coup attempt, Erdogan has claimed traditional allies abandoned Turkey in its hour of need, justifying ongoing purges and…
Turkey’s president has outlived, in office, sparring partner Netanyahu. But the long-standing hostility of Israel’s new coalition members to Turkey’s strongman could derail Erdogan’s plans…
Turkey’s ultranationalists, led by President Erdogan, must be applauding the revisionism of academics like Benny Morris, who seem determined to let Turkey get away with…
Conventional wisdom suggests the more Israel’s relations with Ankara and Erdogan deteriorate, then the more likely the Knesset will recognize the Armenian genocide. There’s just…
Thanks to Netanyahu, the regressive, contemptible theocrats of Noam are now within touching distance of unprecedented political power to push their agenda for Israel from…
Turkey needs U.S.-friendly allies. And Israel needs a solid regional front against Iran. Paying a modest ‘price’ to a needy Erdogan could gain Israel a…
Erdogan’s ‘Human Rights Action Plan’ is part of his campaign to convince Biden and Europe that Turkey is a reliable strategic partner. It’s a weak…
The HDP in Turkey and the Joint List in Israel crafted an unprecedented political renaissance for their countries’ Kurdish and Arab minorities. But now Erdogan…
In his three minute video address for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Turkey’s president didn’t even mention the word ‘Jew.’ And in his listing of genocides,…
The U.S. has slapped sanctions on Turkey. Europe is losing patience with Erdogan. Relations with Russia and Iran aren’t rosy, and Ankara shouldn’t count on…
A new central bank governor and finance minister won’t mean anything as long as the president is enforcing his destructive policies Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The campaign by the leaders of Pakistan and Turkey against blasphemy and free speech in France, aided by their cynical abuse of the Holocaust, is…
Pakistan and Turkey’s campaign against free speech in France, aided by a cynical abuse of the Holocaust, is duplicitous in the extreme. With extremist Muslim…
Israel has a lot at stake in the eastern Mediterranean. Would Biden deal with Ankara’s aggression differently from Trump? Can Israel rely on him –…
Thanks to the Gulf, Israel no longer needs its oil-for-arms alliance with a Baku in bed with Erdogan’s ultranationalist military adventurism. For moral and strategic…
The real problem Erdogan has with the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization deals with Israel is how little Turkey now matters Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The real problem Erdogan has with the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization deals with Israel is how little Turkey now matters Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Faced with economic shambles, a static political base and brewing conflict in the Mediterranean, Erdogan is investing in propaganda videos that glorify his ‘New Turkey’…