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  • RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017

    04/16/2017 2:46:23 PM PDT · by BeauBo · 119 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | 16 April 2017 | STEVEN A. COOK
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t just win his constitutional referendum — he permanently closed a chapter of his country’s modern history... Whether they understood it or not, when Turks voted “Yes”, they were registering their opposition to the Teşkilât-ı Esasîye Kanunu and the version of modernity that Ataturk imagined and represented. Though the opposition is still disputing the final vote tallies, the Turkish public seems to have given Erdogan and the AKP license to reorganize the Turkish state and in the process raze the values on which it was built.
  • Turkey: Muslim cleric says giving Erdogan dictatorial powers is Islamic obligation

    04/16/2017 2:20:50 PM PDT · by LSUfan · 21 replies
    Jihad Watch ^ | 15 Apr 17 | Robert Spencer
    Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, wrote in a column on Thursday that casting a “yes” vote in a referendum on April 16 is a fard, the Islamic term for a religious obligation.
  • Erdogan reported to have won Turkey Referendum

    04/16/2017 10:09:50 AM PDT · by struggle · 27 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 4/16/2017
    Happy Easter. Erdogan has won the referendum by a very slim margin, most votes originating in Europe by Turks living there (who won't be affected). Major cities all voted against the bill which strips the parliament of much of its power and gives it to Erdogan.
  • Christian Orthodox Leader Calls on Erdogan to Repent and Convert from Islam or Find Himself in Hell

    04/16/2017 3:46:37 AM PDT · by BlessedBeGod · 12 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | April 15, 2017 | Jim Hoft
    Full Title:   Christian Orthodox Leader Calls on Erdogan to Repent and Convert from Islam or Find Himself in Hell with Mohammad Greek Orthodox Bishop, Metropolit Seraphim of Piraeus caused a controversy this week when he wrote Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and urged him to convert to Christianity.Seraphim told Erdogan to make Vladimir Putin his godfather in a 37 page letter. He warned Erdogan he may find himself in hell with Mohammad.Neoskosmos reported: Greek Orthodox Bishop, Metropolit Seraphim of Piraeus has caused controversy by urging Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert to Orthodoxy with Russian President Vladimir Putin as...
  • Turkey probes senator, ex-CIA director over links to cleric

    04/15/2017 11:44:29 AM PDT · by HarleyLady27 · 18 replies
    Associated Press ^ | April 15, 2017 | Associated Press
    Instanbul's chief prosecutor's office has launched the mother of all probes and Sen. Chuck Schumer, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, and ex-CIA director Brennan are among those named for their alleged links to cleric Fethullah Gulen.
  • Turkey in final referendum push as jihadists detained

    04/14/2017 10:04:19 AM PDT · by ColdOne · 5 replies
    yahoo.com ^ | 4/14/17 | afp/ [AFP] Stuart WILLIAMS and Fulya OZERKAN
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday made a final push for votes in a referendum on expanding his powers, as the authorities said they had foiled a possible jihadist plot against the poll. Opinion polls -- usually treated with caution in Turkey -- have predicted a tight outcome on Sunday despite the considerable advantages of the 'Yes' campaign in both airtime and campaign resources. The referendum will take place under a state of emergency that has been in place since last summer's failed coup, which has seen some 47,000 arrested in the biggest crackdown in Turkey's history.
  • Syria gains more upgraded Su-24M2 bombers

    04/13/2017 7:40:49 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 14 replies
    Arabian Aerospace ^ | 13 April 2017 | Jon Lake
    The Syrian Arab Armed Forces are receiving 10 examples of the Sukhoi Su-24M2 'Fencer-D' attack aircraft from Russia, augmenting an unknown number of existing 'Fencers'. Jon Lake reports. Before the on-going deliveries began, Syria had received 22 Su-24s in total. Some 20 downgraded Su-24MK export versions were delivered from the Soviet Union in 1990, and these were augmented in the mid-1990s by single examples of the Su-24MK and the Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft, which were donated by Libya after Syria provided support for Libya’s own ‘Fencer’ fleet. The aircraft are operated by 819 squadron at T4 (Tyas) Airbase in Central Syria,...
  • Wife of Imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson Receives Personal Letter from Vice President Pence

    04/13/2017 11:27:26 AM PDT · by WayneM · 8 replies
    The Layman ^ | APRIL 12, 2017 | CeCe Hal
    Wife of Imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson Receives Personal Letter from Vice President Pence (By CeCe Hal, American Center for Law and Justice). On the heels of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s wife personal meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson concerning the wrongful imprisonment of her husband, she received a personal letter from Vice President Pence assuring that “Andrew’s case remains a top priority of the U.S. government….” In the letter, Vice President Pence wrote, “I can assure you both that the State Department and this White House, under President Trump’s leadership, consider Andrew’s release and reunification with you and...
  • Erdogan: “Europe is collapsing…Europe will pay for what they have done” ...

    04/12/2017 8:28:48 AM PDT · by Rusty0604 · 41 replies
    Jihad Watch ^ | 04/12/2017 | Christene Williams
    When Islamic supremacists get a whiff of weakness, they zero in with calculated determination. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated: “They said a century ago that we were the ‘sick man.’ Now they are the ‘sick man.’ Europe is collapsing.” Erdogan, a dangerous combination of ruthless and off-the-hinges, recently declared a clash between “the cross and the crescent” over an EU headscarf ban in the workplace, while his foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu declared that “holy wars” will soon begin in Europe. Erdogan also stated: “You have seen what happened in Europe. Why did they go crazy? Why did they go...
  • Erdogan is Preparing to Pray in the Hagia Sophia Next [Good] Friday

    04/09/2017 11:13:00 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 18 replies
    AsiaNews ^ | Nat da Polis
    The President will pray together with members of his party and the religious leaders in Istanbul. The event falls two days before the referendum, to garner the Muslim vote. Transformation of the ancient Christian basilica into a museum rejected. Erdogan: Kemalism is dead.Istanbul (AsiaNews) - The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to go to pray next Friday April 14 in Saint Sophia in Constantinople, the church declared a museum by the father of Republican Turkey Kemal Ataturk in 1934. Erdogan will not be alone: ​​He will be accompanied by representatives of his party AKP (Muslim extraction) and religious...
  • Armenian Genocide Library Opens in Washington

    04/07/2017 7:56:25 AM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies
    Massis Post ^ | April 6, 2017
    WASHINGTON, DC — Historians and researchers studying the Armenian Genocide will have a chance to use over 5000 publications in the Armenian Genocide library in Washington, DC Voice of America reported. The opening ceremony of the Armenian National Institute’s (ANI) Genocide library was held on April 5. The Armenian and English books presented here provide detailed information on the Armenian Genocide. ... Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan also attended the library opening ceremony. He welcomed the creation of the library and the cooperation prospect with Armenia.
  • Erdogan says Turks in Europe should defy 'grandchildren of Nazism'

    04/03/2017 9:43:39 AM PDT · by C19fan · 7 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 3, 2017 | David Dolan
    President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Turkish voters in Europe to defy the "grandchildren of Nazism" and back a referendum this month on changing the constitution, comments likely to cause further ire in Europe. Erdogan has repeatedly lashed out at European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, in campaigning for the referendum, accusing them of "Nazi-like" tactics for banning his ministers from speaking to rallies of Turkish voters abroad.
  • Is Rex Tillerson taking up the cause of Pastor Andrew Brunson? (Now languishing in a Turkish jail)

    04/02/2017 7:03:31 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 3 replies
    Hotair ^ | 04/01/2017 | Jazz Shaw
    If the answer to the title question is yes (and that’s still a big “if” at this point) then the response should be that it’s about time. Pastor Andrew Brunson has been languishing in one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cells for more than five months on trumped up charges that he’s somehow associated with terrorists in that country. The lack of attention to this situation by Barack Obama was an infuriating embarrassment. The continued lack of action on the part of the Trump administration was an outrage. But perhaps that’s finally changing. A new report from NBC...
  • Three injured in knife attack by pro-Turkish government group in Brussels

    03/31/2017 8:16:57 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 34 replies
    KOM News ^ | 30 March 2017 | none stated
    69-year-old Sultan Ogras was stabbed in the throat. Update: 21:10 (CET) – A second attack occurred against people protesting the first attack on the three ‘no’ voters. A group calling themselves the ‘Ottoman Hearths’, thought to be a pro-Erdogan group was reported as carrying out the attack. Police dispersed crowds as helicopters continue flying above the consulate.Three people have been attacked by a pro-Turkish government group in Belgian capital Brussels as they were on their way to vote in Turkey’s constitutional referendum.An elderly woman by the name of Sultan Ogras was injured after being stabbed in the throat by the attackers. Two other men...
  • Austria travel warning for Turkish minority

    03/31/2017 8:06:23 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 6 replies
    Daily Star ^ | Mar. 30, 2017 | none stated
    VIENNA: Austria has warned its large Turkish minority about travelling to Turkey after a number were apparently caught up in a crackdown against suspected opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Recently there have been sporadic cases of Austrian citizens being temporarily arrested, held up as well as rejected on arrival (in Turkey)," according to the warning on the Austrian foreign ministry website.It said that this happened "without there being any known concrete accusations being made by the Turkish authorities. In some cases Turkish authorities analysed mobile phones."The travel advice, updated on Wednesday, does not explicitly mention Austria's 360,000-strong Turkish minority, most...
  • The Potter's Hand[Charismatic Caucus]

    03/31/2017 7:49:24 AM PDT · by Jedediah · 1 replies
    You are more than just just a tongue of men and angels , Yeah more than this, for your purpose and life is mine for I hold you in My Hand as a songbird singing out My Love for My Children. So do not cage My Love but set it completely free for only through this freedom shall they receive My unconditional Love " Through Grace " carved out in My Word for truly the words I desire for you to form from their mouths upon their tongues are Eternal Life all from the fruit from The Tree of Life....
  • Turkey Uncensored: Was Turkey’s War on Christmas a War on Christians?

    03/30/2017 12:40:52 PM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 12 replies
    Philos Project ^ | March 30, 2017 | Uzay Bulut
    Turkey’s Association of Protestant Churches recently issued its 2016 Human Rights Violations Report, which describes in detail the problems the Protestant community experienced in Turkey last year.According to that report, Turkey’s Protestant Christians – like in previous years – did not have the right or freedom to own their own places of worship, to share their faith, to train religious leaders, or to be exempt from the Islamic “religious culture and moral knowledge classes” in schools.Moreover, the Protestant community in Turkey is not even officially recognized as a “legal entity” by the government. The association’s report said that “The legal...
  • US Gen. Townsend rebuffs Turkish reporter with ‘political agenda’ against SDF

    03/30/2017 8:31:23 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 8 replies
    KOM News ^ | 29 March 2017 | none stated
    Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend In a briefing via telephone from Baghdad, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend answered questions regarding the current situation in Syria and Iraq.Townsend first commented on the reported deaths of more than 200 civilians due to US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. “I’ll say this, if we did it, and I’d say there’s at least a fair chance that we did. It was an unintentional accident of war and we will transparently report it to you when we’re ready,” Townsend, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, told journalists.He stressed the coalition had set the highest...
  • Thousands of fruit trees destroyed for ‘security reasons’ in Turkey’s Kurdish region

    03/27/2017 11:53:23 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 29 replies
    KOM News ^ | 27 March 2017 | none stated
    Trees destroyed in Turkey's Kurdish province Sirnak, 27 March 2017, (Photo: Evrensel) Thousands of fruit trees have been destroyed for the “security of the villagers” by local village guards allegedly acting with orders from the local Gendarme Commander in Sirnak province, Turkey’s southeastern Kurdish region, reported the daily Evrensel on Monday.The trees were cut within the last month in the Besta region of Uludere district, located near the border with Iraq.The trees are being cut daily in the early hours of the morning by village guards (state paramilitary force) accompanied by soldiers who stand back and do not participate in the...
  • Close to a 1000 HDP administrators behind bars in Turkey

    03/27/2017 11:41:41 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 4 replies
    KOM News ^ | 27 March 2017 | none stated
    HDP supporters protest the arrest of their members in Istanbul with a poster reading, "We are not afraid of you." People’s Democratic Party (HDP) spokesman and Urfa Deputy Osman Baydemir shared data about HDP members under detention in a press conference on Sunday. Close to a thousand HDP administrators are currently in prison in addition to 13 deputies, said Baydemir.A thousand administrators behind bars“37 province co-chairs and 97 district co-chairs have been arrested since July 2016. 27 province co-chairs and 84 district co-chairs who are members of the party administration are currently in prison. A total of 13 deputies, two members...