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Erdoğan’s speech at the 7th Religious Council in Ankara vilified the West’s progress as built on blood and exploitation, while championing the rise of a so-called divine Islamic civilization—a bitter irony given the Islamic Caliphate’s own legacy of conquest, subjugation, and brutality etched into history. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the 7th Religious Council in Ankara, delivering a speech on the state of Islamic civilization while highlighting the event’s focus on integrating artificial intelligence and digitalization into religious practices. ... Erdoğan sharply criticized the foundations of Western development ... Historical Context For centuries, Turkey was the seat of the...

Recent statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have poured cold water on the hope of many Israelis, and others, who had hoped the Abraham Accords peace agreements would have a calming influence on Turkey and bring it once more into friendly relations with Israel. Partially due to the work of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Israel and Turkey had begun to see a thaw in the chilly relations, and a resumption of joint diplomatic activities... Erdoğan has refused to call Hamas a terror organization in recent days, saying, “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, mujahideen...

The war between Russia and Ukraine is following a trajectory that is perfectly in line with NATO’s, or rather the Anglo-American world’s, expectations. It is clear that this war has been brewing for quite some time – the start perhaps dates back all the way to the Barack Obama era. Considering it on a continental plane, the war will include an Atlantic-Pacific showdown. This showdown is progressing not directly and all at once, but gradually. There are two simultaneous objectives in the first stage. Accordingly, the Anglo-Saxon bloc planned and programmed to divide from Eurasia continental Europe, which is thought...