With Sarkozy Gone And Merkel Weakened, Turks Resume EU Entry Bid

The elections in France ousted from power one of the leading opponents of Turkish accession to the European Union- Nicolas Sarkozy. Although the new French President, Francois Hollande, ruled out ...

Will No-Interest Banking Undo Turkey’s Economy?

by Daniel Pipes January 10, 2012 updated Jan 21, 2012 That’s the thesis implicit to David Goldman’s analysis at “Recall notice for the Turkish model.” After dubbing the Turkish economy ...

Turkey & Israel – The End of the Affair

by Daniel Pipes December 22, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Military relations have been at the core of the Ankara-Jerusalem entente. These took off in February 1996when the two ...

Turkish President Slams Israel, Hails Hamas

Turkish president Abdullah Gul on Sunday said Israel should take advantage of the changes in the Middle East to achieve peace with the Palestinian Authority and the entire Arab world, ...

Obama Hugs Erdogan, Leader of Hostile State

by Daniel Pipes November 3, 2011 Hillary Clinton’s high-five in June with her Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, prompted me to write that she “should be ashamed of herself, horsing around ...

Turkey Working to Impose the Libyan Model on Syria

Turkey may have bungled relief efforts for the earthquake victims, but then Turkey has bigger fish to fry. Turkey has been increasingly asserting its control over the Syrian opposition to ...

US Jewish Leader Warns Turkey against Attacking Off-Shore Rig

An attack on the rig drilling for gas off shore from Cyprus for an Israeli-American consortium would be considered an attack on the United States, says Richard Stone, chairman of ...

HR Comment: Turkey Tantrum Burying Palmer Report

Only weeks after its release, the Palmer Report into the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident appears to have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Despite leveling criticism at Israel for ...

IHH Terror Group Wants IDF Soldiers That Were Attacked By Terrorists On Flotilla Extradited to Turkey

Following the deterioration in the relations between Turkey and Israel, it seems the IHH terror organization is also trying to cash in on the trouble. A lawyer representing the group ...

Goodbye Ankara

by Daniel Pipes September 2, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Expelling an ambassador is the diplomatic equivalent of a wife ordering her husband out of the bedroom and on ...