Turkey has already blocked Twitter and YouTube, and more could be on the way. According to the Reuters news agency, government sources in Ankara said on Thurday the country could block access to other social media platforms if users publish recordings or documents which “threaten national security.” Earlier, Turkish telecoms regulators moved to block YouTube […]
by Daniel Pipes July 19, 2013 updated Nov 23, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Mohamed Morsi’s recent ejection as president of Egypt prompts a contrast-and-compare with his Turkish counterpart, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Their careers at the top contain major dissimilarities: Morsi’s stunning economic indifference vs. Erdo?an’s very impressive economic management. […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times November 6, 2013 N.B.: (1) Washington Times title: “Cyprus rides a troubled sea of oil and gas opportunity.” (2) I use Grammarly for proofreading because every time you publish a typo, the errorists win! The Republic of Cyprus has entered the maelstrom of the world’s most volatile region thanks […]
As US President Obama continues to mull his options over a potential military intervention in Syria, Syrian state media is upping the ante, publicizing a list of “targets” that the Syrian military could target with “long-range missiles” in the event of a US-led attack. Aerial photos of the purported targets were released by state media, including strategic military positions […]
HAMMI/SIPA/Newscom Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has badly mishandled mushrooming protests, which could obstruct his political ambitions and constrain his latitude on foreign policy issues. The protests, which were initially triggered on May 28 by Erdogan’s plans to uproot trees in Gezi Park in Istanbul, quickly snowballed into nationwide anti-government demonstrations when Erdogan’s harsh […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times June 19, 2013 Rebellion has shaken Turkey since May 31: Is it comparable to the Arab upheavals that overthrew four rulers since 2011, to Iran’s Green Movement of 2009 that led to an apparent reformer being elected president last week, or perhaps to Occupy Wall Street, which had negligible […]
by Daniel Pipes March 14, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has served longer than any person as prime minister of the Republic of Turkey, today marks his completion of a full decade in that office, having entered it on March 14, 2003. Born in February 1954, he is […]
Turkey dismissed on Sunday evening a news report suggesting that an Israeli delegation set to arrive in Ankara on Monday would hold talks about Israel using a Turkish airbase to train for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. The report, which appeared in the Sunday Times, said that National Security Council chairman Yaakov Amidror […]
by Daniel Pipes March 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner I was appalled to learn a week ago that the Israeli prime minister had apologized to his Turkish counterpart for his government’s actions during the Mavi Marmara incident, seeing this as feeding the Turkish government’s inflated sense of grandeur and power. That […]
by Daniel Pipes March 22, 2013 updated Mar 27, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner On Feb. 27, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a conference in Vienna, “Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, Islamophobia must be regarded as a crime against humanity.” His calling the Jewish nationalist movement that built the State of Israel […]
