Turkey Indicts 4 Former IDF Commanders Over Mavi Marmara

Turkey has issued an indictment in absentia against four Israeli military commanders over a 2010 Gaza flotilla incident in which nine terror activists were killed on a Turkish-sponsored vessel. According ...

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 ...

Daniel Pipes: Turkey’s Military Capitulation Hits Home

by Daniel Pipes April 16, 2012 “Retired Gen. Çevik Bir jailed in postmodern coup case” reads the headline in Today’s Zaman, complete with a picture of a policeman accompanying Bir ...

Israeli-US Air, Naval Forces Train for Energy War

Israeli, Greek and U.S. forces are in the midst of a drill in preparation for a possible war over Israel’s huge off-shore gas discoveries, which also may contain commercializable oil. ...

U.S., Jordan Plan to Face Syrian Weapons Threat

The United States and Jordan are preparing to secure Syria’s vast stores of chemical and biological weapons in case the Syrian government loses control, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. ...

Video Blasts Obama’s Commitment to Israel

The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI), which has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on public campaigns prior to the upcoming U.S. presidential elections and pivotal AIPAC policy conference, has ...

Kastelorizo – Mediterranean Flashpoint?

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online February 7, 2012 Remember the name Kastelorizo; you heard it here first. It is the far-flung, easternmost island of Greece, 80 miles from Rhodes, ...

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 Out of NATO: Other Voices Discuss Turkey’s NATO Membership

by Daniel Pipes November 9, 2009 updated Jan 17, 2012 I raised the issue of Turkey’s continued membership in NATO in April 2009 at “Does Turkey Still Belong in NATO?“; ...

Islamic Scholar Scorches PA Mufti’s Call to ‘Kill the Jews’

Turkish Islamic scholar Adnan Oktar made a scorching response this week to a claim by the top Palestinian Authority religious leader that Muslims are obligated to kill the Jews. Oktar, who ...