Erdogan’s Turkey has been quite active recently, from its conversion of the Hagia Sophia and its provocations in Greece to its ongoing threats to open the gates for millions of Muslim migrants to flood into Europe. Erdogan is ever more clearly an enemy of Kemalist secularism, and envisions the recreation of the Ottoman empire. Since 2014, Turkish links to the Islamic State have repeatedly been discovered. Recently, Erdogan has been holding meetings between Turkey, Hamas and Fatah, with an eye toward “inter-Palestinian reconciliation.” Earlier this month, Hamas’ politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh paid “a visit to Turkey during which he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggering Israeli denunciation of the [UAE-Israel] relationship.”
Turkey clearly does not belong in NATO, and it should have long been expelled.
Now more has emerged regarding the closeness of Turkey’s relationship to the Islamic State and its strong support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Erdogan has been taking Turkey down the road to Islamization for some time; he served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and won the Presidency in 2014.
“Turkey’s relationship with ISIS proves it’s deserting its European allies,” by Mordechai Kedar, Jerusalem Post, September 22, 2020:
With Turkey’s increasingly divisive and destabilizing influence in the Middle East, the region’s biggest concern for the West yet could be President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s burgeoning Islamist tendencies. In order to understand the Turkish role in the threat of ISIS, borne from the Muslim Brotherhood, it is necessary to rewind six years.
2014 marked the year when ISIS became a very real threat to the Middle East; within one year it had managed to take over a third of Iraq and half of Syria, employing 200,000 fighters in its control. ISIS quickly became successful in producing oil and selling it as an important source of income, not to mention that it was able to ensure a constant supply of weapons, ammunition, vehicles and advanced communication devices.
The question is, how was it possible for ISIS to become a functioning state so quickly? With its increasing connections to Turkey over the years, whether through its oil industry or housing wanted members of the Muslim Brotherhood, this “neighborly” relationship is one that is repeatedly examined for consequences and decisions that Turkey is instrumental in today.
Since 2002, Turkey has been ruled by Erdogan, a vocal supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood. As a movement that seeks to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate that applies Islamic Sharia law, instead of man-made laws, the Muslim Brotherhood has been linked to many fundamental Islamist organizations, coinciding with the fact that Erdogan has neglected to launch counterterror operations to disrupt ISIS’s networks or recruitment activities, since its inception. Its presence has been most felt in the following areas:
Money
In 2014, it was reported that ISIS had taken over oil fields in Iraq and Syria and produced large quantities of crude oil to sell, consolidating its grip on oil supplies in the region. They are thought to have transported the oil to Turkey in tankers, with Turkey selling the oil to other countries as if it were from Iraq and Syria, sharing some of the proceeds with ISIS. These oil exports were stopped in December 2015 following a Russian bombing of these tankers, but not before ISIS received millions from oil exports through Turkey. It seems pertinent to mention that Erdogan’s family was also involved in the oil business with ISIS.Volunteers
Thousands of Muslim volunteers who identified with the goals and methods of ISIS went to the Islamic State from Islamic countries, Europe, America, Africa, Australia and even Israel. The vast majority of them arrived legally in Turkey, and from there went on to Syria and Iraq. The Turkish authorities, aware that these volunteers were passing through Turkey, did nothing to stop it.
In June 2014, Turkish interior minister Muammar Guler even admitted that Hatay was a strategic location for the Mujahidin crossing to Syria and that logistical support for Islamist groups would be increased in this area.Tactics
It has been widely reported that Turkey’s Intelligence Agency illegally dispatched arms to Syrian jihadists. In August 2014, an ISIS commander told The Washington Post: “Most of the fighters who joined us at the beginning of the war came via Turkey, as did our equipment and supplies.”Turkey also allowed ISIS forces to use its territory to surprise their opponents with attacks from within Turkey. ISIS forces could have not entered or left Turkey freely without the consent of the Turkish government. Anti-Assad activists reported that ISIS was attacking them from inside Turkey, and a senior Egyptian official indicated in October 2014 that Turkish intelligence was passing satellite imagery and other data to ISIS.
In summary, Erdogan’s reluctance to take a step back and denounce ISIS’ methods of operation has, in part, led to the assumption that Turkey ceased to assist ISIS primarily because of the pressure exerted on it by Russia, the US and Europe, instead of an outright rejection of the ideology.
With the increasing parallels drawn between the Islamist extremism of Turkey and Iran, and repeated criticism directed at former US president Barack Obama for being soft on Islamist forces in the region, the US and EU in particular will have a part to play in deciding what kind of a role they assume in the Middle East.
To this day, Turkey is seen to be under the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood doctrine which underpins the continued flourishing of ISIS and shows a lack of concern for their damaging actions….
mortimer says
The Islamic State (ISIS) would have quickly collapsed had it not had the secret support of Turkey to give a port of entry and exist as well as being its major and perhaps only trade partner. Erdogan’s son became fabulously rich buying and selling ISIS oil on the black market. Who knows how much wealth was funnelled to Turkey and how many weapons passed from Turkey to ISIS”.
Turkey is run by a big cabal of corrupt, anti-democratic scoundrels.
owensgate says
The recent activities of Ankara prove doubtlessly, that Turkey probably never was a “NATO ally” in the truest sense of the concept, how could they, when islam conflicts so intensely with Western values. Short of an affirmative effort to “evict” them out of NATO, Ankara, on the cusp of open warfare with Athens, should just make it official and opt out. They’d be happier in an islamic conclave anyway, and we wouldn’t have to pretend.
maria says
Why the NATO allow Turkey to be a member. No muslims should be alllowed to be members in NATO.
MykeJohn says
Master tactician in taqiyya is the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since the Nato chose to be useful idiots.
Jake Neuman says
For the truth of Islam and free books such as Killing prophet Muhammad go to http://www.godofmoralperfection.com
john smith says
Thank you for this link Jake.
John says
You say, “…Sharia law instead of man made laws…”
Sharia law IS man made law. Mo was a man.
Sabri S. says
you people are just now figuring this out now? Wow, what was the spark for this? Maybe, the fact that turkey refused to assist in yet another American imperialist occupation. Or maybe it was when he ordered Turkish troops to fire on all Kurdish on the border to push them back. Or I know, it was when Turkey refused to give the USA any authorization to use their airspace whatsoever for anything. They are a Nato member by the way. Some of you sound as dumb as American blacks, who claim to be US citizens while racist american police shoot them in the back and kill them wholesale. They are not citizens, and turkey will never be an ally of the infidel USA. Never!!! Learn the real reason why, and convert to Islam when you do!
AdaptivelyEmergent . says
Your Islam is bullshit and it has no future. People are waking up to the horrors of Islam including Muslims, hence the rise of ex-muslims. The internet is destroying Islam!
James Lincoln says
Sabri S,
Lest our readers forget, you support honor killings and Louis Farrakhan…
Sabri S. says
I sure do….and a good moral, intelligent, and prosperous society, which is what Islam spread throughout the world. This is why Islam exists throughout the world. And you must admit, the world was much better with your immoral pop culture BS, which has corrupted American women, and thus society at large. A nation rises no higher than its women. And it moves no further along then the men. Remember that. And compare Islam to anything else and convert when you do. Your miserable, immoral life will thank you for it. Allah U Akbar!
Sabri S. says
…without your immoral pop culture…
gravenimage says
Sabri S. wrote:
I sure do….and a good moral, intelligent, and prosperous society, which is what Islam spread throughout the world.
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Ah, yes–threatening to murder Jews and beheading your own children is what this pious Muslim considers “moral”. *Ugh*.
And Muslim nations without unearned oil wealth are at or near the very bottom of nations in terms of prosperity–how does Sabri S. explain that?
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This is why Islam exists throughout the world.
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Actually, Islam exists because Muslims want an excuse to brutalize women, children, and Infidels. Ugly stuff.
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And you must admit, the world was much better with your immoral pop culture BS,
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Well, *this* is an interesting Freudian slip…
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which has corrupted American women, and thus society at large. A nation rises no higher than its women. And it moves no further along then the men. Remember that. And compare Islam to anything else and convert when you do. Your miserable, immoral life will thank you for it. Allah U Akbar!
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By “corrupting American women” he means that they have the right to marry for love, to get an education, to vote and speak, and to do meaningful work. If they are beaten and abused they have legal recourse, and have the right to leave.
Of course, Muslim thugs like Sabri S. *hate* this.
And the idea that societies “move…further” what he means is Muslims taking us straight back to the 7th century.
And doesn’t Sabri S. realize that we *have* been comparing Islam to everything else and *reject* its horrors–“marrying” children, enslaving victims, raping women and using them as sex slaves, imposing brutal Shari’ah law, and mass murdering innocent people?
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
A complete blow-by-blow takedown of Sabri S.
I wonder if he realizes that you are a woman – that fact would certainly enrage him as he is supposed to have control / power over women. And you make him look weak and pathetic.
If he continues to post his garbage on this website, he certainly is way beyond stupid – and a glutton for punishment.
gravenimage says
Thank you, James.
don vito says
I’ve heard from your brother, he has told me you are guilty of blasphemy against your prophet. He sending some guests to you to take revenge for the prophet against you. I am letting you know because I don’t like him, he married one of my goats, my prized she goat. Now there are baby goats with your brother’s face running, around our neighborhood. He is ugly and so are the baby goats, I hope god curses him, and you, because you are twins.
gravenimage says
The appalling Sabri S. wrote:
you people are just now figuring this out now? Wow, what was the spark for this?
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What crap–doesn’t the moronic Sabri S. realize what “yet more evidence” means? People here have realized that Turkey is no ally of ours for a long time now.
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Maybe, the fact that turkey refused to assist in yet another American imperialist occupation. Or maybe it was when he ordered Turkish troops to fire on all Kurdish on the border to push them back. Or I know, it was when Turkey refused to give the USA any authorization to use their airspace whatsoever for anything. They are a Nato member by the way.
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Turkey should never have been a member of NATO–but there was a time when hopeful Americans thought that ravening Muslims might be civilized. No such luck…
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Some of you sound as dumb as American blacks, who claim to be US citizens while racist american police shoot them in the back and kill them wholesale. They are not citizens, and turkey will never be an ally of the infidel USA. Never!!! Learn the real reason why, and convert to Islam when you do!
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The first part of this is claptrap, and also shows how racist Sabri S. is.
The second part is of course correct–Muslims never ally with civilized Infidels.
And the idea that learning that Muslims are vicious murderers who hate freedom would lead us to convert to Islam is just absurd–this is why we stand against it.
James Lincoln says
Another great takedown, gravenimage.
Factual, evidence-based logic – beyond the comprehension of Sabri S.
gravenimage says
Thank you again, James.
SAFI says
Well there’s apparently no “legal” way for NATO to get rid of Turkey because not only do NATO’s documents make no provisions on how to “evict” a member , but unlike the EU for example (Article 50 of Lisbon Treaty) there isn’t even a way for a member to leave the alliance voluntarily.
Even though I suspect that Turkey has already began shifting its allegiances towanrds the “east”. But even if they started training with China and buying tons of Chinese or Russian weapons they’d still officially remain NATO members with veto rights and there would be no way to legally get rid of them.
SAFI says
Just over a week ago the President of France publicly declared that “Turkey is no longer an ally” (though he stopped short of calling it what it is, an enemy) but inside the NATO “alliance” Macron has received a lot more criticism for antagonizing Erdogan than Erdogan ever did for sponsoring ISIS and other marauding terrorist armies or helping Iran dodge sanctions or hundred more things “our NATO ally” is guilty of…
Seth says
Great photo! Nice horns, you malevolent buffoon…
James Lincoln says
So how bad does a country have to get in order to get kicked out of NATO?
Has Turkey not reach that threshold?
Sabri S. says
You can’t kick out a global caliphate…we are worldwide silly. And you haven’t seen anything yet.
Turkey will eventually align with Saudi Arabia and Qatar to create an unstoppable influence in the region. And rest assured, that Israel will be involved. Don’t believe the hype. Israel has the best weapons in the region, which gets them many friends behind the scene.
gravenimage says
More from Sabri S.:
You can’t kick out a global caliphate…we are worldwide silly. And you haven’t seen anything yet.
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The idea that we have to keep Muslim thugs claiming a “Caliphate” in NATO is of course ridiculous.
As for the claim that Turkey is a Caliphate, this is also ridiculous. Turkey is a nation of a little over 80 million–comparted to about 1.8 billion Muslims. Turkey has not been recognized as a Caliphate since for a hundred years.
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Turkey will eventually align with Saudi Arabia and Qatar to create an unstoppable influence in the region. And rest assured, that Israel will be involved. Don’t believe the hype. Israel has the best weapons in the region, which gets them many friends behind the scene.
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Don’t count on it. The Ottomans oppressed and brutalized the Arabs for centuries, and they could not wait to extricate themselves when the Caliphate fell apart. The idea that Arab Muslims are clamoring to have Turkey dominate them again is just laughable.
And the idea that Israel wants to become part of the Caliphate is even more risible. Muslims just want to enslave and slaughter Jews, as Sabri S. himself has confirmed.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
Unbelievably, Sabri S keeps coming back for more punishment.
A masochistic muslim?
gravenimage says
🙂
gravenimage says
Turkey’s closeness to the Islamic State is yet more evidence that it is deserting its NATO ‘allies’
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Turkey should have been kicked out of NATO years ago.