Çavuşoğlu speaks to the European Union the way an irritated master speaks to a lazy servant. It is clear who he thinks is the boss in their relationship. Also note this: “Thanks to our efforts, irregular migratory flows to Europe have been reduced by 92 percent.” Think about that in light of Erdogan’s repeated threats […]
Turkey’s Foreign Minister: “We are proud because our history has never had any genocides and no colonialism”
Let’s see. A million and a half Armenians killed. Not genocide, insists Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. A million Greeks killed. Not genocide, insists Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The jihad conquests of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Europe, and more. Not colonialism, insists Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. And indeed, the Ottoman Empire didn’t create colonies out of the conquered territories; the Ottomans just […]
Turkish Foreign Minister: “Religion wars will soon begin in Europe”
Çavuşoğlu may well be right. But if “religion wars” do indeed break out in Europe, it won’t be because of the “far-right.” “Turkish FM warns of ‘religion wars’ in Europe in remarks on Dutch elections,” Hürriyet Daily News, March 16, 2017: Europe will soon be the site of “religion wars,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said […]
Netherlands bars Turkish ministers, Turks riot, Erdogan vows retaliation in “harshest ways” against “Nazis”
Erdogan is calling Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a pro-migration multiculturalist Leftist, a “Nazi” because he wouldn’t allow Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to enter the country to campaign for Erdogan. So the Netherlands must behave like a colony of Turkey, or Erdogan will retaliate harshly. “Netherlands bars […]
Turkish imam joins the Islamic State
This imam was appointed to his post by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate. Presumably he had years of training: study of the Qur’an, study of Muhammad, study of Islamic law. And yet now he has gone to join the Islamic State. Has John Kerry been notified of this? Somehow this imam missed all the many ways […]