The irony is most likely completely lost on the EU. “Turkey prepares to join EU in a building confiscated from the Orthodox,” by Nat da Polis for AsiaNews, December 11: Istanbul (AsiaNews) – Unbelievable but true: the headquarters of the Secretariat for the entry of Turkey into the European Union is a building confiscated from […]
Turks irked by Oz genocide monument
Looks like a basketball monument to me, but it’s the thought that counts The Turks are irked. The Turks are irked. What kind of jerk would irk the Turks? One who insists on telling the truth about Assyrian genocide. To do so will “create a climate of hostility,” just as telling the truth about Islamic […]
Turkey: Iranian atheist risks death penalty for apostasy if he is sent back to Iran
But wait! I thought all the learned analysts had assured us that there is no death penalty for apostasy in Islam! Isn’t that right, Mr. Kruse? ANSAmed, November 30 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, NOVEMBER 30 – Turkish authorities will be announcing their decision in the coming days over whether or not to repatriate […]
Malignant Turks refuse to play Israeli national anthem for Israeli chess tournament winner, who stands defiant
Defiant and victorious Marsel Efroimski, a 13-year-old Israeli chess prodigy, yesterday became the Girls’ Under-14 World Chess Champion when she won the Gold Medal for her age group at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Turkey. This in itself is not of any interest to Jihad Watch — except that during the awards ceremony, […]
Cyprus: Bar construction enrages Muslims
”Religious values should be respected in order the relations between the two sides to remain positive.” In Cyprus, since the Turkish occupation began: * at least 55 churches have been converted into mosques * another 50 churches and monasteries have been converted into stables, stores, hostels, museums, or have been demolished * the cemeteries of […]
Fitzgerald: Why is Turkey in NATO?
Quaere: Why is Turkey in NATO? Is Turkish membership of any value, or is it a danger to the effectiveness of NATO as that organization must necessarily turn its attention away from Russia to the threat from Islam worldwide, and especially to the threat, foreign and domestic, that Muslims who take Islam seriously pose to […]
Turkey momentarily remembers which side it’s supposed to be on, arrests 32 for jihad plots against Israeli and U.S. targets
See? Nothing to worry about from Erdogan and the advance of Sharia in Turkey. Let them into the EU! “Turkey: 32 suspects arrested in plots on Israeli, US targets,” from the Jerusalem Post, October 15 (thanks to Elisa): As if to send out a much-needed reminder of the mutual security interests between Ankara and Jerusalem […]
Turkey threatens to fine Israel for delay in delivery of military vehicles
“Israel said the delay was caused by the difficulty in the strengthening of Heron engines to enable local Aselsan-made electro-optical payloads…” The delay ought to have been caused by a clear-eyed recognition on Israel’s part that it should not be supplying military hardware to an increasingly Sharia-oriented Turkey. An update on this story. “‘Turkey may […]
Israel: Hmmm, maybe these arms sales to Turkey aren’t such a good idea
Wise move, in light of this. Why should rapidly Islamizing Turkey still be treated as a secular, pro-Western nation, when it is increasingly behaving like just the opposite? “Israel rethinks arms sales to Turkey,” by Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz in the Jerusalem Post, October 12 (thanks to Dan): While Israel kept a low official […]
Turkey unilaterally excludes Israel from NATO-sponsored military exercise
From our Does-Not-Play-Well-With-Others Department. Imagine what fun they’d be in the EU. “Israel out of NATO event because of Gaza, Turkish official says,” from CNN, October 11: ANKARA, Turkey (CNN) — Turkey excluded Israel from a planned NATO military exercise partly because of Turkey’s criticism of Israel’s Gaza offensive nearly a year ago, Turkey’s foreign […]