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Turkish Minute: Erdoğan speaks of peace. His government prepares for war.

June 10, 2025 David Shirreff 0

The divergence between Turkish President Erdoğan’s language and the lived reality of his rule is becoming too stark to ignore. While his speeches promise reconciliation and reform, his domestic and foreign policies reveal a trajectory […]

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Turkish Minute: Pro-gov’t daily criticizes Finance Minister’s policies

May 27, 2025 David Shirreff 0

The pro-government Turkish Yeni Şafak newspaper published a sharp criticism of Turkey’s current economic policies, indirectly targeting Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek Read HERE Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek – Photo: Patrick Tsui/FCO/Creative Commons

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Turkish Minute: Erdoğan eyes sweeping authority over army dismissals, promotions in proposed law

May 20, 2025 David Shirreff 0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking sweeping new powers over the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) through legislation that would grant him unilateral authority to dismiss and promote officers Read HERE Photo: Pivox/Creative Commons

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Turkish Minute: Kurdish delegation from Turkey joins Syria conference on Syria’s future

April 29, 2025 David Shirreff 0

A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) participated in a Kurdish conference in northeastern Syria on March 26th, as Syrian Kurdish groups sought to present a unified vision for Syria’s […]

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Turkish Minute: Police detain İstanbul mayor, Erdoğan’s strongest rival

March 19, 2025 David Shirreff 0

Turkish police raided the home of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Wednesday, detaining him over a corruption probe, in a move denounced by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as a “coup.” Read HERE […]

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Turkish Minute: Senator urges US gov’t to protect Syria’s Kurds from threats by Turkey

December 10, 2024 David Shirreff 0

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, has called on the US government to prevent possible threats from Turkey and an alliance of rebel groups that have ended the years-long rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]

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Turkish Minute: Turkish FM says ‘foreign interference’ not behind Syria flareup

December 3, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Turkish troops and Turkey-backed rebel factions control much of northern Syria, and Ankara is concerned that the recent outbreak of fighting could swell the flow of people fleeing across the border. Read HERE Aleppo – […]

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Turkish Minute: EU criticizes Turkey for continued deterioration of democratic standards and rule of law

November 5, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey said there are “serious concerns” about the continued deterioration of democratic standards, the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights Read HERE Photo: Hilmi Hacaloğlu/Voice of America

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Turkish Minute: Erdoğan blasts UN over Israeli attacks on peacekeepers

October 15, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Agence France-Presse reported. Read HERE UN Security Council Chamber, […]

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Turkish Minute: German gov’t to restart large-scale arms exports to Turkey

October 10, 2024 Mathew D. Rose 0

The German government for the first time in years has given a green light for the large-scale export of arms worth several hundred million euros to NATO ally Turkey, according to a report on the […]

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Germany’s Jewish Problem: Genocides Past and Present by Wieland Hoban

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Reviewed by Raymond Deane On 30 January, Uwe Becker – the so-called commissioner for Jewish life and the fight against anti-Semitism in the German state of Hesse – demanded that the organization Jewish Voice for […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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