Category: Turkey

6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara assault remembered

May 30, 2016 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians commemorate the 6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara by Israeli assault terrorists. Armed Israeli terrorists attacked a non-violent peace protest by passengers aboard a ship intended to showcase the illegal Israel embargo against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and to provide humanitarian aid By Mohammed Asad Palestinians gathered in the Gaza Strip near the sea to…

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Middle East Arab Christians face extinction

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Arab Christians and Middle East Christians are being abandoned because of their religious beliefs and are the victims of a new level of genocide, an author and former Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Middle East reporter Danial Williams writes. #SaveArabChristians Arab Christians and Middle East Christians “Christians in the Middle East have been abandoned to…

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Turkish-Russian tension set to spill onto European pitches

December 17, 2015September 24, 2018 James Dorsey No Comments

The escalating Turkish-Russian crisis following Turkey’s downing in November of a Russian war plane promises to spill onto European soccer pitches with FC Lokomotiv Moscow set to play Fenerbahce SK, notorious for its fiery fan base, in a Europa League match.

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Saudi Arabia taking on Islamic extremism

December 15, 2015 rayhanania 23 Comments

Although Saudi Arabia has traditionally been associated with a more puritanical form of Islam — Wahabis — it is far more moderate and is the frontline against rising radicalism in the Muslim World. As the custodian of two of Islam’s holiest sites, Saudi Arabia recently organized a coalition of 34 Islamic allies to fight rising…

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Breeding intolerance: Turkish soccer fans disrespect ISIS victims

November 28, 2015August 20, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

Turkish fans twice in two months disrupted moments of silence for victims of Islamic State attacks in Ankara and Paris in a demonstration of the kind of intolerance bred by religiously-cloaked authoritarianism in countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia

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Professor Bayram Balci Analyzes Turkish elections

November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Professor Bayram Balci Analyzes Turkish elections Exclusive to The Arab Daily News: Q&A with Bayram Balçi Professor at l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris.   By Abdennour Toumi   Professor Bayram Balci is a non-resident scholar in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on Turkey and Turkish foreign policy in Central Asia and the…

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Battle of Paris: the French capitol after the ISIS terror attacks

November 15, 2015June 12, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — Across the mythical French capital, from Paris’ northeastern banlieue to Republic Square, symbol of liberty and conviviality, a pleasant evening to enjoy. On Friday the 13th, do you remember eleven months ago, a policeman was shot dead in the street in the eleventh arrondissement before twelve satiric journalists were…

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Middle Eastern conflicts spill onto Spanish soccer pitch

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 James Dorsey 3 Comments

Inevitably, the mass exodus of refugees from conflict areas was going to provoke the spilling into Europe of multiple disputes in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. Spanish soccer is the first to feel the weight of the baggage that has turned vast numbers into destitute refugees. By James M. Dorsey Inevitably, the mass exodus…

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Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

September 7, 2015September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

The image of a lifeless Syrian infant, Aylan Kurdi, that washed up on a Turkish beach has focused the attention of the world on the plight of children. Aylan and most of his family drowned while fleeing Syrian violence. But children in Gaza and the West Bank can’t flee the violence by Israel terrorists. Four year old Ali Saad Dawabsheh was…

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Turkish soccer supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds

August 27, 2015August 28, 2015 James Dorsey 1 Comment

By James M. Dorsey The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), in a demonstration of the inseparable ties between sports and politics, has effectively declared its support for renewed Turkish-Kurdish hostilities designed to enhance the prospects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in forthcoming snap elections. With armed Kurdish youth effectively taking control of at least one…

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