Posted on Mon, November 26, 2012 at 23:21 pm CET
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Breaking Anchor: Turkey’s Disappearing EU Accession Process

The European Commission issued its most critical report on Turkey’s progress towards meeting the criteria for EU membership since accession negotiations were formally inaugurated in 2005… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Diplomacy • Europe • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, July 6, 2012 at 16:54 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s Invitation to Gülen: Reconciliation or Power Play?

On June 14, 2012, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly invited Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the powerful Gülen Movement, to return to Turkey from self-imposed exile in the United States… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Politics • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, March 13, 2012 at 22:45 pm CET
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The Big Split: The Differences that led Erdoğan and the Gülenists to Part Ways

A power struggle between the AKP and the Gülen movement is unraveling… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Religion • Sunni Islam • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 21:47 pm CET
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Turkey: in between Political Islam and the Military

This paper analyses the impact of domestic dynamics on its relations with Israel during the current AKP government and the RP led government in the 1990s… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Florian Druckenthaner • Islamism • Israel • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 11:48 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Turkish FM Davutoglu: “Yes, We are the New Ottomans”

Turkey is aspiring to broaden its horizons to include not just Europe but the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia in its strategic… Continue reading

Topics: Neo-Ottomanism • The Middle East • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, June 11, 2011 at 16:38 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Election: Last Exit Before Toll

Because Turkey’s election Sunday is of such huge importance, not only for Turkey but for the region as a whole, Western interests, Israel, and… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, June 21, 2010 at 17:05 pm CEST
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Eight Casualties On Board the Mavi Marmara Were members of Turkish Islamist organizations

Since the violent confrontation aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, a great deal of information accumulated making it possible to identify the nine Turkish nationals killed in the confrontation, as well as to analyze their affiliation and political and ideological… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, March 11, 2010 at 23:14 pm CET
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Al-Gaddafi, Wilders and the Jihad Against Switzerland

Ever since the triumphs of Islam’s prophet became the ultimate inspiration for jihadism almost 14 centuries ago, Muslims have especially revered the bellicose, conquering Muhammad of Medina… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • Europe • Global Jihad • Islamofascism • Switzerland