Tag:Turkey

Where the Turkish Military Fails, Egypt’s Succeeds

By Steven A. Cook - Foreign AffairsIn a half-decade of extraordinary moments in the Middle East, /images of citizens swarming tanks and other military...

European Parliament Votes to Suspend Talks on Turkey Joining the EU

By Wall Street Journal -The body said deteriorating human rights and democratic standards under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan justified the moveThe European Parliament voted...

Working to Protect Christian Communities in the Middle East

By Congressman Brad ShermanDear Friend,As a member of the Congressional Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, and the International Religious Freedom Caucus,...

Can Iraq’s Christians Finally Go Home?

By Mindy Belz – Wall Street JournalNoura Diyha wrestled a phone from her pocket to show me a photo of herself at age 3....

Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire

By Nicholas Danforth – Foreign PolicyErdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq.In the past few weeks,...

Christians, Jews in Turkey Growing More Fearful of Islamic Extremism

Christians, Jews in Turkey Growing More Fearful of Islamic ExtremismBy Uzay Bulut and Kasim Cindemir – VOA (via AINA)September 26, 2016Threatened by Islamic extremism,...

As Erdoğan moves, a precarious situation for Christians in Turkey

As Erdoğan moves, a precarious situation for Christians in TurkeyBy Max Lindenman, AleteiaJuly 21, 2016Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in a snit, and on a...

Blame Erdogan for the Istanbul Airport Attack

Blame Erdogan for the Istanbul Airport AttackBy Leela Jacinto – Foreign PolicyThe chickens are coming home to roost. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has...