Saturday, November 17, 2012

Rubin Reports » Here’s How—As With This Israel-Hamas War—Western Elites Are Baffled by the Middle East

Rubin Reports » Here’s How—As With This Israel-Hamas War—Western Elites Are Baffled by the Middle East

Is the Congressional Turkey Coalition Pro-Hamas? « Commentary Magazine

Is the Congressional Turkey Coalition Pro-Hamas? « Commentary Magazine
" Each and every member of the Turkey Caucus should watch this video of the Turkish ruling party welcoming the leader of Hamas, and this clip of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking candidly in the years before he took the premiership, and ask whether this is the man and the government they want to be endorsing. Here is Erdoğan telling Charlie Rose that Hamas rocket attacks are a hoax, and Bülent Yildirim, a friend of Erdoğan and the head of the charity behind the Gaza flotilla, praising Hamas."

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Angry Turkish Secularists Plant Flag at Ergenekon Trial - NYTimes.com

Angry Turkish Secularists Plant Flag at Ergenekon Trial - NYTimes.com

"Yet the recent sight of security forces clashing with thousands of secularist protesters who were celebrating Turkey’s Republic Day in violation of a government ban belied the government’s democratic credentials. Turkey’s reputation has also been rattled by reports from the European Union and the Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group based in New York, that have undermined Mr. Erdogan’s efforts to portray Turkey as a rising democracy for the region to emulate.
The European Union said the Ergenekon case, and other criminal cases, raise “real concerns about their wide scope and the shortcomings in judicial proceedings.” The C.P.J. said Turkey is “waging one of the world’s biggest anti-press campaigns in recent history.” More journalists are in jail in Turkey than in any other country, the C.P.J. report said."