Tag: Turkey

Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics

Randolph Jason

Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics Author: Christopher Black for Journal NEO Sultan Abdul Hamid II, in the face of a rising secular nationalism in the late 1800s, that culminated in the Young Turk movement, tried to restore the influence of the Ottoman Empire among Islamic nations and the Empire’s many peoples by stressing the importance of Islam and the Ottoman Caliphate, of the role of the Ottomans as the protectors of Islam and, in the modern world, a bulwark against western colonialism. Over a hundred years after he left power, after…

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Hagia Sophia: Where Will All the Icons and Holy Relics Be Taken?

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Hagia Sophia: Where Will All the Icons and Holy Relics Be Taken? from Sputnik News Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for Body, Mind and Spirit (Podcast) Earlier this week, Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Directorate of Religious Affairs signed a protocol confirming that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was recently converted into a mosque, will be preserved as a global heritage site following its change of status. Portable icons and Holy relics from Hagia Sophia will be transported to the Land Registry building located in Sultanahmet Square where they will be exhibited,…

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Leaked Greek Diplomatic Letter Warns of Major Provocation by Turkey

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Leaked Greek Diplomatic Letter Warns of Major Provocation by Turkey by CHRIS TOMLINSON for Breitbart A leaked diplomatic letter from the Greek government to several of its embassies has claimed that the Turkish government is looking to use the coronavirus outbreak as cover for a major provocation on the border. The letter was sent by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs to embassies in the United States, Germany, France, and the UK. It stated that intelligence officials had determined there was a high likelihood of a Turkish provocation along the…

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PICTURES: Soldiers, Counter Terror Police Gather on Greek Border Amid Growing Migrant Crisis

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PICTURES: Soldiers, Counter Terror Police Gather on Greek Border Amid Growing Migrant Crisis by JACK MONTGOMERY for Breitbart GNN Note – This is what the actions of President Trump prevented at our southern border. ****** The border between Greece and Turkey is becoming increasingly militarised, with heavily armed personnel from either side continuing to pour into the region as illegal migrants seek to punch through the European Union’s common external border with Turkish president’s blessing. Greece is well-accustomed to having its airspace and territorial waters violated hundreds or even thousands…

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Reports: Turkish Police Use Drones to Organise Tear Gas Attacks on Greek Border Guards

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Reports: Turkish Police Use Drones to Organise Tear Gas Attacks on Greek Border Guards by KURT ZINDULKA for Breitbart Turkish police used drones to organise attacks against Greek security forces tasked with protecting the nation’s borders from thousands of migrants attempting to illegally cross into the country, according to reports. On Friday, Greek security forces were bombarded with smoke bombs and tear gas fired from the Turkish side of the border at the Kastanies checkpoint on the Evros river. It is now alleged that Turkish police used drones to co-ordinate the…

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Turkey Begins Deporting Captured Islamic State Terrorists to U.S., Germany, France

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Turkey Begins Deporting Captured Islamic State Terrorists to U.S., Germany, France by SIMON KENT for Breitbart Turkey is following through on its promise to repatriate captured Islamic State terrorists, signalling Monday that NATO allies France, Germany, Denmark, and the U.S. will be the first on the receiving end of returned jihadists. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu warned last week Ankara would begin to send back Islamic State militants to their home countries even if their citizenships have been revoked, as Breitbart News reported. Turkey’s warning came despite the unwillingness of Europe states…

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Hungary Shows the Way to Help Threatened Christians, Yazidis of Syria, Iraq

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Hungary Shows the Way to Help Threatened Christians, Yazidis of Syria, Iraq by Martin Sieff for Strategic-Culture It is ludicrous and shameful that President Donald Trump should face an onslaught of hysterical hatred for taking even the most cautious and tiniest of steps to try and scale back the metastasized US military presence across the Middle East. Meanwhile the appalling, abominable chaos and suffering inflicted on the region by the holier-than-thou “righteous” military interventions unleashed by Trump’s two predecessors George W. Bush and Barack Obama continue to pour suffering, persecution,…

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“We Have Hours Left”: Turkish Ceasefire On Edge Of Collapse As Erdogan Gives Kurds Hours To Flee Territory

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“We Have Hours Left”: Turkish Ceasefire On Edge Of Collapse As Erdogan Gives Kurds Hours To Flee Territory from ZeroHedge .. as last week’s ceasefire – which has just over 24 hours to go – now appears in jeopardy. On Monday, Turkey gave Kurdish fighters until Tuesday night to leave a narrow strip of territory in northeastern Syria or face becoming targets, setting aside its demand for the militia to withdraw from a much larger “safe zone.” “We have hours left,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a forum organized…

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Mike Pence Announces Turkey Ceasefire in Syria

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Mike Pence Announces Turkey Ceasefire in Syria by Charles Spiering for Breitbart Vice President Mike Pence announced at a press conference Thursday that the United States and Turkey had reached a 120-hour ceasefire agreement in Syria. Pence announced the news after meeting for more than five hours in Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish authorities. He also announced that Turkey would pause its military invasion to allow the withdrawal of YPG forces from the safe zone. The safe zone includes a 20-mile-wide area south of the Turkish border…

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Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes ‘Hostage’ As Trump Authorizes Sanctions

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Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes ‘Hostage’ As Trump Authorizes Sanctions from ZeroHedge Amid all the media and pundit outrage since Turkey’s President Erdogan launched his so-called ‘Operation Peace Spring’ into northeast Syria last week, vowing to wipe out Syrian Kurdish forces who’ve long held the border areas, what’s been largely missing is acknowledgement of the uncomfortable fact that NATO ally Turkey has long hosted a major portion of America’s nuclear Cold War-era arsenal stored across Europe. And as Erdogan threatens to “open the doors and send 3.6 million migrants” to Europe while under increased…

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