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Launch Of New Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Turkish Jihadi Forum

On January 15, 2011, an announcement was posted on the Al-Qaeda affiliated forum Shumoukh Al-Islam about the launch of a new Turkish-language forum, the Islamic Jihad Network, by the new forum's operators. The forum has the Al-Qaeda emblem on ...
January 17, 2012, 2:57 pm

Prince Orhan Aal Othman, Grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II: Herzl Was the Cause of the Fall of the Ottoman Empire

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January 5, 2012, 2:46 pm

Taliban Reject Istanbul Conference On Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government in the country) has dismissed the recent Istanbul Conference on Afghanistan as a "useless effort," according to a Pakistani daily. To read the full report, click here. YOU ...
November 11, 2011, 1:27 pm

Turkish Columnist on PM Erdogan's Hypocrisy: Why Does He Continue To Insist That the PKK Is Terrorist But Hamas Are Freedom Fighters?

In a two-part column titled "Recalling Terrorists and 'Lesser Terrorists,'" published October 25 and October 27 2011 in the TurkishHurriyet Daily News, Turkish columnist Burak Bekdil, referring to a column he wrote five years ago when ...
November 8, 2011, 1:36 pm

Iran, Turkey Trade To Hit $15B In 2011

Iran's ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour said that the trade volume between the two countries was expected to hit $15 billion by the end of the year. He said that the volume of bilateral trade stood at $10.561 billion during the first ...
October 24, 2011, 9:56 am

Turkish FM To Iranian FM: Turkey Won't Let Anyone Attack Iran From Its Soil

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu told Iranian Deputy FM Mohammad Ali Fathallahi at their meeting in Ankara that Turkey would not permit anyone to attack Iran from its soil, and that no one will defend Israel from its soil either. Fahallahi called for ...
October 10, 2011, 11:04 am

IRGC Deputy Cmdr: NATO Defense System In Turkey A Toy

Mohammad-Reza Zahadi, deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said that Iran could prove that the NATO missile defense system was a toy that could not withstand Iran's missile ...
October 10, 2011, 11:03 am

Iran Proposes Tripartite Economic Cooperation Involving Egypt, Iran And Turkey

Egypt's minister of industry and external trade Mahmoud Issa said that his Iranian counterpart has proposed a tripartite cooperation between his country and Egypt and Turkey to exploit the human and economic resources available to them. The ...
October 10, 2011, 10:33 am

Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Threatens Turkish PM Erdogan: If "That Watermelon Seller" Occupies Even a Meter of Syrian Land, 100,000 Missiles Will Fall on Turkey

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October 5, 2011, 3:04 pm

Turkey Starts Gas Exploration In Mediterranean

Following an agreement with the "Republic of North Cyprus" [recognized by Turkey only] and in response to exploration activities carried out by the Greek side of Cyprus [internationally-recognized independent Cyprus] Turkey's news agency quotes ...
September 27, 2011, 10:58 am