Allegations of fraud and corruption do not seem to have hurt the electoral prospects of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as his ruling Justice and Development Party won comfortable victories in yesterday’s municipal elections throughout the country. The elections
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM, host Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will discuss the failing Obamacare law before the original March 31 signup deadline, the battle over Common Core, immigration and the problems at
The Hill reports that House Republicans have introduced legislation to block the Obama Administration’s move to hand Internet oversight over to an as-yet non-existent international entity: “America shouldn’t surrender its leadership on the world stage to a ‘multistakeholder model’ that’s
California suffered an “earthquake storm” on Friday night. At 8:03 PM Southern California suffered a small 3.6 earthquake on the Richter scale; followed at 9:14 PM with what the U.S. Geological Survey called a “moderate” 5.1 quake that lasted for
Driving into Istanbul from Ataturk International Airport, the image looms, enormous and omnipresent: the stubbornly stern face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Libya and Iraq,” one Turkish businessman told me of
A Turkish court has just overruled the Turkish regime’s banning of social media website Twitter, just days after the country’s Telecommunications agency revoked access to the service. Just six days after Turkey’s government seemingly unsuccessfully sought to block access to
It was once conventional wisdom among administration-friendly policy wonks that President Barack Obama’s most successful foray into Middle East relations was his attempt to elevate relations with Turkey. Whatever else might be said about his confused, weak and reactive policy
The United States on Monday noted there have been more Turkish tweets since the prime minister controversially banned the micro-blogging service than before. Turkey’s telecommunications authority blocked local access to the US social network Thursday under orders of Recep Tayyip
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey shoots down Syrian warplane violating Turkish airspace Europeans alarmed as Russian troops mass on Ukraine border Pakistan debates sending troops to Saudi Arabia Turkey shoots down Syrian warplane violating Turkish airspace Turkey’s F-16
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace Sunday, Turkey’s prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between the two countries already deeply at odds over Syria’s civil
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace Sunday, Turkey’s prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between the two countries already deeply at odds over Syria’s civil
On March 23 Turkey claimed it shot down a Syrian warplane. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the news: “A Syrian plane breached our airspace; our F-16s took off and hit that plane.” He said this was a message
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s government on Saturday accused Twitter of allowing “systematic character assassinations” a day after social media users easily evaded a government attempt to block access to the network. The attempted crackdown came after links to wiretapped
Turkey has blocked access to social networking site Twitter, with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan saying he “does not care” what the international community thinks. The court order blocking the site comes just days before local elections, during a corruption scandal
Some Twitter users in Turkey appear to be being re-directed “to a statement by Turkey’s telecommunications regulator” when trying to access the Twitter website. The statement cites “protection measures” applied to the site by court order. Damaging allegations of corruption involving PM Recep
Turkey’s combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter after a number of audio recordings anonymously posted on social media purportedly exposed corruption in his inner circle. Early this month, Erdogan warned that his government could ban
A convicted terrorist has to today admitted to trying to travel under a false ID. Nabeel Hussain was arrested at Stansted Airport on 23 September last year. He was allegedly trying to fly to Turkey under a false passport. On
Imagine: You receive an e-mail from the friend of a friend, asking if he might stay with you for a week or so while visiting your town on business. “Of course,” you say, but caution him that your home can
On Tuesday, Crimea’s airport in Simferopol cancelled all flights from Kiev, Ukraine, and only allowed planes from Moscow to land. The Telegraph described what Flight PS65 had to endure after the pilot was told he could not land in Crimea:
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister has threatened drastic steps to censor the Internet, including shutting down Facebook and YouTube, where audio recordings of his alleged conversations suggesting corruption have been leaked in the past weeks, dealing him a
In response to If Congress Wants to Stay Relevant as an Institution, They Should Not Stand Idly By And Let the President Take Their Power Away: I remain comforted by my serene conviction that we can end the imperial presidency
The British public opposes further European Union (EU) expansionism, as a YouGov poll reveals today how Brits are wary of EU membership bids from Ukraine, Turkey, and Israel. A large majority of Brits polled agree that Iceland should become a
