Watching the rise of Islamofascism in Turkey and its consequences for the West.
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In a recent speech in Izmir, Erdogan claimed the province's borders stretch from Vienna to the shores of the Adriatic, Eastern Turkistan (China’s Uyghur region) and the north of the Black Sea. #OttomanEmpire
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Several leading members of the global Muslim Brotherhood participated at a big Islam conference in Cologne organized by the Turkish government. @IslamismMap_de ksta.de/koeln/auch-radikale-…
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A Turkish Diyanet official (islamism-map.com/#!/DIYANET) has threatened opposition news site @odatv, insinuating it will undergo the same fate as Charlie Hebdo for "insulting Mohammed".
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PAPER: Erbakan, Kısakürek, and the Mainstreaming of Extremism in Turkey
hudson.org/research/14375-er…
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The Council of Europe will discuss activities of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (islamism-map.com/#/DIYANET) in Europe and foreign funding of Islam in order to prevent radicalization:
ahvalnews.com/diyanet/europe…
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On his state visit in Berlin yesterday, Erdogan showed the Rabia sign of the Muslim Brotherhood to his followers. Pure provocation.
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A new study shows how Turkey uses its religious state authority Diyanet as foreign policy tool in countries with a Turkish-Muslim minority and destabilizes secularization projects both at home and abroad:
PAPER: Diyanet as a Turkish Foreign Policy Tool: Evidence from the Netherlands and Bulgaria
cambridge.org/core/services/…
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The German government has finally cut funding to the largest Islamic organization in the country, DITIB (islamism-map.com/#!/DITIB), which is accused of acting as the long arm of the Turkish state.
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Turkey's religious authority #Diyanet (islamism-map.com/#!/DIYANET) began promoting interfaith dialogue in mid-1990s. However, the adoption of a more authoritarian and anti-western tone by the Islamist AKP leadership has resulted in a reversal of this policy:
PAPER: Instrumentalizing Islam in a ‘Secular’ State: Turkey’s Diyanet and Interfaith Dialogue: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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While Jihadi opinion is divided over #Erdogan, jihadi ideologues like Abu Qatada nonetheless take obvious pleasure in his election: “I love his victory over his enemies—leftists, secularists, and nationalists who hate the religion.”
jihadica.com/how-turkey-and-…
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The political torque #Erdogan’s power grab generates could crack the #NATO alliance.
hoover.org/research/erdogans…
From now on every day is a state of emergency," reads Cumhuriyet newspaper headline as Turkey's parliament passes new law giving authorities powers to fire civil servants, extend police detention, restrict movement: xitter.gq/cumhuriyetgzt/status/1…
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Turkey seen as reintroducing state of emergency through ‘back door’ | Thomas Seibert thearabweekly.com/node/40321
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Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency hrw.org/news/2018/07/20/turk…
A probe was launched against the CHP chair for insulting President Erdogan by sharing a cartoon which depicted him as various animals to show support for four university students.
hurriyetdailynews.com/probe-…
Erdogan is redesigning Turkey's security infrastructure. He will be no longer required to follow traditions and will be able to work with any general he wants, for as long as he wants, and may even disregard retirement rules.
al-monitor.com/pulse/origina…
It is now illegal to advertise alcoholic beverages in Turkey. Broadcasters even need to blur out bottles and glasses of alcohol consumed by TV characters. #CreepingIslamization xitter.gq/beforesharia/status/10…
