Turkey
The coming weeks are critical in determining the trajectory of Turkish politics. While the current crisis exposes Erdogan’s vulnerability, if he weathers it—as he has others—he is likely to emerge emboldened, with even fewer internal constraints on his foreign policy ambitions.
The youth delegation of 150 school pupils left Antalya following a 24-hour delay and was on its way to its hotel in Poland, according to Israeli Education Minister Yoach Kisch.
The 12th graders were en route to Poland for the annual educational trip to learn about the Holocaust.
The Nablus-based suspects planned shooting attacks and a bombing against troops and other targets.
Developments in Turkey raise the question of whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will finally be forced to exit the stage—or whether the country is on the brink of a full-fledged one-man authoritarian era
“May Allah, for the sake of his name ‘Al-Qahhar,’ destroy and devastate Zionist Israel,” the Islamist Turkish leader said.
Istanbul: The street protests don’t yet threaten the president’s rule, but they give hope to diverse crowds that this is the beginning of change.
Turkey has replaced Russia as the dominant power in Syria, a prominent expert tells JNS.
An arrest at Beirut Airport has unveiled a sophisticated smuggling network.
Turkey: Amid mass protests, Istanbul mayor sent to prison pending trial
Despite government attempts to suppress dissent, hundreds of thousands protested jailing of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption charges.
The Jewish organization called for “unequivocal condemnation” of the Turkish president over his “relentless demonization of Israel.”
“Instead of merely reacting to developments, we now see an Israel that actively shapes events,” Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak tells JNS.
