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New report on changes introduced by President Erdogan in Turkish curriculum shows radicalization, antisemitic messaging and demonization of Israel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ‘’The Islamization of the curriculum by Erdogan is in line with his grand narrative of an Islamic Turkish revival. Jihad is inserted into religious studies and it is characterized as a nationalist pursuit. Democratic values are denigrated while Western civilization and non-Muslims are maligned as ‘infidels’ and funders of terrorism. Textbooks have become a primary vehicle for Erdogan’s Turkish...

Donald Trump and the art of the lie: The bigger the better 10 Jan, 2021 11:54 PM 10 minutes to read In embracing the lie that the US election was "stolen", President Donald Trump has taken a path that often works for populist leaders. Photo / AP In embracing the lie that the US election was "stolen", President Donald Trump has taken a path that often works for populist leaders. Photo / AP New York Times By: Andrew Higgins In a cable to Washington in 1944, George F. Kennan, counsellor at the US Embassy in Stalin's Moscow, warned of the occult power held by lies, noting that Soviet rul...

The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two sources familiar... Second, said Erdemir, Erdoğan wants “to disrupt the growing energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, which has deepened Ankara’s diplomatic isolation in the region.” “Erdoğan, however, has a difficult time hiding his deeply ingrained anti-Israeli sentiments and failed to articulate a credible message as part of his tactical outreach so far,” he added. “It is difficult to imagine any mainstream Israeli politician taking Erdoğan’s offer seriously as l...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The State Department announced Monday that the U.S. is imposing sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition of Russian S-400 air missile defense system, which could further strain relations with the longtime NATO ally as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, analysts say. A defense spending bill approved by Congress includes language to mandate the sanctions, though President Trump has maintained his threat to veto the bill because it includes a requirement to rename bases named after Confederate figure...

In supporting syria's assad regime amid a humanitarian crisis taking place in war-torn aleppo. following the ambassador's assassination, turkish president erdogan and russian president putin spoke by phone. both countries, along with iran, expected to hold a summit on syria in moscow on tuesday. the slain ambassador had served as russia's ambassador to turkey since 2013. he was married and had one son, according to the russian embassy. and for the russians now, the question may be how much of the terror threat has now expanded to their presence in turkey, a nato ally? brianna? >> barbara starr...