Turkey
Egypt’ Grand Mufti: Converting Hagia Sophia into mosque impermissible in Islam
Jul 18, 2020
Converting the Turkish Hagia Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO world heritage site, into a mosque is impermisible in Islam, said Egyptian Grand Mufti...
Erdogan could not Islamize minds, so he is Islamizing stones instead’
Ezgi Başaran writes: French political scientist Professor Olivier Roy, who, since the mid-‘90s, has argued that the Islamist project has failed, says Atatürk’s secularism...
La remise en cause du statut de la basilique Sainte-Sophie par...
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The military balance between Greece and Turkey in 2020
Jul 26, 2020
In light of the destructive capabilities of the Armed Forces of Greece and Turkey a Greek-Turkish military confrontation not only does not...
Turkey’s top religious authority head delivers Friday sermon at Hagia Sophia...
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) head Ali Erbaş delivered the Friday sermon at Hagia Sophia with a sword in hand, presenting an Ottoman tradition...
Hagia Sophia and the Catastrophe of Symbolism
by Omar Ramahi
July 15, 2020
As a Muslim, I find Erdogan’s “decree” to change the status of Hagia Sophia (or Ayasofya in Turkish) from a...
Berlin dismisses claim “Greece & Turkey on the brink of war”,...
July 23, 2020
Berlin has dismissed the report of Bild newspaper that Greece and Turkey were on the brink of a war on Tuesday night....
Turkey: Back to Middle Ages
Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches 'dismayed' over decision to turn museum into mosque
11/07/2020
The interim secretary-general of the World Council of Churches has...
Hagia Sophia ‘Day of Mourning’ unites Christians against Erdogan decision
By Emily Judd, Al Arabiya
23 July 2020
Christians around the world will unite on Friday in observing a ‘Day of Mourning’ for the Hagia Sophia...
Turkey says any Libya ceasefire requires Haftar withdrawal from Sirte and...
Turkey says any Libya ceasefire requires Haftar withdrawal from Sirte and al-Jufra
22 July 2020
urkey and Russia have agreed to keep pushing for a ceasefire...