From Warning: Al-Qaeda Planning Attacks on Israelis in Turkey:
Israeli security services have received specific intelligence that al-Qaeda cells in Turkey are planning to carry out terror attacks on Israeli targets and sites affiliated with the U.S., Yediot Ahronot reported Monday.
Turkey Blames U.S. Jews for Genocide Bill
From Turkey Blames U.S. Jews for Genocide Bill: When a U.S. Congressional committee approved a resolution recognizing the World War I-era massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, Turkey’s reaction was swift and harsh: Blame the Jews. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said he had told American Jewish leaders that a genocide bill would strengthen the public perception in...
The Siloam Spring
From OHR: A recent news item about Jerusalem’s Mayor Uri Lupolianski’s asking the Turkish government to return to Israel the ancient Siloam inscription called attention to the history of the tablet. In Divrei Hayamim II (32:2-3) it is recorded that King Chizkiyahu ordered the stopping up of the springs around Jerusalem, which were the source of water for the city, in order to deprive...
Syrian waste turns [Turkish] Hatay coast into growing garbage dump
Solid waste, including medical waste, left in the open sea or in the Asi (Orontes) River, which passes through Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, end up along Hatay’s coast. Typical abuse of others by amoral Syria. From Today’s Zaman: Solid waste, including medical waste, left in the open sea or in the Asi (Orontes) River, which passes through Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, end up along Hatay’s...
Turkish officials to Mayor Lupolianski: “The tablet with Siloam Inscription will be returned to Jerusalem”
Here’s a statement from the Jerusalem Mayor’s office: Following a meeting between mayor Lupolianski and Turkish ambassador to Israel, Mr. Namik Tan, it was agreed to look into the option of lending the tablet with Siloam inscription to the city of Jerusalem. The 2,700-year-old tablet, which is now presented in the Archeology Museum in Istanbul, holds a great historical and cultural...
Jerusalem Seeks Return of Ancient Tablet
From Jerusalem Seeks Return of Ancient Tablet: Jerusalem’s mayor, Uri Lupolianski, has asked the Turkish government to return a 2,700-year-old tablet uncovered in an ancient subterranean passage in the city, as a “gesture of goodwill” between allies. Known as the Siloam inscription, the tablet was found in a tunnel hewed to channel water from a spring outside Jerusalem’s...
1,400 Turkish Muslims Maim Animals During Eid al-Adha Feast
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Turkish statement on Tehran Holocaust meeting
Received by email with no link:—– STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY We maintain the same views expressed in our statement dated December 9, 2005 also in the context of the conference held in Teheran on December 11-12e ntitled “Jewish Holocaust: Global Perspectives.” We expressed in that statement that the Holocaust suffered by the Jews...
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