[caption id="attachment_5086" align="alignnone" width="3264"] Taksim Square moments before the police attacked with tear gas canons and grenades.[/caption] Joel Richardson For the past twelve years, I’ve maintained a keen interest in the future of the nation of Turkey, writing frequently over the years about the re-emergence of this...
[caption id="attachment_5075" align="alignnone" width="990"] Interview with an underground pastor from Iran[/caption] Hello friends, The documentary project continues… One of the interviews we conducted earlier this year was with a friend who is an underground church planter and pastor in Iran. It was a very powerful interview. One...
The image above is from the Cave Church at Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt. On my recent trip to Cairo, I was blessed to participate in an all night prayer meeting there on Pentecost. There were other opportunities for some sweet times of worship with...
I frequently read Stratfor's analysis, as they are among the most informed and foreword thinking. Here they discuss the present unrest in Turkey and what it means for the future of the nation: The rapid escalation of anti-government protests in Turkey in recent days...
For the past week, protests that initially began to contest a construction project in Istanbul's Taksim Square have become violent, turning largely into anti-government protests. According to news reports, the protestors are opposed to the present Islamist, increasingly authoritarian regime led by Prime Minister...
Ten years ago when I began trumpeting the Biblically prophesied reality that the Middle East would one day experience another period of Turkish domination, the idea was largely ignored. Beyond this, the mere mention of the word "Caliphate" by then-President Bush was outright mocked by...
First, there is this from the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News:
The groundbreaking ceremony for Istanbul’s controversial $3 billion third bridge over the Bosphorus was held yesterday, on the 560th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans. The ceremony was attended by Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the name of the bridge has been announced as “Yavuz Sultan Selim,” one of the most prominent sultans in Ottoman history. “We thought a lot about which name should be given to the third bridge over the Bosphorus in Istanbul, and we have decided on Yavuz Sultan Selim,” Gül said at the ceremony.
Interesting piece by Robert Kaplan at Gatestone Institute. I disagree that Germany is behind Turkey's regional expansion of power. But I can only agree that the US, particularly under the present administration has done much to further Turkey's regional goals. ...