A few quick articles to bring everyone up to speed on the advent of the New Ottoman Empire & Sultan Erdogan’s desire to be future Such an expansion would be particularly concerning in light of the Turkish government’s recent swing toward Islamist political alliances. They have worked to significantly reinforce strategic alliances with both Iran and Syria, two of the most well-established state sponsors of terrorism globally, while significantly cooling its relationship with Israel and the United States.
Despite this, the Obama administration sold the Turkish Air Force 100 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets this past January. Turkey already manufactures its own F-16s. (Now President Trump could give them F-35s
Turkey Makes Troubling Moves: Warning Israel
With the recent Arab spring & summer, news for Israel continues to grow worse. Turkey is the last cog in the battle of Gog & Magog to move from secular government to Islamization. Now the news of hundreds of resignations in the military, including the heads of the Army, Navy & Air Force, has created a vacuum, with which we can see the detractors calling on the President of Turkey (Erdogan) to push to become the next Sultan.
Many in the region long for the glory days of the Ottoman Empire, and recent news is troubling for the region already trembling. A reverse coup has taken place, and much of the world is numb to the ramifications on the region’s buildup for supremacy. Truly, all the pieces are in place for the battle of Gog & Magog.
Turkey: Military chiefs resign en masse
The chief of the Turkish armed forces, Isik Kosaner, has resigned along with the army, navy and air force heads.
BBC News – Turkey: Military chiefs resign en masse
They were furious about the arrest of senior officers, accused of plotting, shortly before a round of military promotions. A series of meetings between General Kosaner and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to resolve their differences. Turkish President Abdullah Gul moved quickly to appoint General Necdet Ozel as the new army chief. Gen Ozel is widely expected to be swiftly elevated to chief of the general staff in place of Gen Kosaner. Tradition dictates that only the head of the army can take over the top job. There has been a history of tension between the secularist military and the governing AK party, with the two sides engaged in a war of words for the past two years over allegations that parts of the military had been plotting a coup.
Turkey to double the size of its army
Joel’s Trumpet (Link) – Joel Richardson (July 5, 2011)
With Prime Minister Erdogan’s Islamist AK party having seized its third landslide election victory in Turkey, many throughout the international community have been watching to see what will be next on the Turkish agenda.
Now there are strong indicators in the Turkish media that Turkey is planning on literally doubling the size of its army – this coming from the nation that already has the largest army in the Middle East and the second-largest army in NATO, second only to the United States. Presently, Turkey’s army has over 500,000 troops. Its army is larger than France, Germany, and England combined. And now Turkish media are reporting that they are planning on adding another 500,000 paid soldiers.
It is also essential to once again remind ourselves of the recent accomplishments of the Islamist AK party under Prime Minister Erdogan’s leadership. In just the past several years, the AK party has edged ever closer to establishing a full-blown dictatorship, all in the name of democracy. Since 2002, they have managed to accomplish the following:
- occupy the presidency;
- occupy the seat of prime minister;
- gain a large majority of seats in the parliament;
- fill the judiciary with Islamist-leaning judges;
- behead the top echelons of the military;
- infiltrate the police force (over 70 percent of officers are members the Islamist Gulen movement);
- intimidate and imprison Turkish journalists (there are more Turkish journalists in prison than any other nation in the world – more than China or Iran).
The nation’s leadership is now working toward a bill authorizing them to rewrite the Turkish Constitution, giving them far more sweeping powers over the military and judiciary.
Erdogan’s ‘Plan B’: Downgrading Israel ties
YNet News (Link) (July 25, 2011)
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet on Monday reported that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering moving to a “Plan B” which will see relations with Israel suffer further by downgrading the level of Turkey’s diplomatic staff in Israel.
On Sunday, Erdogan said that he still expects an apology from Jerusalem. “We will wait for the Israelis’ decision a certain period. If they don’t apologize by this time, we shall move to Plan B,” he said.
According to Hurriyet, “Plan B” means cooling down relations with Israel. One of the most significant steps will be downgrading Turkey’s embassy staff in Israel. Ankara recalled its ambassador following last year’s flotilla event. It is also possible Turkey will not approve an Israeli ambassador to replace Gaby Levy.
On Sunday, the Turkish newspaper reported that the Palmer report has ruled that IDF soldiers boarded the ship with “the intent to kill.”
According to the report, Israel is considering compensating the families of the nine people killed aboard the ship, and intends to issue a statement regretting the loss of life – regardless of Turkey’s demand for an official apology.
Official apology! What about the million-plus Christians that Turkey systematically denies ever happened?
The Armenian Genocide in Turkey
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