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Turkey distances itself from Muslim Brotherhood but strengthens Hamas ties, Austrian study finds

The study argues that Ankara has increasingly prioritized pragmatic and diplomatic relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE over its ideological commitments to the Muslim Brotherhood.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People wearing masks with the colours of the Palestinian flag take part in a pro-Palestinian rally amid events marking the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 10, 2026.
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters during a ceremony in Istanbul, last year.

Tension over refugees takes center stage in Turkey ahead of elections

Both the Turkish president and the main opposition have said they want Syrians to return to their war-torn country.

|ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
Seyran Ates, founder of the new liberal Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, prays in Berlin

Germany condemns Turkish criticism of new liberal mosque

Germany is home to an estimated 4 million people of Turkish origin.

|ByREUTERS
Layan Nassar

‘I told her not to go’

Father of Israeli woman killed in the New Year’s Eve attack in Istanbul said on Sunday that he had tried to stop his 18-year-old daughter from traveling to Turkey.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Erdogan fracas betrays growing polarization

Erdogan's political rhetoric plays on an underlying schism reaching back to Ataturk forged a secular republic from the ruins of an Ottoman theocracy.

MAY 19, 2014ByREUTERS
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Women arrested for making obscene hand gesture at Turkey's Erdogan

Erdogan says woman directed "ugly gesture" at him en route to political rally; "insulting a public official" punishable by prison time.

MARCH 17, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan