Six on Turkey: Turkey's Erdogan threatens to give Trump a lethal Ottoman slap; Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive

[panaritisp]

    If you like what you find on the "Six on History" blog, please share w/your contacts. 

       Here is the link to join: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/six-on-history

Six on Turkey: Turkey's Erdogan threatens to give Trump a lethal Ottoman slap; Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred; Greece records 31 airspace violations by Turkish aircraft amid rising tensions; Erdogan gone rogue; Erdogan's Turkey: The political trend that’s more important than ‘populism’; How Turkey’s outreach to its diaspora is inflaming tensions with Europe

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to give Trump a lethal Ottoman slap

"not the first time he's done that.....and Trump did it when talking to Putin at the G7...Morons" [thanks Andrea]

"Two days after Erdogan’s “Ottoman slap” speech, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stopped in the Turkish capital for a three-and-a-half-hour meeting with the Turkish president and foreign minister. It’s doubtful that Tillerson understood the term “Ottoman slap,” since in a departure from protocol he did not bring his own translator or aides to the meeting, relying on the translation skills of Cavusoglu. [Please tell me this isn't true.] The media briefing held after the meeting did not hold out cause for optimism. The United States and Turkey agreed to establish three coordinating committees to discuss points of disagreement. The first is scheduled to convene Friday. Working groups of this kind are generally created between rival countries; allies don’t need them, they simply pick up the phone and talk. But the bad blood between Ankara and Washington is so poisoned that last week, too, Erdogan waved a warning finger at the Trump administration, saying he expected deeds and not words from the United States, as if Turkey were a superpower telling a client state how to behave."

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to give Trump a lethal Ottoman slap

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to give Trump a lethal Ottoman slap Zvi Bar'el ***

Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred

Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred

Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred The New York Times With Turkish armed forces engaged in a difficult battle in Syria, the president tried at a rally to bolster conf...

Greece records 31 airspace violations by Turkish aircraft amid rising tensions

Greece records 31 airspace violations by Turkish aircraft amid rising tensions | Kathimerini

Greece records 31 airspace violations by Turkish aircraft amid rising te... Turkish military aircraft violated Greek airspace 31 times in different parts of the Aegean on Wednesday, author...

Erdogan gone rogue

Erdogan gone rogue, Tom Ellis | Kathimerini

Erdogan gone rogue, Tom Ellis | Kathimerini Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clearly sees himself as the leader of a regional superpower and as a hege...

 Erdogan's Turkey: The political trend that’s more important than ‘populism’

Analysis | The political trend that’s more important than ‘populism’

Analysis | The political trend that’s more important than ‘populism’ Ishaan Tharoor Get used to hearing about "majoritarianism."

How Turkey’s outreach to its diaspora is inflaming tensions with Europe

Analysis | How Turkey’s outreach to its diaspora is inflaming tensions with Europe

Analysis | How Turkey’s outreach to its diaspora is inflaming tensions w... Ayca Arkilic There is a widening rift between Turkey and Europe, and the Turkish diaspora has become increasingly torn betwee...