Saeed Naqvi | Will Erdogan’s Islamist play at Hagia Sophia rescue his govt?

A powerful anti-West Islamist party, Refah, or Welfare, took shape and spread like prairie fire

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Hagia Sophia is the fourth Byzantine church museum in Turkey to be thrown open for prayers again

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s criticism of India over Kashmir, while addressing the Pakistan Parliament, was dubious.

Erdogan and Putin also discussed steps to be taken for developing bilateral relations and increasing bilateral trade volume.

A senior Turkish official said earlier this week that Turkey had captured Baghdadi's sister, her husband and daughter.

Erdogan's operation, meanwhile, will continue in a limited area.

SDFspokesmanin a statement cited by Al Jazeera that the Kurdish-led group had no fighters left in Ras al-Ain

Turkey began its operation on October 9, days after the pullout of US troops from northern Syria.

The Kurds have been abandoned and left to die; it is not for the first time that an American ally has suffered such a fate.

In language shorn of diplomatic niceties, Trump began with an outright threat.