The Iran war has given Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a sorely needed boost, even as it further imperils the country’s wobbly finances — the main source of the Turkish leader’s woes. Recent opinion suggest that in such turbulent times, even disaffected voters are once

Bin ziemlich geschockt, wie eine in Deutschland angesehene Schriftstellerin wie Dilek Zaptçıoğlu auf Türkisch solche Sachen über andere (in diesem Fall über mich) tweeted. Die Untertöne sind wirklich klar. Nicht nur, dass sie meine Bücher offensichtlich nicht gelesen hat, sondern

Prof. Stefan Ihrig, der zum Genozid an den Armeniern forscht, wird aktuell massiv angegriffen. Die Journalistin Dilek Zaptçıoğlu führt als ”Kritik“ u.a. an, dass seine Frau Jüdin ist und er Verbindungen zu Israel hat. In anderen Tweets leugnet sie den Genozid an den Armeniern,

Şu anda Dilek Zaptçıoğlu tarafından antisemitik imalarla eleştirilen STEFAN IHRIG'İN NAZİLER VE ATATÜRK (Alfa, 2015) kitabına dair eski bir zincir. Stefan Ihrig

Ayșe Hür is fighting back against those at the moment trying to argue away the findings of my two books (Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination, 2014, and Justifying Genocide, 2016) and refocuses the debate on Ataturk's actions vis-a-vis the minorities in Turkey Ayşe Hür

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Reports about the possibility of a 45-day ceasefire! One can only hope... via Axios: Iran war mediators make last-ditch effort for 45-day cease-fire The U.S., Iran and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day cease-fire that could lead to a

Wow, quite a stretch. When this war ends, Iran will be left with no proxies, a battered infrastructure, a deeply infiltrated establishment, continued economic crisis and a population in despair. Survival does not one make a global power.

It seems to be book week at the Haifa Center for German and European Studies: The announcement for the really fascinating-looking book of our colleague Dr. Daniel Mahla is out! Congrats! iupress.org/9780253077462/…

Wrong. Vance's visit to Budapest is not 'normal diplomacy,' but a blatant attempt to support a floundering autocrat. 'Normal diplomacy' does not involve state visits days before a bitterly contested election. Nor does it involve attending political rallies. This is the kind of

You may wonder why the Europeans aren't responding more forcefully to JD Vance in Budapest 1/ Because Orban looks set to lose & any EU intervention could be counterproductive 2/ Because the US is so far beyond the pale - Greenland, Iran, Ukraine etc. The EU is quietly moving on

"...more than 77 percent of registered voters had cast ballots, the highest turnout in a Hungarian election since the collapse of Communism in 1989 and the start of democracy." nytimes.com/2026/04/12/wor…