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Turkey and the US led anti-IS coalition: Ankara is doing more than People Think

Turkey Wonk: Nuclear and Political Musings in Turkey and Beyond

My apologies. I am traveling this week and don’t have time to write a proper post. However, I wanted to get a few thoughts on paper about Turkey’s role in the US led anti-IS air campaign in Syria and Iraq.

Turkey’s policy vis-à-vis ISIS has always been relatively clear. Ankara has not supported the group and has thought of it as a terror organization for 1.5 years. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, for example, has criticized Sayyid Qutb’s ideology and believes that his understanding of Islam is incorrect. Davutoglu, who is the architect of Turkish foreign policy, argues that Qutb’s understanding of Islam is too heavily influenced by Western political theories. These theories, he argues, are incongruent with the concept of Dar al Islam, which is a  better source of political legitimacy in the Arab/Muslim world. Thus, any suggestions that the AKP supports IS because of an overlap in religious points…

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Nick Clegg bends when kept in Cameron’s back pocket, buyers claim

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(satire?)

Several people who bought Nick Clegg’s promises at the last election are claiming that the leader of the Liberal Democrats is prone to becoming bent when carried in his coalition partner’s pocket.

Some dissatisfied Lib Dem voters have posted photos on social media sites that appear to show Mr Clegg bent and warped out of all recognition after being carried around for over 4 years in David Cameron’s back trouser pocket.

It is not yet clear if it is Mr Clegg’s new ministerial outer covering that is making him particularly vulnerable to being bent.

Experts say the Liberal Democrats should offer compensation if it emerged that there had been a “faulty batch” of Lib Dem pledges, and the party should also be prepared to replace its broken promises to any dissatisfied voters who bought them.

But Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the advisory service Davies Murphy Group, thought that the Liberal Democrats should take a different tack:

This just illustrates the fact…

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US launches air strikes against IKEA

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(satire?)

The US has stepped up its war against the radical home furnishings group, IKEA, launching air strikes on targets in its retail division for the first time.

The Pentagon press secretary, rear admiral John Kirby, confirmed that the US and allied nations sent fighter jets, bomber aircraft and Tomahawk missiles in an operation against IKEA stores and depots that he described as “ongoing”.

Tensions have been increasing between the west and the retailing conglomerate since shocking reports of the Swedish home products company brutal treatment of home furnishings were exposed.

In a speech, President Obama accused the organisation of being a threat to western interests, with an aggressive expansionist plan by the furniture giant to create a pine furnishings caliphate in which all furnishings will be forced to conform to its extremist brand of light-coloured, bland wooden furniture

IKEA leaders have responded with videos and photographs of horrific displays of rooms decorated with cheap self-assembly furnishings and threatened a massive retaliation…

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This Telegraph article about Emma Watson has just murdered satire in cold blood

Wish this was unbelievable – hope Daily Telegraph writer is hoisted on their own… sheesh!

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(not satire – it’s the Daily Telegraph!)

I am livid.

How on earth are satirists supposed to compete when Daily Telegraph feature writers are coming up with gems like this:

Emma Watson hits a high note with gender equality speech – and her wardrobe choices

As a piece of hard-hitting satire the article is hilarious.

The only problem is that it’s supposed to be serious.

Here are a few extracts:

The new UN Women Goodwill Ambassador made waves with her speech on gender equality in New York – and her sophisticated wardrobe.

You’ve been called up to address the secretary -general of the United Nations and a host of ‘distinguished guests’ with your one-of-a-kind mission to stop gender inequality. So what on earth do you wear?

The 24-year-old made clear her stance on being a feminist  – in a dress choice that was as eloquent and…

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I have seen all types of friends but … & Bütün dostları gördüm ama ……by Umar ibn Al-Khattab

YA BAKİ ENTEL BAKİ

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I have seen all types of friends but I never found a friend better than safeguarding the tongue.

I have seen all types of clothes but I never found clothes better than Allah -consciousness.

I have seen all types of wealth but I never found wealth better than contentment.

I have seen all types of good deeds but I never found a good deed better than giving good advice.

And I have seen all types of food and I never found food more delicious than patience.

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Bütün dostları gördüm, dili muhafaza etmekten daha iyi dost görmedim.

Bütün elbiseleri gördüm, takvadan daha güzel bir elbise görmedim.

Bütün malları gördüm, kanaatten daha güzel bir mal görmedim.

Bütün hayırları (iyilikleri) gördüm, nasihatten daha efdal (üstün) olanını görmedim.

Bütün yemekleri gördüm, sabırdan daha lezzetlisini görmedim.

by Umar ibn Al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu)

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