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The West’s illusions about Erdogan’s denialism was outrageous. The reaction to it was revealing

Erdogan, a major NATO leader had effectively declared his nation innocent of every crime commonly associated with the empire, and the world moved on with remarkable ease.

Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.
 The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

The war against the Jewish state began long before Israel was established - opinion

Syria's newly appointed president for a transitional phase Ahmed al-Shaara meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025.

Turkey’s neo-Ottoman ambitions: Erdogan, Hamas, and threats to Israel - opinion

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion


Relic from Ottoman sultan returned to Jaffa, after extensive renovations

Israeli archeologists restore seal of Sultan Hamid Abdul II, builder of the Jaffa Clock Tower.

The marble plaque bearing the sultan’s seal prior to conservation; the seal itself cannot be discerned

WWI, in Palestine

By October 1, 1918, Allied forces were in Damascus; Palestine was free of the 613-year-old Ottoman overlords.

AUSTRALIANS TAKE part in a World War I reenactment near Beersheba in 2007

Grapevine: Happy birthday, Alice

The German-born Shalvi spent much of her youth in England and graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in English literature.

President Reuven Rivlin

In disputed Sussiya, old Ottoman law still casts a shadow over the land

Ottoman law continues to influence court decisions, as the state neglects to act on land disputes.

A man sits with his family inside their tent in Sussiya

Diamonds in the rough

The newly restored Turkish Bazaar and Turkish bath Hamam Ghattas in Acre's Old City offer visitors a unique boutique experience.

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No magic Syrian solution

The background to Turkey’s current dilemmas with Damascus can be traced back to the ruins of the Ottoman Empire

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His Story/Her Story: 16th-century gossip

Rabbis living in the Ottoman Empire seemed to be extremely concerned about the moral fiber of their communities.

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From ‘mosque’ to museum

A mosaic of rich Ottoman and British history tells Beersheba’s story

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Time to apply Israeli law over Judea and Samaria

An official government decision to adopt the Levy Report will require a significant struggle to change the rules of the game.

view of the west bank

It’s all relative

Etty Lev’s exhibition of paintings ‘Unexpected Encounters’ records her early memories and acts as a sort of family album.

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