Camp to be built near monastery in Turkish town of Midyat
Topic: Turkey
There are, we are told, 800 million people for whom the ECHR is the last recourse against tyrannical governments. But does this argument really hold water?
Posted on Friday, 20 April 2012
Tyrannical governments, unlike our own, just ignore the ECHR when they don’t like its judgments
If Turkey ever does join the EU, Sarah Ferguson will immediately be served with a European arrest warrant and on the next plane to Ankara
Posted on Friday, 13 January 2012
This whole affair is one more example of how alien to the European mindset Turkish culture really is
We must wish the Turks well in their struggle for Islamic democracy
Posted on Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Turkey is a great friend of Britain, but still has its problems. If Prime Minister Erdogan can overcome these he will go down as the greatest Turk since Suleiman the Magnificent
What is a ‘Christian fundamentalist’? Not Fr Longenecker, surely. But Anders Breivik approvingly quoted his blog: how creepy is that?
Posted on Monday, 1 August 2011
The fact is that even mass murderers agree with sensible people sometimes: you can’t keep quiet, just in case
Despite the EU’s demands on human rights, Turkey’s persecution of Christians is escalating
Posted on Wednesday, 27 July 2011
I wonder why Brussels isn’t interested? Maybe it approves
Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/07/11
Posted on Thursday, 21 July 2011
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What we can learn from the decline of the Ottoman Empire
Posted on Friday, 18 March 2011
As in China, the forces of conservatism were too great
He might not have stepped foot in England, but don’t denigrate St George
We should be proud of our international soldier-saint