Recep Tayyip Erdogan

VFTB 299: Dr. Timothy Furnish – Sects, Lies and the Caliphate

By: Derek

On: January 29, 2016

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam, and he explains why the goals of the Islamic State are a return to the values of Muslim states prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Continue Reading

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

VFTB 247: Cliff Garner – Turkey and the Caliphate

By: Derek

On: June 3, 2015

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

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VOTERS IN Turkey go to the polls this weekend. At stake are the ambitions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who apparently wants to reestablish the caliphate. Cliff Garner discusses the political situation in Turkey and why some scholars see Erdogan’s goal as the prophesied Beast of Revelation.Continue Reading

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VFTB 244: Cliff Garner – What the Turks Want

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On: May 14, 2015

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THE RECENT announcement of an agreement between Turkey and Saudi Arabia to cooperate in supporting the rebels in Syria is an important development. Cliff Garner, who spent several years in Turkey teaching English as a second language, shares his insights into the political maneuvering of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Continue Reading

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