While the international discussion about the reasons Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan decided to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque is mostly about his political domestic strategy (e.g. rallying his followers, making up for a collapsing economy etc), there are also significant security issues to be taken into account. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Istanbul
03Gen/17
Attacco al Reina Club di Istanbul: il primo video di rivendicazione? – by Alessandro Burato
E’ di ieri il primo video che può essere di rivendicazione dell’attacco al Reina Club di Istanbul postato online e per lo più passato inosservato al pubblico internazionale. Continue reading
02Gen/17
Attentato al Reina Club: la linea tra Istanbul e Mosca – by Giacalone, Maiolino e Pastorello
La Turchia e la Russia continuano ad essere sotto i riflettori a livello internazionale in Medio Oriente e non solo. Continue reading
“Reina” New Year club attack in Istanbul: first comments – by Maria Chr. Alvanou
Year 2017 entered in Turkey with a horrific attack that occurred inside the nightclub “Reina” at the Ortaköy area in Istanbul. Terrorism seems to have come literarily out of the bag of Santa Claus and it is a ”gift” we will have to deal with also during this year.
Attack at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul: a first comment (Attacco a Istanbul) – by Maria. Chr. Alvanou
The double suicide attack tonight at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul came unfortunately as no surprise to those dealing with the assessment of terrorist threats. For months now governments all over the world have put a raised travel advisory on Turkey, because of recent attacks in Istanbul and Ankara. It is a tragedy expected in the campaign of terror that has started for some time now in the country. Continue reading
Nuove minacce a Istanbul da IS: “i pizzini malesi” – by Marco Lombardi
Scrivevamo, il 29 giugno 2015, dell’uscita di “Kostantiniyye” (“Costantinopoli”): il primo magazine di IS dedicato a fare proselitismo e penetrazione in Turchia: 46 pagine realizzate nel formato e nello stile di Dabiq, apparse il 29 maggio 2015. (Si veda qui il nostro commento). E’ interessante rilevare che il 2 agosto 2015, su un forum in lingua malese, compare questa fotografia: Continue reading