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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Turkey Arrests 46 Ex-Police Officers over Links to Gulen Movement

Turkey Arrests 46 Ex-Police Officers over Links to Gulen Movement

Tuesday 14 May 2019
Gulen. Alwaght- Turkish arrested 46 former police officers over alleged links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen. Prosecutors have issued a total of 64 arrest warrants, and security forces detained 46 suspects in a nationwide operation, the state-run Anadolu news ag ...
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Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links

Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links

Monday 20 May 2019 ،
Gulen. Alwaght- A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The Ankara chief prosecutor’s office said it ordered the arrest of 249 members of Turkey’s foreig ...
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Erdogan’s Istanbul Loss: Big Warning But Not Tragic

Erdogan’s Istanbul Loss: Big Warning But Not Tragic

Wednesday 26 June 2019 ،
Gulen movement and the purge campaign against the ranks of the military and the opposition. The vote result certainly signals that the citizens no longer agree with Erdogan’s policies. This was especially clear among the Kurds whose leader Abdullah Ocalan is imprisoned for over 20 years by Tur ...
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Roots of Saudi-Turkish Relations Crisis?

Roots of Saudi-Turkish Relations Crisis?

Sunday 11 August 2019 ،
Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Turkish preacher  whom Erdogan accuses of masterminding the coup, contributed to Clinton’s election campaign. In December 2018, Yeni Safak, a Turkish newspaper close to the government, in a report on the Saudi and Emirati foreign financing systems said that Sa ...
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Erdogan Baku Visit Amid Foreign Policy Crisis

Erdogan Baku Visit Amid Foreign Policy Crisis

Friday 28 February 2020 ،
Gulen network’s deep influence in Azerbaijan.  The Turkish leader is deeply concerned about deepening toehold of the Fethullah Gulen network of supporters in Azerbaijan. Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Turkish preacher, is a vocal critic of Erdogan and is accused of masterminding the 2016 fa ...
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What Challenges Would Erdogan Have With Biden Govt.?

What Challenges Would Erdogan Have With Biden Govt.?

Wednesday 18 November 2020 ،
Gulenist Movement, named after the US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen who is accused of orchestrating the 2016 failed coup against Erdogan, without concerns about Washington reactions. But under Biden, such massive arrests and crackdowns on the opposition may draw a serious response from the ...
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Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?

Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?

Thursday 14 January 2021 ،
Gulen who is accused by Erdogan of masterminding the 2016 military coup carry the potentials to unleash crisis to their bilateral ties. The best option, Erdogan thinks, in the period of Biden is repairing relations with the Arabs so that he can alleviate diplomatic pressures on Ankara and prevent r ...
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Erdogan’s Gulen Nightmare Is Back under Biden Presidency

Erdogan’s Gulen Nightmare Is Back under Biden Presidency

Saturday 27 February 2021 ،
Gulen influence in the elections as Biden team supports the US-based influential opposition preacher. Alwaght- Recently, Turkish police arrested 130 military personnel in 47 provinces on charges of involvement in the failed July 15, 2016 coup. Although the wave of arrests in the military ranks is no ...
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Turkey Summons US Envoy over Biden Recognition of Armenian Genocide

Turkey Summons US Envoy over Biden Recognition of Armenian Genocide

Sunday 25 April 2021 ،
Gulen, accused of masterminding a failed military coup in Turkey in 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t specifically address Biden’s recognition of the genocide on Saturday. However, in his letter to the Armenian patriarch in Istanbul, he pointed out that nobody ben ...
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Gulen in Middle of Erdogan-West Gaps over Ukraine

Gulen in Middle of Erdogan-West Gaps over Ukraine

Monday 14 November 2022 ،
Gulen network members in return for favorable stance on Ukraine and NATO membership bids. Alwaght- Since the start of Ukraine war, Turkey as a NATO member has been in challenge deciding on how to deal with the Western punitive measures against Russia, to the extent that after the war, Ankara's d ...

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Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks

Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks