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<blockquote><small>The Turkish foreign minister’s remarks do not bode well for Sweden’s eventual accession into NATO.</small></blockquote></ref>

<blockquote><small>The Turkish foreign minister’s remarks do not bode well for Sweden’s eventual accession into NATO.</small></blockquote></ref>

Erdoğan has been criticized for his opposition to [[Israel]]. Even [[John Kerry]], who took a relatively anti-Israel stance under the [[Obama Administration]], criticized Erdoğan for his equal enforcement of [[Zionism]] with [[Fascism]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/01/official-kerry-to-rap-turkey-pm-for-remark/</ref> He was also criticized by the conservative governor [[Rick Perry]] for his aggression against the Jewish state of [[Israel]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/17/perry-draws-turkey-rebuke-over-debate-comments/</ref> Erdoğan said that [[Hamas]] is a "resistance group".<ref>"[https://www.science.co.il/hi/turkish/articles/Mauro-20130328.php Crowning Erdogan as the New King of Islamists]." By Ryan Mauro. Source: Frontpage Magazine. March 28, 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241120233457/https://www.science.co.il/hi/turkish/articles/Mauro-20130328.php Archived].</ref> After [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]] caused a genocide against Christians, Erdoğan defended Bashir and answered: 'Muslims Don't Cause Genocide'.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134297</ref> In May 2017, Israel criticized Erdoğan for urging Muslims to overrun the Temple Mount in order to protect against "Judaization," among other anti-Israel comments.<ref>Danan, Deborah (May 10, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/05/10/israel-rebukes-turkish-envoy-over-erdogan-rant/ Israel Rebukes Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan Call for Muslims to Swarm Temple Mount]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2017.</ref>

Erdoğan has been criticized for his opposition to [[Israel]]. Even [[John Kerry]], who took a relatively anti-Israel stance under the [[Obama Administration]], criticized Erdoğan for his equal enforcement of [[Zionism]] with [[Fascism]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/01/official-kerry-to-rap-turkey-pm-for-remark/</ref> He was also criticized by the conservative governor [[Rick Perry]] for his aggression against the Jewish state of [[Israel]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/17/perry-draws-turkey-rebuke-over-debate-comments/</ref> Erdoğan said that [[Hamas]] is a "resistance group".<ref>"[https://www.science.co.il/hi/turkish/articles/Mauro-20130328.php Crowning Erdogan as the New King of Islamists]." By Ryan Mauro. Source: Frontpage Magazine. March 28, 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241120233457/https://www.science.co.il/hi/turkish/articles/Mauro-20130328.php Archived].</ref> After [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]] caused a genocide against Christians, Erdoğan defended Bashir and answered: 'Muslims Don't[sic] Cause Genocide'.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134297 'Muslims Don't (sic) Commit Genocide'].

Maayana Miskin. INN, 8 Nov, 2009.</ref> In May 2017, Israel criticized Erdoğan for urging Muslims to overrun the Temple Mount in order to protect against "Judaization," among other anti-Israel comments.<ref>Danan, Deborah (May 10, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/05/10/israel-rebukes-turkish-envoy-over-erdogan-rant/ Israel Rebukes Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan Call for Muslims to Swarm Temple Mount]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2017.</ref>

=== Disruptions towards other nations ===

=== Disruptions towards other nations ===

=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===

=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===

Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>

Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Grey Wolves (organization)]]

*[[Grey Wolves (organization)]]