Its finally here, "God´s Shadow, Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World" by Alan Mikhail, Chair of Yale's Dept of History. Thanks @Yale @yale_history and Prof. Mikhail on this much needed Book.

Daniel Haqiqatjou “refuting” Shīʾīsm

Turkish President Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara that Turkey is getting good news from Syria, but accused "Zionist Israel" of doing everything it can to sow discord there. In August, Israel struck Syria's Abu al-Duhur air base, saying Ankara planned to deploy air defenses there; Turkey and Syria said Turkish personnel were only repairing the runway and control tower.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿

For me in History one of the most annoying things in modern nationalist narratives is that (both modern Turkish nation-states building and Western, Greek historical accounts) have a tendency to downplay the direct continuity between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire. It is an absolute historical fact, and i say it again an ABSOLUTE FACT that for the early and classical Ottomans, claiming the Roman legacy wasn't an afterthought, it was central to who they were! For centuries, the Ottoman Muslim elite, scholars, and citizens living in Anatolia and the Balkans referred to themselves as Rûmî—literally meaning "Roman". To Arab, Persian, and even Chinese contemporaries, an Ottoman person or good was referred to as "Rûmî" or "from Rome". How can one ignore that the Ottomans inherited and retained vast parts of the East Roman system. Even the Orthodox Church: Mehmed II restored and protected the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, integrating the Greek Orthodox hierarchy directly into the imperial governance model (the Rum Millet). Meanwhile in the 19th century and 20th century, Western historians framed "Rome/Byzantium" as strictly European/Christian and the Ottomans as an "alien, Asiatic force," erasing the cultural and political synthesis that actually occurred. While the idiocy of the Kemalists played directly into that narrative copying it into their own historical teaching.

Знов йобані шахеди і балістики. Ще одна безсонна ніч... я в цьому впевнена

Every man should have a brother like @TalAbdulrazaq 🫡

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria: "The security of our Islamic nation is one indivisible whole."

Azerbaijan, Haftar and of course the UAE are considered friends of Israel.

Not sure why this is such a shocker. The army is for men, we're not going to send women to die on the battlefield. Therefore, army-oriented majors are reserved for men. Mind-blowing 🤯🤯

The Azerbaijan-based “globalinfo” news website assessed the Payitaht Abdülhamid and Diriliş Ertuğrul series are a "threat to national security." Scared of real Sunni heritage of Oghuz Turks ?!

I must say, @EkremBEkinci is a powerhouse when it comes to Ottoman history, dismantling historical falsifications with absolute professionalism.

If only America were more like this and truly meant it:

One thing I absolutely love 5Pillocks for? Go through their tweets and in the comments you'll see so many chicken shop lurkers, all of whom are prime candidates for blocking in advance. Greatly improves the Twitter experience, which is already a hellish app.

Based Bosnians.

Syrian Intelligence kidnapped the criminal butcher Ali Kayyali/Mihrac Ural from Beirut where he was hiding and brought him to Syria, apparently without knowledge of the Lebanese government Under "International Law" this is an illegal infringement on a country's sovereignty, but we don't care about that Under Shari'ah, espionage is mandatory, operations within lands you don't control is allowed, and especially if it's to bring a harbored criminal to justice Anyone annoyed by it can cry me a river. And long live Intelligence that benefits Islam and the Muslims

Armenia and Turkiye have reached an agreement on academic exchange.

Bad news for sentiments of Kemalists who are very supportive of Azerbaijan