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The first modern Islamist fundamentalist conquest of the West?
Is Erdogan looking to conquer the energy-rich East Mediterranean and control Cyprus
In the 1970s, a young mogul named Donald Trump was making news as a young, brash and very successful real estate developer.
- Philip Christopher
- Knews
At the same time, Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus made international headlines.
Now, 44 years later, they are on a collision course of historic consequence.
US President Trump is the leader of the Western world and Turkey’s occupation of Cyprus has now become the first modern Islamist fundamentalist attempt to capture Western world territory and…