Are Georgetown Fellow and Erdoğan Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin’s Threats Panning Out?

Just days after Erdoğan spokesman and Georgetown University Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding senior fellow İbrahim Kalin threatened to kidnap opponents of Turkey’s Islamist regime “whether it be [in] the U.S. or some other country,” guards fired at an intruder at Erdoğan opponent Fethullah Gülen’s compound in Pennsylvania. Will this move Georgetown to finally cut its ties with this thug? Does Kalin speak for Georgetown as well as Erdogan?

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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