Posts Tagged ‘turkish’

Russian-Turkish ‘co-opetition’ from Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh

March 17 2023 At a time when conflicts are increasingly interconnected, and provide tactical levers to assert pressure elsewhere, the competition between Russia-Iran and Turkiye in Syria and the South Caucasus is destined to overlap. Photo Credit: The Cradle By Yeghia Tashjian Despite their robust diplomatic relations, Turkiye has been in direct competition with Russia and Iran in […]

Turkish opposition has settled on a single candidate

The closer the next general presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey get, the more obvious the peculiarities of the internal political conflict between the opposition and the government become. Last week, one of the members of the Alliance of Six (in particular, the leader of the Good Party, Meral Akşener) refused to support Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, […]

Turkish elections: Can Erdogan maintain his grip on power?

March 02 2023 The outcome of Turkiye’s upcoming vote could determine whether Ankara returns to a western-oriented foreign policy, or if Erdogan strengthens the country’s autonomous direction. By Mohamad Hasan Sweidan As the centenary of the founding of the Turkish Republic approaches, Turkiye faces one of the most important elections in its history. Most importantly, the […]

The US diplomatic efforts to curtail Turkish independence continue

Given the dynamics of international processes and the earthquake disaster, Turkey remains at the forefront of the US and NATO bloc’s attention. Washington strongly opposes President Erdoğan’s policy of independence from American strategy, both in terms of reviving Turkey’s imperial status through reliance on the Turkic world and in maintaining its independence in relations with […]

Russian-Turkish gas hub has become an object of US concern

Following the collapse of the USSR, the United States is considering its role in the status of a global world leader. In relations with its NATO allies, Washington, moreover, continues the previous course of the flagship, which does not tolerate any deviations of its satellites from the strategy of the White House. And during the […]

Pursuit at Germany-France Border After Turkish Migrant Steals Car With Disabled Child Inside

    A Turkish migrant previously known to authorities is suspected of stealing a car with a disabled child inside and fleeing from Germany into France, hitting more than a dozen vehicles along the way, according to reports. The harrowing incident unfolded just before 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon in Kehl, a border town in […]

Will the Turkish Earthquake Unleash Science from the Shackles of the Statisticians?

“Can we forecast earthquakes? No. Neither the United States Geology Survey (USGS) nor any other scientists have ever predicted a major earthquake. We do not know how, and we do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future.” -United States Geology Survey website On the morning of February 6, 2023 the people […]

Watch: Euronews International Correspondent Anelise Borges with a Turkish earthquake rescue team

Faith, hope, false alarms and anguish as a Turkish rescue team battles to find survivors of Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges reports from Antakya Source Views: 0

TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: Turkish news presenter attacks Erdoğan’s construction policies and then resigns!

At a time when the dead from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria have exceeded 24,000 and the rescue crews are making superhuman efforts to locate survivors, Turks are speaking about the contractors responsible for the construction of buildings that collapsed like “paper towers”. In fact, there are many citizens who have already appealed to… […]

Turkish Leader Acknowledges ‘Shortcomings’ In Quake Response

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — The president of Turkey on Wednesday acknowledged “shortcomings” in his country’s response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade as hope dwindled that more survivors would emerge from the rubble of thousands of toppled buildings. With the confirmed death toll approaching 12,000, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the […]

Raisi holds talks to his Syrian, Turkish counterparts over the quake

TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held two separate phone conversations with his Syrian and Turkish counterparts, Bashar al-Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdogan respectively, on Tuesday. Source Views: 0

UNPRECEDENTED! Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu Slams the US, UK and EU just 3 days before the devastating artificially triggered earthquakes.

US should get ‘filthy hands’ off Türkiye – minister Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu accused Washington of working to hurt his country amid a consulate closure row FILE PHOTO. Suleyman Soylu. ©  Adem ALTAN / AFP Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu accused US ambassador Jeffry Flake of trying to “confuse” people in the host nation and told him to get […]

CLASH IN THE AEGEAN: Port guards point guns at Turkish vessel attempting to ram Greek boat (VIDEO)

A Turkish Coast Guard vessel harassed its Hellenic Coast Guard counterpart, within Greek territorial waters, on the morning of January 5, 2023 in the Aegean Sea close Farmakonisi. On Wednesday, the newspaper Dimokratia brought to light the video which proves Turkish aggression against Greece. The video clearly shows how close and at what speed the… […]

Turkish Foreign Minister, OIC Head discuss repeated attacks on Quran

The Turkish Foreign Minister and the Head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on Friday, discussed recent repeated attacks on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a phone call, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and OIC Secretary-General, Hussein Ibrahim Taha, evaluated the attacks on the holy Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands, […]

The Kurdish issue in Turkish-American relations

The topic of this article, of course, is very complex, profound and ambiguous, which requires more fundamental case studies. The author does not claim to have comprehensive coverage of this issue but will nevertheless try to outline the main features of Turkish-American relations taking into account the Kurdish issue. The Kurdish issue remains an integral […]

Turkish-Japanese floating energy unit secures $71m loan from Japanese banks

Turkish and Japanese floating energy unit has secured financing from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and MUFG Bank, Ltd., to finance a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Senegal, local Turkish media reports. According to Turkish media, the loan agreement was signed between two sides for an amount of up to $71 […]

Unrelenting Turkish-Greek tensions

Centuries change, epochs succeed one another … It seemed that antagonistic contradictions between peoples and states should be a thing of the past, that a historical decision should lead to the formation of civilized relations between former adversaries and enemies. However, not only does time have no power over collective memory, but sometimes we observe […]

Assad demands withdrawal of Turkish forces for continuation of talks

Lavrentiev stressed the importance of these meeting in order to resolve tensions between Damascus and Ankara January 12 2023 ByNews Desk-  On 12 January, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the special envoy of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s proposal to establish bilateral talks between Damascus and Ankara; however, Assad remarked that […]

The Greek destroyer of Turkish drones is ready!

The much-advertised and well-known Turkish drones are by no means invulnerable, and as it has been proven, they can be very easily blinded or misled by smart – and cheap – electronic countermeasures. The National Center for Research and Technological Development (EKETA/IPTHIL) is already in the final tests for the first Greek anti-drone platform. The… […]

Russian-Turkish partnership in the area of another Turkish-Syrian crisis

In today’s geopolitical dynamics, Russia and Turkey maintain a relevant regional presence in strategically important regions of the Near and Middle East, where the interests of the two powers can combine and diverge. However, the ruling elites have a high sense of maintaining a balance of power, respecting national interests, avoiding the prospect of radicalization […]

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