Posts Tagged ‘turkish’

Greece PM to extend “friendship” with Turkish elections winner 

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed on Friday his readiness to extend “a hand of friendship” to the winner of the upcoming elections in Turkey, hoping that the next [Turkish] government will “reconsider its approach toward the West.” This came in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press (AP) and published by The Washington Post. Mitsotakis said… […]

Turkish Elections 2023: Cypriot influencer explains why he wants Kılıçdaroğlu to win

A Cypriot social media influencer gave his reasons why he wants Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to prevail over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the upcoming elections in Turkey. “As you may have noticed, for a few months now I have been paying a great deal of attention to the upcoming Turkish elections,” said Harry Theocharous, an… […]

U.S. SANCTIONS TURKISH ENTITIES FOR AIDING RUSSIAN WAR EFFORT

The United States and United Kingdom imposed sanctions Wednesday on three Turkish targets as part of the West’s continued effort to “cut off more of the international assets and finance channels still connecting Moscow’s economy to global trade and finance.” On April 12, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Turkish companies and two associated targets. The… […]

Sweden Agrees To Extradite Turkish National In Bid For NATO Entry

Sweden agreed on Thursday to extradite a Turkish national that is wanted by Turkey’s government, in a bid to acquire Ankara’s approval to join the US-led military alliance NATO. This comes a day after Finland joined NATO, becoming its 31st member. Sweden and Finland requested to join the military alliance in the wake of Russia’s operation in Ukraine… […]

Turkish, Qatari foreign ministers discuss Palestine

Turkish and Qatari foreign ministers discussed the Palestine matter on Friday, according to diplomatic sources, reports Anadolu Agency. Mevlut Cavusoglu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani also discussed matters related to Afghanistan during a telephone call. Israeli police said Wednesday it detained 350 Palestinians from the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem, with witnesses saying […]

The Turkish move: Finland in exchange for F-16s?

Finland and Sweden are reported to have applied to join NATO in May 2022, ostensibly because they fear a military danger from Russia as Russian-Ukrainian military-political relations deteriorate. Yet in truth, neither then nor now, has Russia been a military danger to the Scandinavian nations. However, in case they join the alliance, Russia will have […]

What Kind of Hackers will the USA Use in the Turkish Elections?

Everyone is now aware of the fact that the United States aggressively meddles in practically all political movements and elections that take place in different nations. In fact, the US publicly touts its “successes” in this area, making no secret of the fact. It is sufficient to read Scott Shane’s article in the New York […]

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

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

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 […]

Turkish elections could be moved forward, says AKP spox

The possibility of holding early elections in Turkey is open, as spokesperson of the ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Ömer Çelik emphasised in his statements to journalists. “We plan to hold the elections on time, June 18th. However, some problems are being assessed that may arise in connection with this date, including the fact that… […]

Dozens of violations by Turkish fighter jets and drones on Monday in Greek airspace

The number of violations in the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) by Turkish warplanes and drones increased on Monday. As reported by Greek military authorities, nine formations of Turkish F-16 fighter jets, one helicopter and one UAV carried out 64 violations. There were 26 aircraft (seven pairs, one four and one six), of which 18… […]

Turkish foreign minister to attend football legend Pele’s funeral in Brazil

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will attend football legend Pele's funeral to be held on Monday in Santos, Brazil, Anadolu reports. Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed Cavusoglu to attend Pele's funeral, according to diplomatic sources. The Turkish foreign minister is presently in Brazil to attend the inauguration ceremony of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, […]

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