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Turkish President Sues Greek Newspaper For Insulting Him
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a lawsuit against Greek daily newspaper ‘Dimokratia’ at a prosecutor’s office …
Erdogan’s Policies and Turkey – Daily Times
Last month, Turkey made it into the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global …
Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Designs Knock on Europe’s Door
Relations between Turkey and Europe have become increasingly strained over the last several years, as many fear that …
Why is Turkey causing trouble on Europe’s borders again? | The Spectator
In the cold, damp forest lining the border between Poland and Belarus, thousands …
The Turkish Gambit – Modern Diplomacy
Turkey goes on with an unusual and risky policy in military and technical cooperation, effectively regarding it to be …
As Turkey Chafes at Erdogan, He Gets Spikier Abroad – The New York Times
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled an appearance at the global climate …
Then came the chance the Turks have been waiting for: To get rid of Christians once and for all – Haaretz.com
In the late 1800s, …
Why Turkey wants new F-16 fighter jets
In-depth: For Turkey, getting approval to buy F-16Vs and modernisation kits could be its last chance to ensure …
Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire – Foreign Policy
Erdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and …
Is the West now trying to bully Turkey? – CGTN
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, …
Honeymoon could soon be over for Erdogan’s Turkey in Africa
In the nearly ten years since Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his famous visit to Mogadishu …
UK and Greece sign deal to bolster defence and trade ties
Britain and Greece agreed to strengthen ties on Monday as they drafted a new …
Turkish state-run bank lacks immunity in US criminal laundering case | Courthouse News Service
The Second Circuit’s ruling found Halkbank engaged in commercial activity when …
Germany’s New Government and Its Foreign Policy on Turkey: Lines of Conflict and Areas of Cooperation – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
In stark contrast to …
The Man Behind Erdogan’s Worst Spat With the West: QuickTake – BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading Turkey toward the biggest showdown …
There Was Once a Dream That Was the Turkish Republic – War on the Rocks
Elections in Turkey are scheduled for June 2023, the centenary …
The impact of the joint security coordination between Israel and Turkey in Afghanistan – Modern Diplomacy
First: Analysis of the potential scenarios of (Israeli-Arab or …
Why is the road to The Hague accessible to Armenia/Azerbaijan but not to Cyprus/Turkey? | Cyprus Mail
As a resident of The Hague in the Netherlands, I …
Erdogan is fighting to stay in power | Opinion – Deutsche Welle
Every time there’s a fresh problem with the Turkish economy — indeed, every …
Turkey to expel U.S. envoy and nine others, Erdogan says | Reuters
ISTANBUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that …
Turkey Lands on Anti-Money Laundering Watchlist – Again | Financial Action Task Force – FDD
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Paris-based global money …
Finance watchdog ‘grey lists’ Turkey in threat to investment | Reuters
ISTANBUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) – An international watchdog downgraded Turkey to a so-called grey …
Africa: Turkey’s Erdogan Serenades Africa As ‘Alternative Partner’ to Post-Colonial Players – allAfrica.com
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s four-day visit to Africa this week has …
How Turkey’s approach to Africa differs from the West and China
Ankara offers a new opportunity to diversify and establish more humane, balanced, reasonable, and …
Turkey’s Erdogan faces uphill battle to curb ‘exorbitant prices’ | Reuters
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shops at a grocery store of the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives …
Turkish State Energy Giants Set for Rejig Ahead of Possible Sale – Bloomberg
Turkey is preparing to reorganize some of its largest state companies ahead …
Erdogan And Boris Johnson: A New Global Power Duo? – Worldcrunch
BERLIN — According to the Elysée Palace, the French presidency “can’t understand” why Turkey would …
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Ioannis Apostolos Fokas (c.1532-c.1602) -known in historical sources as Juan Griego or Juan de Fuca- was a navigator of Greek …
Afghan refugees accuse Turkey of violent illegal pushbacks | The Guardian
As the sun sets over a dusty ravine on the outskirts of Van city …
Turkey: Unopposed in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea | E-International Relations
The re-emergence of Turkey as a major military power has altered the dynamics of the …
Could the Turkish lira fall to 100 to the dollar? | American Enterprise Institute – AEI
The lira, Turkey’s currency, is in free fall. A decade …
Turkey: Soldiers Beat, Push Afghan Asylum Seekers Back to Iran | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into …
Azerbaijani president responds at last to Pandora Papers | Eurasianet
The government had been silent since the investigation into massive corruption was released. Now Ilham …
Factbox: Revolving door: personnel changes at Turkey’s central bank | Reuters
Turkey’s Central Bank headquarters is seen in Ankara, Turkey in this January 24, 2014 …
Renewed Greek-US Defense Pact Expected to Roil Turkey
ATHENS — Greece is lauding a renewed defense pact with the United States as a “resounding vote of …
Turkey’s foreign policy labyrinth – Duvar
Turkey’s foreign policy is constantly rerouting due to roadblocks these days. It is like a labyrinth for Ankara as …
Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again | Newsweek
The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected …
Greek parliament approves defence pact with France | Reuters
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron following a signing ceremony …
Greece Has A Legal Right To Not Demilitarize Aegean Islands Despite Turkey’s Insistence
The tensions between Greece and Turkey that became a geopolitical crisis in …
Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey for the Seventh Time Since 2019 | FDD
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated five Turkey-based individuals on …
Turkey Defies the European Court | Human Rights Watch
(Istanbul) – The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey at its September …
Erdogan’s grand and costly projects fail one after another
Nicosia [Cyprus] Aug 30 (ANI): Turkey’s increasingly autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan always had a penchant …
The Cyprus Dimension to the Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance – Jamestown
Following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020) between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Turkey’s support …
Erdogan’s big lie: Why Turkey’s president rewrote the history of the 2016 coup – Haaretz.com
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul’s Taksim …
The Turkish Laundromat – Erdogan Offers Illicit-Finance Loophole for the Seventh Time | FDD
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Wednesday extending …
What happened to Turkey’s US$128 billion? – Transparency.org
Where did the US$128 billion go? This question has been on the minds of Turkish people these …
Turkey plans its own Antarctic station | Polarjournal
Antarctica belongs to no one and yet to everyone. The international Antarctic Treaty System includes 54 states …
Spain’s ‘enhancing ties with Turkey’ can only serve to strengthen Erdoğan’s oppressive rule | Ahval
Amid its ever-deepening foreign policy mess that has alienated the …
Turkey’s Eastern Mediterranean Strategy Is Not About Natural Gas
What Erdogan Really Wants in the Eastern MediterraneanTurkey’s adventures abroad are about more than hydrocarbons. They’re …
France says it won’t forget ‘silence’ of some states after teacher beheading – EURACTIV.com
“It is said that it is in hardship that one recognises …
Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has said that the economy is growing despite the tumbling Turkish Lira. The lira weakened to a record …
“These accusations are made up of delusions which cannot be taken seriously, whereas our country had martyrs in the fight against terrorism in Syria, …
“Despite Macron’s relentless tirades against Turkey and its President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the common view within Ankara’s policy circles is that “it is just Macron …
“The US Department of Defense condemns in the strongest possible terms Turkey’s October 16 test of the S-400 air defense system — a test …
World is on the brink of big change, but is Turkey ready? – Yetkin Report
Before the Covid-19 pandemic began to take over the world, …
All methods, including terrorism, attempts at revolution, economic traps, attempts to isolate us, were intended to remove Turkey from its goals. “We succeeded in …
Gas fields and tensions in the eastern Mediterranean – EURACTIV.com
The discovery in recent years of huge natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean has …
The president said Turks had been made “targets for uncovering rising racism in Europe.”
He added: “Fascism is not in our book, it is in …
“Europe is an increasingly dangerous place for Muslims,” Fahrettin Altun said in a series of tweets on Sunday. “The dog whistle politics of offensive …
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry supports a political settlement for the Syrian crisis and has rejected “foreign intervention” in the country. The later comment has enraged Ankara because …
“Europe is an increasingly dangerous place for Muslims,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director said in a series of tweets on …
Like carriers worldwide, Turkish Airlines has been hit by a combination of border closures and a slump in travel during the pandemic. It reported …
“Greece blatantly condemns this unacceptable behaviour, which is essentially moving even further away from the prospect of a constructive dialogue,” the ministry said in …
Ankara is angered by a campaign championed by Mr Macron to protect France’s secular values against Islamist extremism, a campaign given impetus by the …