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Hakan Fidan The Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday, in the first official contact in years despite Ankara’s longstanding hostility to President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Turkish official and Syrian ...
The simple fact that it was agreed in advance that Donald Trump and Kyriakos Mitsotakis would not hold a joint press briefing following their meeting on Tuesday in Washington was a clear indication of how ...
But it will need to cut deals with Russia, as well as regional players From weapons purchases to energy deals to Syria, the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have had ...
Over the past 16 years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has progressively increased his power. But since last year, his influence has been waning, writes DW’s Daniel Bellut. When Recep Tayyip Erdogan took power ...
A new poll suggests Erdogan’s arguments on Libya have failed to convince Turkish voters. ISTANBUL – As Turkey starts the deployment of its troops in Libya, voters at home are reluctant to follow President Recep ...
Although some observers believe that Turkey’s importance to the United States and other Western governments will increase after the assassination of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, they shouldn’t be too quick to arrive at such conclusions ...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s belated statement in response to the Soleimani killing reflects the government’s deep confusion regarding its regional interests. The Turkish Foreign Ministry, which is usually quick to weigh in on world affairs, ...
Turkey has thus far transported some 300 rebel fighters from Syria to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) against the eastern forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar, according to the ...
People protest outside the headquarters of Bugun Newspaper and Kanalturk TV station in Istanbul during a rally against the Turkish government’s crackdown on media outlets. (AFP/File) They were handed jail terms of 2 years or ...
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The American pullout from the area, which borders on Turkey, was evidently perceived by Erdoğan as a green light for an invasion for which he had been waiting for nearly a decade. Hamas, like Turkey, ...