Tag: Turkeys
Turkey’s Erdogan echoes Putin’s grievances over grain exports
The July grain deal aimed to avert a global food crisis by ensuring the safe passage of ships entering and leaving Ukrainian ports, allowing them to export tens of millions…
Turkey’s war of attrition in northern Syria
A young woman attends the funeral of a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter in the Kurdish-majority town of Kamechliye, Syria, August 10, 2022. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP The threat of…
UN Security Council squabbles over how long to extend Turkey’s aid to Syria
The UN mandate for the aid operation, which has lasted for eight years, expires on Sunday. After negotiations on Thursday night that pitted Russia against the United States and Britain,…
For the head of NATO, Turkey’s concerns are legitimate – 06/12/2022 at 16:41
HELSINKI, June 12 (Reuters) – Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership bids are legitimate, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday.…
Official rate at 73 percent: Turkey’s inflation rate hits record high
Official rate at 73 percent Turkey’s inflation rate hits record high 06/03/2022, 11:25 am While Germany and the EU are already worried about inflation rates of around eight percent, Turkey…
US says Turkey’s approach to Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO bid is not a bilateral matter
Finland and Sweden say they were pushed to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, reversing generations of military non-alignment to cause the greatest…
NATO: Erdogan hopes that Turkey’s allies will “hear” his “concerns”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is threatening to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, hoped on Wednesday that Turkey’s allies “will hear (his) concerns”. “We cannot say yes,”…
Turkey’s tourism revival halted mid-flight by war
View of Istanbul, February 16, 2022 in Turkey (AFP/Archives/Ozan KOSE) Like every Sunday, Noori Sani welcomes her old friends around a kahvalti, the generous Turkish breakfast. But around him, the…
Negotiations continue to be frozen: EU is pitch-black for Turkey’s accession
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Negotiations further frozen EU sees Turkey’s accession black In 2005 the EU opened accession negotiations with Turkey, but the candidate’s initial vigor soon waned. The reforms…
Russia and Turkey’s lingering shadow over Libya
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohammed Al-Menfi, under the gaze of the head of the government of national unity, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, on…
Turkey’s strategy to win in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa on October 4, 2021. TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS When Ethiopian police stormed the gates of Addis Ababa’s Intellectual School on the morning…
Erdogan offers himself: AKK praises Turkey’s role in Afghanistan
Thursday 17th June 2021 Erdogan offers himself AKK praises Turkey’s role in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, Turkey is responsible for securing Kabul airport. President Erdogan offers to take on more responsibility…