13 May 2025 
US Ambassador to Ankara Thomas Barrack made an important statement on his “X” account in the...
Özel to Erdoğan: “You are a local dictator. You will leave as you came.”
20 May 2025 “You are not a global leader, you are a local dictator,” Turkish main opposition Republican People’s...
Towards a simultaneous solution to Ukraine, Syria and the Kurdish issues
16 May 2025 Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in İstanbul on May 16 for possible peace talks. These are...
The PKK’s decision to dissolve and questions to the Turkish government
13 May 2025 The PKK's decision on May 12 to give up the armed struggle and dissolve itself means...
Turkish public awareness of the disbanding of the PKK is low: survey
13 May 2025 In Türkiye, the outcomes of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) disarmament and dissolution congress, convened...
Türkiye is at the threshold for a solution to its chronic Kurdish problem
9 May 2025 On May 9, Ayşegül Doğan, the spokesperson of the Kurdish-problem-focused DEM Party, was telling reporters that...
Security is the new dynamic in EU-Turkish relations
9 May 2025 On May 7, the European Parliament approved, by majority vote, the report of Türkiye rapporteur Nacho...
PKK tells Ankara no disarmament congress unless led by Öcalan
28 April 2025 Impatience is growing and nerves are on edge in Ankara because of a recent statement...
I will not beg Erdoğan for İmamoğlu’s freedom: opposition leader Özel
27 April 2025 CHP leader Özgür Özel said that they “will not take a step back” from the struggle...
Erdoğan’s ally Bahçeli wants İmamoğlu case to end urgently
15 April 2025 On April 14, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli made one of his astonishing...
The Turkish position as Israel wants the US to dismantle Iran, too
13 April 2025 Six hitmen working for Israel who had been put to sleep in different European countries, were...
The latest Turkish PKK move is a new generation disarmament Project
13 April 2025 I have been watching to see who would name it correctly. Finally, it was Tuncer Bakırhan,...
Straying jurists cause the UK to dishonour its international undertakings
9 April 2025 The United Kingdom (UK) prides itself on a legal system rooted in fairness, transparency, and the...
Netanyahu, Erdoğan’ı şikâyet etti, Trump da “Çözerim” dedi. Ama nasıl?
8 April 2025 ABD Başkanı Donald Trump’ın 7 Nisan’da Beyaz Saray’da İsrail Başbakanı Binyamin Netanyahu ile düzenlediği basın toplantısı...
Is Trump’s support for Erdoğan to disarm PKK and Hamas together?
29 March 2025 In Türkiye, as main opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel called on the masses who filled İstanbul’s...
TV authority RTÜK delivers a major blow to media freedom in Türkiye
27 March 2025 At its March 27 meeting, the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Board (RTÜK) imposed the heaviest...
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Turkish Defence Minister at Syria border to urge U.S. for prompt joint action
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has paid an unscheduled visit to the built-up Turkish troops in Şanlıurfa at Syria border on August 16 with Chief of Joint Staff General Yaşar Güler and force commanders. The obvious aim of the visit is to supervise the process of establishing a Joint Operation Centre with the U.S. forces... - 18/07/2019in Politics
Turkey asks U.S. to revoke its F-35 removal decision to avoid “irreparable damage” in ties.
A Pentagon announcement was made on July 17 about removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program because of Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement in response, in the later hours, asking the U.S. to revoke the decision “which will ... - 03/12/2018in Turkish Foreign Relations Analysis Forecast
Erdoğan couldn’t say “One minute!” to the Saudi Crown Prince
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said he regret that he missed the opportunity to “complete” what the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had started by opening up the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during the leaders’ conference of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Nov 30-Dec 1. In a press conference after the... - 23/07/2019in Politics
More U.S. sanctions might further push Turkey toward Russia
The Turkish service of the Russian Sputnik channel ended the political show of three Turkish journalists on July 19, a day after they interviewed Ahmet Davutoğlu, the former prime minister of President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) but now one of the in-house dissidents in preparations of a new party. Ironically, when asked... - 03/03/2019in Politics
Russian missiles separate NATO allies U.S. and Turkey
What would President Trump ask from Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan if he were allowed to ask for one thing only? An American official talking to a group of Turks on condition of anonymity recently asked that rhetorical question and continued without waiting for the Turks to answer: it would be to cancel the Russian S-400...