16 August 2022, Tuesday / Published in Politics

Russia: New deal on S400; Turkey: No new deal

Turkey has not signed a new document concerning for the purchase of new S-400 missile system, a Turkish official told Reuters, after Russian official’s statement that Turkey and Russia have signed a contract for the delivery of a second regiment of the S-400s prompted rumors about a new contract. “A corresponding agreement has already been
05 August 2022, Friday / Published in Politics

What did Erdoğan get from Putin at Sochi meeting?

While President Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin were in their 4-hour meeting in Sochi, the Razoni ship carrying corn from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to the Lebanese port of Tripoli was sailing between Marmaris and Rhodes. Türkiye’s Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, who is the part of the coordination committee for
04 August 2022, Thursday / Published in Politics

USA:1 China:0 in Taiwan Game. Or is it?

So they say China will launch military exercises around the island of Taiwan on August 4, encircling the island in a crescent shape from the sea and also from the air for four days. Thus, that would be a very harsh response, they say, to the United States as the Speaker of the House of
03 August 2022, Wednesday / Published in Economy

Türkiye’s inflation surge to 79 percent, breaking a new record

Turkish inflation keeps soaring as the latest data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) indicate a 79,6 percent annual rise in the Consumer Price Index and 144,6 percent rise in the Producer Price Index. The number is the highest inflation recorded in Türkiye in 24 years since 1998. According to TÜİK a change in
02 August 2022, Tuesday / Published in Politics

Main opposition leader slams Erdoğan over Rosatom’s Akkuyu move

Türkiye has become dependent on Russia for energy with natural gas and President Tayyip Erdoğan has surrendered in every field, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said after Russia’s Rosatom announced that they terminate the agreement with Turkish company İçtaş Energy for the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mediterranean coast
01 August 2022, Monday / Published in Economy

The first ship sales from Ukraine after grain deal

The cargo ship carrying 26 thousand tonnes of corn left Ukraine’s port of Odesa on Aug. 1 as the first shipment within the framework of the grain export deal signed under UN auspices and Türkiye’s guarantorship. Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni left the Black Sea Port at 9:48 AM local time, Ukraine’s ministry of infrastructure announced on
01 August 2022, Monday / Published in Economy

Putin took a hold of Akkuyu NPP before Erdoğan’s visit

Do you know what would have happened if Russia’s Rosatom, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant’s subsidiary, had not suddenly announced on July 29 that it had terminated the contract with the Turkish partner IC İçtaş for the construction of the plant? President Tayyip Erdoğan would return from Sochi, where he will meet with Russian President