Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to visit Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken within the framework of the Turkey-US Strategic Dialogue Mechanism meetings on March 7-8, diplomatic sources confirmed to YetkinReport. Meanwhile, intelligence sources announced on March 4 that the head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, also
Following the partial construction of the 4GW reactor at the Mersin Akkuyu nuclear power plant, news is circulating that a new tender will be awarded to the Russian Rosatom for the construction of Türkiye’s second nuclear power plant in Sinop. Giving the green light to a new nuclear project, which will cost another 25 billion
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to travel to Washington next week to meet his American counterpart US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, it is reported. Foreign Ministry sources confirmed YetkinReport that the meeting will be held within the framework of the Turkey-US Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, adding that the dates of March 7-8 have
The spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense (MND), Brig. Adm. Zeki Aktürk, announced that that a significant milestone has been achieved in the procurement of new F-16s from the United States. Admiral Aktürk stated on February 29 that the Ministry has received the ‘Draft Proposal and Acceptance Letters’ from the United States, regarding Türkiye’s
A brief reminder: The Republic of South Africa appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to condemn Israel for its genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza. On January 26, the Court, which convened on January 11, did not call for the ceasefire requested by South Africa, but based on the “urgent” humanitarian situation,
Everyone in the West, from NATO to the European Union, from Biden to Scholz, is praising Ukraine’s heroic resistance against Russia as the war enters its third year, adding new ones to the unfulfilled promises of weapons and money. But things are not getting any better on the military front. It is widely expected that
Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, said that from now on they will not sit at the table for any agreement that does not envisage the “sovereign equality” of the Turkish Cypriot people. Stating that there cannot be a “Cyprus crisis” as claimed and that they do not rise to the
There is a noteworthy yet seldom-discussed issue in Türkiye these days. Turkish Ministry of National Education had the removed Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from the national education curriculum some years ago. Now, they announced the inclusion of the so-called “theory of creationism” into the new term’s schedule. For approximately seven years, the theory of
President Tayyip Erdogan’s meeting with US Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Chris Murphy at the Presidential Palace on February 20 should not go unnoticed. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and US Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake. It was learned that Chris Van Hollen, a prominent figure in the Greek lobby in the
Türkiye has declared its full support for a peace agreement to be signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The latest chapter in this intense diplomatic process, which involved Türkiye and some European countries including Germany, came on February 19 when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Ankara. “The signing of a lasting