Journalist-Writer
Turkey’s long-term supply contracts, accounting for a third of gas imports will expire this year making 2021 a critical one for the country’s short to mid-term energy strategies. The so-called “Western pipeline,” the very first pipeline to bring Russian gas to Turkey starting from 1997, is about to get “retired,” and some of the contracts
Last week Turkey’s social media was full of jokes about Turkey’s space program with the mission to the moon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan revealed a 10-year space program on Feb. 9, which includes plans such as sending Turkish astronauts to the moon. Just as pictures of a mustached Elon Musk posing as Justice and
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), the terror organization which claimed the lives of dozens of Turkish diplomats has threatened to revive its activities following Yerevan’s recent defeat in Karabakh. ASALA is invited to review its stance on the “tactical halt” of its activities, said a written statement published on Jan. 20.
The news about Arsenal player Mesut Özil’s move to Fenerbahçe has come as a welcome fresh air to a league whose bleeding popularity has been further aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting from the day the news broke about his decision to join the İstanbul club, the mainstream media provided detailed information of the German-Turkish
When Saudi Arabia killed the dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi in its İstanbul consulate it, in fact, killed two birds with one stone. Not only the Kingdom silenced a dissident but it gave a message to all the dissidents fleeing Arab dictatorships that they should not feel safe in Turkey. There is a little known or
As expected, the European Union (EU) avoided endorsing though sanctions against Turkey at the Dec. 10-11 summit, while postponing the issue to March, 2021. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to be content with the summit conclusions as he praised, without naming them, certain countries for acting with “common sense.” No doubt that he was
The election of Joe Biden to the Oval Office is set to change the nature as well as the channels of dialogue between Washington and Ankara.Donald Trump made sure not to miss any calls from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; telephone conversations remained the principal line of communication between the two heads of state. Trump
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