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Ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly on September 22, Ankara announced two economic sanctions against Iran, shortly before his expected meeting with President Donald Trump. The first came on September 16, when the Civil Aviation Directorate General of the Ministry of Transport announced that
US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff left Moscow empty-handed after receiving a lecture from Russian President Vladimir Putin during his September 5 visit to discuss the war in Ukraine. On September 6, the day he was due to deliver the bad news to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners “must now be stopped.” Speaking at a press conference in Istanbul, Fidan said the following in response to a question about anti-Turkish rhetoric in Israel: • “Netanyahu, who has become the common enemy of humanity, the international community and security—I underline this,
It was announced by its leader, Mazloum Abdi, in Damascus on the evening of August 25 that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had dissolved itself and joined the Syrian army. Abdi made the announcement at the Presidential Palace after meeting with President Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was wearing not guerrilla clothes but a smart suit, just
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has again found Türkiye in the wrong in Osman Kavala’s second application alleging violations of his rights. In its ruling announced at the hearing on 25 August, the Court found that Türkiye had violated six articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR),
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s description of Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase, near Syria’s border with Türkiye and undergoing repairs, by Israeli jets early on the morning of August 18 as a “message to Türkiye” in a statement to the Israeli Army Radio’s podcast service on the evening of August 18, further
There were two current elements missing from the summary of President Tayyip Erdoğan’s phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on the evening of August 17, as released by the Directorate of Communications. One was the fact that the Russia-Ukraine War was not mentioned, despite Russia’s reaction to Türkiye’s arms sales to Ukraine. The other
The framework law, the key document serving as the roadmap for implementing the “Terror-Free Türkiye” process, was approved by a clear majority in a vote held in the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) on August 10. The bill for the law, whose full name is the “Law on Strengthening National
The full text of the Defense Agreement signed between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in Mecca on August 7 has not yet been made public. To see the full text, we will have to wait for the agreement to come before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) for approval
The Joint Defense Agreement signed today, August 7, in Mecca by the leaders of Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan marks an important step in the reshaping of the Middle East by creating a new center of power in the region. Although it was emphasized that the Joint Defense Agreement signed at Al Safa Palace in