Journalist-Writer
When the news of Russians demanding another round of talks on Idlib on February 10, right after the one -with no result- on February 8 in Ankara, Turkish officials hoped that there could be a breakthrough. Following an attack of pro-Assad forces in Syria killing 8 Turkish troops on February 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin
On Feb. 5, 2020 President Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the Ammunition Sorting and Separation Plant of the Turkish Armed Forces, in Yahşihan district of Kırıkkale province, some 50 km East of Ankara. Afterwards, he paid a visit to the nearby town of Delice to address the people. He wanted to thank the voters in Delice, a
Details began to emerge after the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on February 3 that six Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others were injured in an attack by pro-Assad regime forces near Idlib. Turkish officials announced in later hours that the number of fallen soldiers and civilan personnel hase increased to 8. (*) The attack
Stella Levi had married and moved from the Jewish neighborhood of Balat, Istanbul to Paris before the outbreak of the Second World War. When Nazi armies invaded Paris, a Jewish hunt had begun. Stella was still carrying a Turkish passport, so she applied for protection to the Turkish Embassy in Paris but her two daughters,
U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of a new peace plan for the Middle East on January 29, may not bring peace in the region like former ones ignoring the rights of Palestinians but may serve to keep Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of Israel in the March 2 elections and perhaps saving him from corruption
Japan has been the focus of several significant political events in 2019. The abdication of Emperor Akihito leaving the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son, the new Emperor Naruhito was important for starting a new era and reflecting rather domestic challenges of Japan. And the G20 Summit and peripheral conferences were important mostly due to their
In the current economic, political and societal climate, we have to consider the possibility that Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) might enter a period of implosion, without being able to carry its own weight any longer. The Elazığ earthquake, which took place on January 24, had a death toll of
After German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on Jan. 24, her Spokesman Steffen Seibert said on his Twitter account that Germany wanted to continue its support to Turkish government regarding refugees from Syria. He added that what Turkey was doing remarkable and Merkel was grateful to Turkey on that
It’s only a coincidence that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on January 24 is taking place a day after Queen Elizabeth II’s ratification of Brexit, the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU); not a loss that can be ignored. Planning for Merkel’s visit to Turkey has started
The worker rally with the broadest turnout that Turkey witnessed in the last couple of years took place on January 19 in Bursa, the hub of the Turkish automotive sector. During their collective bargaining, the “Türk Metal” Union which comprises some 130 thousand metal workers as a part of the labour unions federation of “Türk-İş”,