A report by SETA Foundation, a Turkish NGO close to the government, might be behind the U.S. accusation on Turkey about “child soldiers.”In its July 1 human smuggling report titled “Trafficking in Persons,” the U.S. State Department counted Turkey among the countries that support the recruitment and use of “child soldiers.”According to the claim, Turkey,
“A Sultan in Autumn” is the title of a newly released book in the U.S. “Erdoğan Faces Turkey’s Uncontainable Forces” reads the subheading. Soner Çağaptay, the author, is a historian, researcher, and has been managing the Turkey program of The Washington Institute, a rooted and leading think tank in the U.S. In his book, Çağaptay
The 21st Sea Breeze exercise of NATO in the Black Sea began on June 28. The most comprehensive of Sea Breeze ever will end on July 23. Ukraine, a non-NATO member, hosts the exercise participated by NATO countries including Turkey, disturbing Russia, which invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014. With the arrival of
Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada has become the first Turkish company to be offered to the public on NASDAQ, the U.S. stock exchange where technology giants are traded. The company was valued at $3.9 billion ahead of the ceremony held in New York today.“Hepsiburada becomes the first Turkish company ever to be listed on Nasdaq. This
Nature does not accept emptiness. Those who are looking for an alternative because of America’s mistakes may have started finding an answer in Russia or China. Like hunters, they are also baiting well. The secretary of the Russian Federation’s Security Council since 2008, Nikolai Patrushev would have you believe that Russia is the answer to
Poses in the pool of a luxury hotel… Photographs showing men with cocktail glasses in hand at the sunset… Poses while getting into luxury cars or holding automatic weapons… Stories on Instagram highlighting expensive watches… Luxurious close-fitting suits, skinny ankle-length pants, and so on… Blended with all of these, poses with senior politicians… These are
Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) top judge Zühtü Arslan has raised strong criticism about the judiciary at a time when the mafia-politics relations are high in the agenda.“If the courts cannot address the search for justice, non-legal searches come into play,” the judge said at a symposium on “The Right to Respect for Private Life in
How could someone who rules a country think of threatening his own people with further debts to foreign banks and the opposition to suffer from those debts if they come to power for the sake of making his stay in power continuous?He wouldn’t, or would he? President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who holds all the executive
Relations with Turkey were discussed at the June 24 session of the European Council in accordance with the March European Council Conclusions of the European Union, but judging by the results, very little headway was made. We know that perspectives do not change easily, but while the world is rapidly moving, governments continue to lag
President Tayyip Erdoğan briefed journalists in Baku on June 17 about his contacts on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussel on June 13-14.He defined the consensus with Greek Prime Minister Kriyakos Mitsotakis, the reconciliation of one of the most serious problems, according to him:• “Hopefully, from now on, other states, institutions and organizations