Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
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
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
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
Turkey is satisfied with the results of the Berlin Conference on Libya on January 2020, where call for a truce on fighting parties and force them for political solution by implementing the UN imposed arms embargo stricter, a high rank Turkish source told YetkinReport, on condition of anonymity. The source said Turkey had approval on
Now that Libya’s Eastern and Western neighbours, Egypt and Algeria, have also declared their supports for Turkey and Russia’s call made on January 8 for a ceasefire in Libya from January 12, the prospect of war in the Mediterranean has been replaced by the prospect of the peace talks to be held in Germany.It looks
In a joint written statement on January 8, in Istanbul, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as “mediators”, have called on fighting parties in Libya to cease fire as of 00.00 on January 12. The statement said that the “worsening” situation in the Libya civil war has been threatening “the security and