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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that Turkey will respond to the United States’ recent decision to lift the arms embargo on Cyprus “with tangible steps” accusing the US to escalate tensions in the island with the decision. “We will respond to the USA’s decision with tangible steps. As upon your (US’s) wish
Amid talks in the main opposition block to come up with a candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the 2023 Turkish elections, another election alliance was announced on September 24 in İstanbul around the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). It is called the “Labor and Freedom Alliance, (EÖİ). The left-wing parties that allied
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a “partial mobilization” on September 21. Putin’s declaration of Russia’s first mobilization declaration since the Second World War, including the Soviet Union era, included a threat. His telling that he would respond to the attacks on Russian soil with “all his means” meant that he could also resort to nuclear
Back-door diplomacy between Syria and Turkey has been accelerated, a Turkish newspaper columnist reported, adding that “one-to-one talks are being held”. “Recently, back door diplomacy between the Damascus Regime and Ankara has accelerated. Negotiations are taking place one after the other,” Hande Fırat, Hürriyet Newspaper columnist wrote on Sep. 20 in her op-ed. Fırat stated
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is not “worried about winning the elections” as the party sources indicate a new election strategy which would focus on winning the presidential elections rather than ensuring the majority in the parliament ahead of 2023 election. His shift in focus indicate
The funeral of the United Kingdom’s late Queen Elizabeth II will be held in London on September 19. According to the news agencies, some 500 high-level politicians from different countries of the world including the heads of state or government of many that have a say in world politics will be there to pay respects.
Above, the photograph shows President Tayyip Erdoğan speaking while the leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sept. 15 are listening to him. Only Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are not seen in this photo. Perhaps they joined the group later. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived Samarkand Uzbekistan on Sep. 15 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders’ summit for the first time, marking a possibility for Turkey to hold a different place in the balance of power in the World within this rapidly changing process. First of ull, it is useful to underline a
It is reported that 49 Armenian and 50 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia that sparked on September 13. The toll may increase. Baku said Azerbaijan was ready to unilaterally transfer the bodies of up to 100 Armenian soldiers to Yerevan. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov cited Armenia’s “large-scale subversive