Türkiye Today
01 July 2022, Friday
Erdoğan warns Finland and Sweden to meet Ankara’s demands, US President Biden supports F-16 sale to Türkiye, Ankara court bans access to broadcasters DW and VoA, minimum wage raised a way below inflation… Here is what you need to know what is happening in “Türkiye Today“: 1- Türkiye’s President Tayyip Erdoğan said Ankara could still
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A knife-edge balance in foreign policy: USA-Russia, Israel-Iran
20 April 2022, Wednesday
The fact that the Turkish Armed Forces was represented by three brigadier generals at the Iran Armed Forces Day event in Ankara on the evening of April 19 was the surprise of the night for me; a high level of participation. Hurşit Ağırcan, Director General of Maps of the Ministry of National Defense, who is
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Mines in Black Sea: A Provocation for Turkey?
11 April 2022, Monday
The fishermen from Turkey’s BlackSea cost told the press on April 9 that the Coast Guard Command had warned them not to sail because of the stray mines offshore. Two weeks before, on March 26, a maritime patrol detected a mine offshore Western Black Sea, which later be neutralized by the Underwater Defense (SAS) commandos.
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F-16: Ukraine Crisis Brought US-Turkey Closer
07 April 2022, Thursday
It was announced by Washington on April 6 that the US State Department approved the sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets and 80 modernization kits that Turkey demanded in a letter to the Congress. “The Biden administration believed that a potential sale of jets to Turkey would be in line with US national security interests
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Two Tables, Two Turkeys, Two Questions
28 March 2022, Monday
One of two tables is being set up in Istanbul Turkey for the 6 opposition party leaders get together to overthrow the ruling alliance through elections. Their main agenda is to find a strategy as a precaution against ruling party’s recent change of the election law to protect the number of ruling seats in the
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Turkey at a turning point in domestic and foreign policy
28 February 2022, Monday
February 28, 2022, marks a critical turning point for Turkey in domestic and foreign policy. Undoubtedly, the most critical development in foreign policy is the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s decision to implement the 1936 Montreux Straits Convention in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This decision, which will restrict the passage
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No Turkish answer yet to Kyiv calls about Russian warships
26 February 2022, Saturday
A high-rank Turkish official said that Ankara “has not yet decided how to implement the Montreux convention”. Kyiv has been asking Ankara for some time to stop Russian warships from entering the Black Sea from the Mediterranean by implementing the Montreux Convention of 1936 about the maritime regime. In a Tweet on Feb 26 afternoon
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Will Turkey close the straits as Russia engulfs Ukraine
24 February 2022, Thursday
Russia officially entered Ukraine. Conflicts began. The airports of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and its important city, Kharkiv, have been rendered inoperable. News followed one another, some of which denied later about the parachute landing of the Russian Spetsnaz troops to Kharkiv, the landing of Russian tanks in the port of Odessa in the Black
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A movie-like Iranian Agent Story
20 October 2021, Wednesday
People who are not Iran watchers often get confused when Iranian soldiers are mentioned. In Iran, there are two armies. The first one is the “conventional” one, the Artesh. There is also Sepah Pasdaran, or the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). It was established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who did not trust the army from the time
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Soylu case: Keep your head low in Erdoğan’s cabinet
18 May 2021, Tuesday
With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the level of public appreciation of President Tayyip Erdoğan soared at this time of last year, but this was short-lived. In the first months, the level of appreciation of the Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, who was giving confidence with his kind and respectful attitude, surpassed Erdoğan for a
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