President Tayyip Erdoğan’s day-long visit on September 25 to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Region of Azerbaijan, bordering Türkiye, is important for changing the political and military balance in the Caucasus. Erdoğan’s visit, which was decided upon the invitation of Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, comes on the heels of Azerbaijan’s military operation on September 19-20, which resulted
Nikol Pashinyan’s political inexperience and opportunism continue to cost Armenia dearly, while İlham Aliyev’s dynamic alliance policy and experience continue to benefit Azerbaijan. Of course, while the Armenian leadership’s supporters, particularly the US and France, are losing ground, Iran is skidding in place, if not losing ground. Meanwhile, along with Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye, and Israel
Türkiye’s National Football Team was pooled with Armenia along with Croatia, Wales and Latvia as the ten UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying groups have been confirmed following the draw in Frankfurt on October 9. The draw reminded a diplomatic phenomenon from back in 2008 as Armenia and Turkey had been pooled in the same group in
The 8th sanctions package against Russia that will most likely be accepted at the European Union Leader’s Prague summit on October 6 includes certain provisions that would profoundly affect the Turkish economy. New measures stipulate a new listing of individuals and further restrictions on trade such as an import ban on Russian “steel products, wood
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
Some 1169 provinces closed to the residency of foreigners, Osmaniye locals in search for migrants turned migrant attack, Armenia-Türkiye opens up borders, Ukraine urges Türkiye to seize Russian ship, 29th anniversary of Madımak Massacre… Here is what you need to know what is happening in Türkiye Today 1- 1,169 neighbourhoods in 62 cities in Türkiye