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
Turkish Foreign Ministry on September 1 announced that Minister Hakan Fidan will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on September 3 upon the invitation of Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. “During the visits Minister Fidan will hold high-level meetings in Tehran. The visit will render the opportunity to
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 reiterated Ankara’s determination to follow a cross-border military operation into Syria, following statements from Russian, Iranian and American officials against it. “I declare to the whole world that our struggle will not end until we secure our southern borders with a 30 km deep corridor from one end to the
On July 21, when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he will be in Istanbul on July 22 to attend the ceremony of the grain shipment agreement between Türkiye, Russia and Ukraine, two interesting comments on Russia came from the heads of the US intelligence CIA and British intelligence MI6. According to CIA Director William
9 people have been killed and at least 22 injured so far in the attack on a tourist facility near the Iraqi city of Zakho on 20 July. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi, who declared a day of mourning across the country, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the religious leader of the Iraqi Shiites, pointed artillery fire
If President Tayyip Erdoğan had not made Russian President Vladimir Putin stand and wait for 45 seconds in Tehran on July 19, what would the pro-government media highlight as a victory? They deemed this incident a reiteration of Erdoğan’s waiting for Putin for two minutes in front of the door on March 5, 2020 in
Turkey will host Russian, Ukrainian delegations to solve grain crisis; Turkey, Russia, İran to meet in Tehran on Syria after US alleged that İran will give drones to Russia; UN agreed to extend authorization for cross-border aid; Fugitive Sezgin Baran Korkmaz to be extradited to USA… Here is what you need to know about Türkiye
Erdoğan to meet his Swedish and Finnish counterparts before NATO Madrid summit, Police attack on Istanbul Pride, Turkey’s banking regulator’s contraversial loan restriction, Iran FM to visit Turkey after Israeli FM, Cyanide spill to Euphrates river, Erdoğan opening discussions on reinstating death penalty… Here is what you need to know what is going on in