29 March 2023, Wednesday / Published in Economy, Politics

Iraqi oil case against Türkiye, pipelines and Kurdish question

First, let us try to explain why Türkiye lost an arbitration case brought by the Iraqi government in 2014, which resulted in Türkiye being ordered to pay 1.4 billion US dollars in compensation. We should add that he International Chamber of Commerce’s International court of Arbitration in Paris also found the Iraqi government guilty of
05 January 2023, Thursday / Published in Politics

Erdoğan demands a ceasefire from Putin signals meeting Assad

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to support peace and negotiation efforts, in a written statement by the Turkish Presidential Office on January 5. The statement was issued following a telephone conversation between Erdoğan and Putin. Türkiye has been in contact both with Putin and Ukrainian
29 December 2022, Thursday / Published in Politics

The first result of Türkiye, Syria meeting: Ground operation suspended

First, let’s give some good news to President Tayyip Erdogan. He will be able to pray at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus soon, even if it is ten years late, but as the guest of Assad himself, not as the guest of the armies he hoped would overthrow Bashar Assad. Because of the push from
13 July 2022, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Again: An ISIS leader hit by USA near Turkish border

The US Department of Defense, Pentagon, more precisely Central Command responsible for Middle East Operations (CENTCOM), announced on July 12 that it had killed ISIS’s Syria chief, Mahir al-Agal. According to the Americans, al-Agal, one of five members of the IS administration, was shot “outside Jindires in northwestern Syria,” and another ISIS leader with him