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Murat Yetkin
05 February 2024, Monday / Published in Politics

Diplomats in Ankara wonder about the travels of intel chief Kalın

The meeting between the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, and Hamas leader İsmail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, on February 3 has increased the curiosity of Ankara diplomatic circles recently. A few hours after Anadolu Agency’s report, citing security sources, Hamas spokesman Osama bin Hamdan announced overnight that no new ceasefire
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Murat Yetkin
29 January 2024, Monday / Published in Politics

Türkiye’s Air Force dilemma: S-400 realities and F-16 aspirations

After President Tayyip Erdoğan signed and sent the approval for Sweden’s NATO membership to the Turkish Parliament, U.S. President Joe Biden also notified Congress for the sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets and 79 upgrade kits to Türkiye for $23 billion. A 15-day process has commenced. To prevent the opposition in Congress from blocking the
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YetkinReport
23 January 2024, Tuesday / Published in Politics

Turkish parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO membership

The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) ratified Sweden’s NATO membership protocol, ending over a year of dispute over Ankara’s veto. 346 MPs participated in the vote on January 23, with 287 votes in favor of ratifying Sweden’s NATO membership, 55 against and four abstentions. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and
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Murat Yetkin
22 January 2024, Monday / Published in Politics

Türkiye’s nod to Sweden’s participation to grand NATO drill

Türkiye has approved  Sweden’s participation in NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise, which is due to start this week, even though the nordic country is not yet a member. Steadfast Defender 2024, which starts this week and will last for three months, will be NATO’s largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.
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Murat Yetkin
15 January 2024, Monday / Published in Politics

Erdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16s

President Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of one of the most difficult decisions of his political life. He has to take this strategic step with high political risk not only as a president but also as a rulnig Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Parliament’s winter recess ends
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YetkinReport
06 January 2024, Saturday / Published in Politics

Blinken in Istanbul: F-16 sales and Sweden’s NATO accession in spotlight

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Jan. 6 in Istanbul as a part of his week-long diplomatic tour amidst escalating tensions in the Middle East, particularly in the context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The high-level meeting attended by Fidan, National Intelligence
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YetkinReport
27 December 2023, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Turkish Parliamentary Committee ratified Sweden NATO protocol

The Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee approved Sweden’s NATO membership protocol at its meeting on December 26. Once the approval is voted by the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Türkiye will be deemed to have ratified Sweden’s NATO membership. Political sources say that the plenary vote is likely to take place on
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YetkinReport
23 December 2023, Saturday / Published in Politics

Turkish parliamentary committee to discuss Sweden’s NATO protocol this week

The Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee announced on December 22 that it has added Sweden’s NATO accession protocol to their December 26 meeting agenda. The Foreign Affairs Commission announced on December 22 that it has included the “Proposal for a Law on the Approval of the Ratification of the Protocol on the Accession of the
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Murat Yetkin
20 December 2023, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Political flux behind Turkish Airline’s aircraft purchase from Airbus

Germany’s national airline Lufthansa announced on December 19 that it signed a $9 billion deal with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the purchase of 100 aircraft and with Airbus for the purchase of 60 aircraft. Four days earlier, on December 15, Turkish Airlines (THY) announced that it had signed its largest-ever aircraft purchase agreement with
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Murat Yetkin
15 December 2023, Friday / Published in Politics

Further pressure on Türkiye for Sweden’s NATO bid: Will Ankara give in?

Yesterday, on December 14, there were two important developments that show that Türkiye’s relations with both the United States and the European Union have become even more strained over the common denominator of Sweden’s NATO membership. One was the EU leaders’ summit’s acceptance of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia as candidate members, and the other was
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