The son of the Somali leader, Mohammed Hassan Shekh Mohamud, left the country after hitting and killing a motorcycle courier, Yunus Emre Göçer, in traffic in Istanbul. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s son, Mohammed Hassan Shekh Mohamud, after motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Göçer,
Ankara responded harshly to alleged claims of Israeli domestic intelligence service Shin Bet’s chief Ronen Bar, who said in a record published by Israeli state television KAN that “they are determined to kill Hamas leaders all over the world, including Qatar, Türkiye and Lebanon.” Turkish intelligence officials told Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency that the Israeli
Türkiye-Israel relations are increasingly strained on December 2 after Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement as a response to Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s social media post directly addressing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who reiterated his previous statement that he does not regard Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Spokesperson of Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Türkiye is surrounded by energy-rich countries and stands as one of the region’s largest energy investors, buyers, consumers, and transit nations. The energy sector involves vast sums of money, impacting vital aspects such as politics, security, trade, technology, intelligence, and finance. Türkiye, particularly dependent on foreign sources for fossil fuels, faced a 91.6 percent increase
A 4-day ceasefire, hostage exchange, and humanitarian aid delivery agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have been announced in the first hours of November 22. Israel and Hamas agreed on a “humanitarian pause” to the crisis that started on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and has continued
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan continues his series of renouncing his actions and rules. Let us list the first ones that come to mind. The supremacy of ECHR rulings according to Article 90 of the Constitution, has come up for discussion again with the recent judicial crisis. Exiting the İstanbul Convention against violence against women. The
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telephoned President Tayyip Erdoğan on May 29 to congratulate him on his re-election and at the same time invited him, what he had in mind was not to further deteriorate, and perhaps even improve, relations with the leader of Türkiye, whom he sees as a “difficult partner” who will lead
Turkish National Defence Minister Yaşar Güler said Türkiye is considering to buy 40 Eurofighter jets ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s tense Germany visit, raising number of questions. “We want to buy the Eurofighter. It is a very effective aircraft. These planes are related to the UK, Germany and Spain. Both the UK and Spain
Two Turkish planes carrying 27 patients and their companions who were taken out of Gaza landed to Ankara on late November 15, after departing from Egypt’s El Arish Airport. Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said that following “intense diplomatic negotiations that has taken place in Egypt for health aids for Gaza,” 27 patients and
The European Commission adopted its 2023 Enlargement Package on November 8 and is testament to the direct or indirect influence of Russia. In a couple of decades, we may look back on the map of Europe and see how Russia has influenced the alignment of countries. We may have not noticed it, but Russia is