The barrier that Türkiye placed on the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland was lifted with a four-way meeting held in Madrid on 28 June. After a two-hour meeting facilitated by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, it was announced that President Tayyip Erdoğan, signalled that Ankara’s veto would continue “unless concrete steps were taken” before leaving
A day before the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan departed for the Madrid NATO Summit on 28-29 June, Baykar, the manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), released an interesting statement. According to the release published in Turkish, English, and Ukrainian, 3 TB2 drone were donated to Ukraine, not for money raised by the
Actually, it’s not just Istanbul. The Israeli-Iranian spy wars that have been going on all over Turkey for several years keep the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) busy. However, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s request on 13 June for all Israeli citizens to leave Istanbul immediately turned the attention to Istanbul. On the same day, the
The MetroPoll research company’s latest “Turkey’s Pulse” poll included an election scenario for the Presidential election to be held in 2023, asking what would happen if the first round of the election were held between three candidates rather than two. The six opposition parties have allied for the election, however, the Kurdish-issue-focused People’s Democracy Party
Turkish national carrier brand Turkish Airlines will be renamed Türkiye Havayolları, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced, as the country’s bid to change its international name from Turkey to Türkiye was acknowledged by the United Nations and NATO. “No more Turkey, there is Türkiye. From now on we will inscribe Türkiye Hava Yolları (Airlines) on our
Russia clearly sees the duel of words between Turkey and Greece as a “fishermen’s fight” where none of the parties hit hard to their opponent to prevent the boat from capsizing. In Syria, calculations are changed, the PKK scenario in NATO is different from what we are told. Before elaborating on them, we must first