On the evening of February 7, a car exploded and caught fire in Mashtel, a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. Shortlye thereafter, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed responsibility for the airstrike in a statement; it was in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike on January 28 against the secret
The energy war, the ethnic war, the religion/sect-based war, the trade war, the technology war, the water war, the war against terrorism, and the war for regional dominance are taking place right next to us. If we cannot read these better in the light of the global struggle and strategic moves and do not take
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
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s glance at Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç’s cell phone has become a hot topic in Ankara politics. We will get to that, but first, let me tell you the news. When it was revealed that no replacement for Türkiye’s Ambassador to Washington Murat Mercan, who will complete his term on January 14
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
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
Dutch politician Geert Wilders, whose party raised as the first in the exit polls of the snap parliamentary elections in Netherlands on November 22, said even he could not believe his victory by saying “I pinched my arm,” adding “no party can ignore us any longer.” Wilders, whose political line has been softened as “far-right”,
Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee decided to postpone the deliberations on Sweden’s Accession Protocol to NATO, stating that they needed more information from Sweden about its commitments at the first meeting after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed the protocol for the parliamentary approval. The Foreign Affairs Committee on November 16 voted to adjourn the meeting
It would be a geostrategic fallacy to see US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s November 2-10 tour of the Middle East and Asia as solely about the Gaza Crisis. Likewise, it would be an exaggeration to say that the US and the European Union have put Ukraine aside because of its support for Israel, even
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan surprized Turkish public with his decision to sign the NATO accession protocol of Sweden while there was both international and domestic expectation that he would make a move about Gaza Crisis On October 23, the Communications Directorate announced that the President had signed Sweden’s accession protocol to NATO and sent