Tag: Turkey

Erdogan Reiterates Interest in Securing Kabul Airport, Faces Criticism (VoA)

Ezel Sahinkaya Despite earlier reports that Turkey had dropped plans to secure Kabul’s international airport, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey is...

Azerbaijan/Turkey/Cyprus – The Cyprus Dimension to the Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance (The Jamestown Foundation)

Rahim Rahimov Following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020) between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Turkey’s support for the latter in that conflict, Ankara...

Turkey – Turkey Recalibrates Its Hard Power (Crisis Group)

Nigar Göksel Since 2016, when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan survived a coup attempt, the Turkish leader has added a military edge to his foreign policy....

Afghanistan/Turkey – Afghanistan: Turkish foreign minister says Taliban statements ‘positive’ (Middle East Eye)

Turkey on Tuesday welcomed Taliban statements as “positive” after the group promised to protect foreign embassies and issued a general amnesty for state employees. Turkish...

Azerbaijan/Pakistan/Turkey – Azerbaijan Boosts Trilateral Cooperation With Pakistan and Turkey (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov On July 27, the parliamentary speakers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan signed a strategic partnership document—the “Baku Declaration”—in Baku, Azerbaijan, which creates a...

Iraq/Turkey/PKK – Turkish soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq (Al Jazeera)

The PKK has waged a rebellion in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey since 1984 that has killed more than 40,000 people Kurdish rebels...

Turkey – Central bank resists Erdogan’s calls for rate cut (Al Jazeera, Bloomberg)

Thursday's rate decision could set central bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu on a possible collision course with Erdogan, who holds the unorthodox view that higher...

Turkey/USA/Afghanistan – Turkey slams US statement on planned resettlement of Afghans (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Turkish government has criticised a US plan to use third countries such as Turkey to resettle thousands of Afghans who risk...

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean – Turkey’s New Moves in the Eastern Mediterranean (BESA Center)

George N. Tzogopoulos writes: In July 2021, Israel expressed full support to the Republic of Cyprus in the wake of the unilateral reopening of the...

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean – Blue Homeland: Turkey’s Strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean (Euractiv)

Antonia Colibasanu writes: As Turkey’s dreams of joining the European Union have faded, Ankara has shifted its strategy toward the West. Nowhere is this...

Turkey – Give War a Chance: Turkish Leader Finesses Political Defeat (BESA Center)

Burak Bekdil writes: Turks are hungry for fairy tales. Any feel-good news propaganda—including Erdoğan’s “The West, including the Germans, are jealous of us!” tirade—finds...

Turkey/Defense – Aselsan teams up with local shipyard for two new naval drones (Defense News)

Burak Ege Bekdil  writes: Turkey’s largest defense company has partnered with local shipyard Sefine to develop and produce two unmanned surface vessels. go to Defense News:...

Aegean Sea – How Long Will the Aegean Sea’s Peaceful Summer Last? (BESA Center)

Burak Bekdil writes for BESA Center: How sustainable will the Aegean Sea’s peaceful summer of 2021 prove to be? For Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...

Turkey’s Mobgate Reveals the Islamist Deep State (BESA Center)

Burak Bekdil writes for BESA Center: Revelations on YouTube by Turkish mob boss and Erdoğan ally Sedat Peker are rattling the Turkish government. Peker’s disclosures...

(Turkey/Cyprus) Turkey says Cyprus town of Varosha to reopen amid Greek objection (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Authorities in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus announced on Tuesday a partial reopening of an abandoned town for potential...

(Russia/Turkey/Azerbaijan) Russia, Turkey Compete to Entice Azerbaijan Into Their Geopolitical Plays (Jamestown Foundation)

Rahim Rahimov writes for Jamestown Foundation: During the latest session of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),...