Tag: Turkey

Poland/Turkey – Poland to buy Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones (Defense News)

Jaroslaw Adamowski Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has announced his ministry will buy 24 Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/05/24/poland-to-buy-turkish-bayraktar-tb2-drones/

Russia/Ukraine/Turkey – Moscow warns Ankara over ties with Ukraine (Al Arabiya)

Russia’s foreign minister on Monday warned Turkey against what he said were attempts to fuel “militaristic sentiment” in Ukraine after Ankara moved to boost...

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean – Turkey could expand drilling in eastern Mediterranean amid territorial dispute (Al Arabiya)

Turkey may drill more boreholes in its search for gas in the eastern Mediterranean, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday, an area where...

Russia/Ukraine/Turkey – Russia warns Turkey over ties with Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

‘Stop fuelling Kyiv’s militaristic sentiment,’ Russia says, after Ankara’s pledge to support Ukraine in recent clash. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/russia-warns-turkey-over-ties-with-ukraine

Turkey/Kurds/Middle East – Turkey and the Kurdish Factor in the Middle East (GMF)

Bilgay Duman is doctoral researcher at Abant İzzet Baysal University. He wrote his postgraduate thesis on “The Turkmen and Kirkuk in post-Saddam Period”. He serves...

Turkey/Ukraine – West wishes: Turkey’s growing relationship with Ukraine (ECFR)

Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Joanna Hosa As the Turkish president continues his delicate balancing act between the US and Russia, the crisis in Ukraine presents new opportunities...

Turkey – Turkish lira nears record lows as emerging markets struggle (Al Monitor)

Diego Cupolo Turkish stocks slid and the lira hit a six-month low against major currencies Thursday as higher-than-expected US inflation data weighed on emerging markets. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/turkish-lira-nears-record-lows-emerging-markets-struggle

Turkey – Erdogan’s midnight decrees give Turkey nightmares (Al Monitor)

Pinar Tremblay The overnight decrees increasingly governing Turkey have become a source of livid satire and agony for millions of Turks. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/erdogans-midnight-decrees-give-turkey-nightmares

Turkey – Turkey’s religious agency grows even richer, more powerful (Al Monitor)

Mustafa Sonmez Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate has acquired unprecedented influence and budget means under Erdogan, spending more than the Foreign and other ministries. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/turkeys-religious-agency-grows-even-richer-more-powerful

France/Turkey – France vs. Turkey in the EastMed: A Geopolitical Rivalry between a “Keeper” of the Old Order and a Challenging Emergent Power (IFRI)

Jana JABBOUR The Franco-Turkish standoff in the Eastern Mediterranean is a geopolitical contest for power that plays out on multiple fronts: Libya, Syria, Lebanon. Ankara’s expansive...

Egypt/Turkey – Sisi’s Egypt Has the Upper Hand Over Erdoğan’s Turkey (BESA Center)

Hillel Frisch The foreign policy of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a combination of imperialism and Muslim Brotherhood sentiment, was most visible in his moves...

USA/Turkey/Russia – What Does U.S. Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Mean for Turkey-Russia relations? (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Kirill Zharov Washington’s recognition of the Armenian genocide is far from the main problem in U.S.-Turkish relations, which have been in crisis now for several...

Turkey/USA – Turkey–US Relations: Where Now? (RUSI)

Gülnur Aybet Turkey’s relations with the US have suffered a blow, but the US needs to understand that in a changing world, regional stability cannot...

Russia/Turkey – Russia and Turkey. Strategic Partners and Rivals (IFRI)

Pavel BAEV The extraordinarily troublesome year 2020 tested many international institutions and bilateral ties, but few experienced sharper challenges than the complex relations between Russia...

Turkey – Turkish, not Saudi, Schoolbooks Under Scrutiny (BESA Center)

James M. Dorsey In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the focus of criticism of supremacist and intolerant...

Turkey’s removal from F-35 program to cause hike in engine price (Defense News)

Valerie Insinna The cost of the F-35′s engine is set to increase by 3 percent due to Turkey’s removal from the program in 2019, the head of Pratt &...