Tag: Turkey

(Saudi Arabia/Turkey/Greece) Playing both sides: Will Saudi-Greek drills impact ties with Turkey? (Defense News)

Agnes Helou The Saudi military has had a busy March, conducting eight exercises involving simulated attacks on oil facilities and interoperability drills with other nations. https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2021/03/25/playing-both-sides-will-saudi-greek-drills-impact-ties-with-turkey/
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(Turkey/China) Turkey raises Uighur issue with China as hundreds protest (Al Jazeera)

About 1,000 protesters gather in Istanbul to denounce China’s treatment of Uighurs during Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/turkey-says-conveyed-sensitivity-about-uighurs-to-china
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(Turkey/Egypt) Turkish-Egyptian Maritime Negotiations: Hype or Substance? (INSS)

Samuel Helfont During the first week of March 2021, the Turkish press highlighted Egypt’s ostensible compliance with disputed Turkish maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean....
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(Europe/Turkey) Deepen trade with Turkey but ready sanctions, EU report says (Al Jazeera)

Offer of closer economic ties mixed with threats reflects complex relationship between Turkey and the bloc. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/23/deepen-trade-with-turkey-but-ready-sanctions-eu-report-says
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(Turkey) Turkish lira plunges after Erdogan sacks central bank chief (Al Jazeera)

Sacked governor Agbal had raised interest rates to rein in inflation; analysts fear the new chief may reverse the hikes despite comments to bank...
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(Turkey) Turkey’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act (BESA Center)

Emil Avdaliani Western pundits spend a great deal of time trying to determine “who lost Turkey.” Ankara’s relations with the West are indeed tense, but...
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(Turkey) Anger, condemnation after Turkey exits treaty to protect women (Al Jazeera)

Since last year, women have taken to the streets across the country calling on the government to stick to the convention. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/turkey-condemned-for-pulling-out-of-treaty-protecting-women
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(Turkey) Turkey’s Erdogan sacks central bank governor after rate hike (Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s president fires Naci Agbal after just four months on the job following surprise increase in interest rates. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/turkeys-erdogan-sacks-central-bank-governor-after-rate-hike
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(Turkey) Is Turkey becoming an apartheid state? (AEI)

Michael Rubin Over the last several months, Erdogan has furthered his purge, removing democratically elected Kurdish mayors and replacing them with his own appointees, and...
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(Turkey/Syria) Challenges facing Turkey’s Syrian businesses (Brookings)

Omer Karasapan Turkey’s Syrian businesses, which are key to better integrating the largest number of Syrian refugees anywhere—3.6 million—face a trifecta of challenges. Turkey’s 2018...
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(Turkey) Turkey pulls out of treaty protecting women from violence (Al Jazeera)

Some politicians have attacked the charter saying it damages family unity, encourages divorce and acceptance of the LGBTQ community. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/turkey-pulls-out-of-treaty-protecting-women-from-violence
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(Europe/Turkey) An updated migration deal can revitalise Turkey-EU relations (ECFR)

Ibrahim Kalin The spokesperson and chief advisor to the Turkish president calls for a new migration agreement that addresses the challenges that have emerged in...
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(Turkey) Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish HDP officials, rights activist (Al Jazeera)

Move comes days after a top public prosecutor demanded the dissolution of the HDP, the third-largest party in Turkey. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/turkish-police-detain-pro-kurdish-hdp-officials-rights-activist
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(Europe/Turkey) EU halts plans to blacklist Turkey oil execs (Al Jazeera)

Brussels has frozen plans to sanction senior executives at Turkish Petroleum Corp, four diplomats told Reuters news. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/18/eu
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(Europe/Turkey) As EU-Turkey migration agreement reaches the five-year mark, add a job creation element (Brookings)

Kemal Kirişci It has been 10 years since the conflict in Syria began to displace Syrians from their homes into neighboring countries. Since then, their...
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(Turkey) Top Turkish prosecutor files case to close pro-Kurdish HDP (Al Jazeera)

US warns that efforts to remove legislator Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, over a 2016 social media post, is ‘troubling’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/turkey-expels-pro-kurdish-legislator-seeks-to-disband-hdp-party
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