Tag: Turkey

(Turkey/Europe/Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean: Charting a way out of the current deadlock (Galip Dalay, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/turkey-europe-and-the-eastern-mediterranean-charting-a-way-out-of-the-current-deadlock/

(Turkey) Profiling Erdoğan’s Fan Club—No Democracy, No Problem (Burak Bekdil, BESA Center)

Studies have shown that only 2.4% of Turks believe their country’s biggest problem is its democratic deficit. Advanced democratic standards, or the acute lack...

(Turkey/Greece) Can Turkey and Greece resolve their maritime dispute? (Al Jazeera)

The two countries have resumed talks over rights in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Turkey and Greece have been disputing their maritime boundaries for decades...

(Turkey/Saudi Arabia) Turkey, Saudi Arabia eye improved ties after Gulf crisis ends (Andrew Wilks, Al Jazeera)

Normalisation between a Saudi-led coalition and Qatar removed the barrier to reconciliation between Ankara and Riyadh. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/25/turkey-and-saudi-arabia-on-the-verge-of-a-return-to-cordiality

(Israel/Turkey) Israel, Don’t Trust Turkey (Dmitri Shufutinsky, BESA Center)

Rumors are circulating that an Israeli-Turkish rapprochement might occur soon. Jerusalem and other regional capitals should not fall yet again for Ankara’s deceptions. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-turkey-trust/

(Greece/Turkey) Greece and Turkey resume maritime talks (John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

The resumption of exploratory talks after five-year hiatus comes after year of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/25/greece-and-turkey-resume-maritime-talks

(Russia/Turkey) RDIF agrees to produce Sputnik V vaccine in Turkey (TASS)

The RDIF representative noted that the potential production volume is millions of vaccine doses per year https://tass.com/economy/1248149

(Turkey) The Turkish Air Force: Flying into the Abyss? (Burak Bekdil, BESA Center)

Turkey’s F-16s will be phased out in 10 to 15 years. Now that it has been kicked out of the US-led F-35 program and...

(Egypt/Russia/Black Sea/Turkey) Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey? (Ridvan Bari Urcosta, The Jamestown Foundation)

In November 2020, Russia and Egypt conducted their first joint naval exercises in the Black Sea. The Bridge of Friendship-2020 naval drills brought the Egyptian Navy...

(Turkey/Iran/Mohammad Mosaed) Turkey will not deport journalist Mohammad Mosaed to Iran, sources say (Middle East Eye)

Ragip Soylu Turkish security sources tell MEE the award-winning reporter contacted emergency services on Sunday after nearly freezing to death in Van https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-iran-journalist-mohammad-mosaed-not-deport  

(Turkey/Twitter/Pinterest) Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law (Middle East Eye)

Ragip Soylu Twitter and Pinterest have yet to assign a legal representative in Turkey, leading ministers to warn of 'digital fascism' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-twitter-pinterest-ad-ban-social-media-law

(Facebook/Turkey) Facebook to appoint Turkey envoy to comply with media law (The New Arab)

Facebook will appoint a representative in Turkey to comply with a new social media law aimed at forcing platforms to quickly remove contentious posts. https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/1/18/facebook-to-appoint-turkey-envoy

(Turkey/Europe/USA) Facing Biden, Erdogan extends olive branch to EU (Euractiv)

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/facing-biden-erdogan-extends-olive-branch-to-eu/

(Turkey) A new assault on a democratic citadel in Turkey, too (Ayşe Candan Kirişci and Kemal Kirişci, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/15/a-new-assault-on-a-democratic-citadel-in-turkey-too/

(Turkey/France) ‘Dear Tayyip’: Erdogan, Macron exchange letters (Al Jazeera)

The Turkish and French presidents have exchanged letters in which they have agreed to resume talks aimed at mending ties. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/15/france-and-turkey-exchange-letters-to-improve-collaboration

(Turkey/Russia) Turkey to discuss supply of second S-400 regiment with Russia in late January (TASS)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday Ankara’s plans to discuss with Moscow supplies of the second set of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems...