Tag: Turkey

With F-16 deal in limbo, Erdogan-Biden meeting postponed to Glasgow (Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor)

An expected meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, at the G20 summit in Rome this weekend has been...

Erdogan says he expects to discuss F-35 dispute with Biden (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expects to meet US President Joe Biden next week and take up Turkey’s removal from the US-led...

Turkish-backed factions outmaneuver Syrian jihadist group in Idlib (Sultan al-Kanj, Al Monitor)

The Azm Operations Room, which consists of a number of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions, recently announced the merger of six FSA factions with the new Third Legion. The new...

Turkey, South Korea sign deal for Turkish Altay tank (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Turkey and South Korea have signed a letter of intent by which two Korean companies will supply engines and transmission mechanisms for the Altay,...

Erdogan To Join Aliyev At Ceremony To Open Airport Beside Nagorno-Karabakh (RFE RL)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on October 26 at a ceremony to open Fuzuli International Airport. Aliyev...

Turkey, Qatar express ‘concern’ over coup in Sudan (Al Monitor)

Turkey and Qatar both called for de-escalation in Sudan Monday following a coup in the African country. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release, “We...

Turkey’s spy-bust bombshell unlikely to further worsen ties with Israel (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Amid an ongoing quest for normalization with Israel, Turkey last week dropped a bombshell about busting a Mossad spy ring, comprised of Arabs, including...

Erdogan backpedals on threat to expel 10 Western ambassadors (Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor)

A tense diplomatic crisis in which 10 ambassadors to Turkey faced possible expulsion from the country appears to have been defused Monday following a...

Erdogan slams Western envoys who urged philanthropist’s release (Al Monitor)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned a group of Western ambassadors who urged Turkey this week to release philanthropist Osman Kavala. "I told our foreign minister:...

15 spies for Israel’s Mossad arrested, reports Turkish press (Al Monitor)

Turkish authorities arrested 15 people earlier this month who are accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday. Turkey’s...

Intel: Turkey’s Erdogan wants to talk F-35 dispute with Biden in Rome (Al Monitor)

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed optimism on Thursday that his government would recover the $1.4 billion it put toward acquiring Lockheed-Martin’s F-35 Joint...

Is Ankara capitulating to or allowing lira’s depreciation? (Mustafa Sonmez, Al Monitor)

Turkey’s central bank cut its policy rate by a staggering 200 basis points Thursday, sending the embattled Turkish lira to a new all-time low and raising...

Global finance watchdog adds Turkey to grey list (Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor)

The global financial watchdog known as the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, announced today that Turkey has been added to its “grey list”...

As Turks wrestle with inflation, central bank cuts rates again (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s central bank announced a bigger-than-expected interest rate cut on Thursday –  marking the latest in a string of policy moves that have seen...

Turkey: Erdogan slams ambassadors over call for Kavala’s release (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the ambassadors of 10 countries for their call for philanthropist Osman Kavala‘s release, saying Ankara should not be...

Suspected Turkish drone strike targets three people in Syrian Kurdish town (Al Monitor)

A drone strike believed to have been launched by Turkey struck a vehicle in the Kurdish-controlled town of Kobani in northeast Syria on Wednesday,...