Tag: Turkey

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,...

After critical EU report, Turkey’s bid to join bloc remains at a ‘standstill’ (Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor)

With Turkey’s bid to join the EU long frozen, the European Commission (EC) released its annual report Tuesday on the nation’s accession process, citing continued democratic...

Turkish producer to supply aerostat systems to Iraq (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Otonom Teknoloji, a privately owned Turkish defense technology company, has said it signed a deal with the Iraqi government for supplying aerostat and airship...

Syrian Kurdish forces ‘fully prepared’ for possible Turkish attack (Mohammed Hardan, Al Monitor)

Turkey has threatened to launch a military operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has recently stepped up its attacks in the areas controlled...

Ankara summons 10 ambassadors over call to free Turkish philanthropist (Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor)

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of 10 nations Tuesday to rebuke a rare joint call for the release of jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala. On Monday, the...

Drone sale to Ethiopia could jeopardize Turkey-Egypt dialogue (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, touted as a game-changer for Ankara’s allies in the Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, appear bound for further showing in African...

‘Zangezur Corridor’ Closer to Realization as Armenia Readies to Normalize Relations With Turkey and Azerbaijan (Vasif Huseynov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 15, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, in an online summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), declared his country’s readiness to...

EU accuses Turkey of ‘backsliding’ on reforms to join bloc (Al Jazeera)

The European Union’s executive body has said that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls in...

Erdogan embarks on three-country Africa tour (Al Monitor)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting several African states this week. Erdogan arrived in Angola in southern Africa on Sunday. He will also visit Nigeria and...

Russia hasn’t cleared Turkish attack on strategic Syrian town (Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor)

Russian calculus over northern Syria might complicate Turkey’s plans for a new military incursion in the war-torn country. Ankara’s preparations seem to be focusing on...

Will Turkey’s opposition blow golden opportunity to beat Erdogan? (Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor)

The leader of Turkey’s secular main opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, delivered an Oct. 18 deadline over the weekend to members of Turkey’s sprawling bureaucracy. They...