Tag: Turkey

EU looks to boost Syrian businesses in Turkey (Mohammed Hardan, Al Monitor)

In coordination with the Directorate General of Development Agencies at the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, the European Union announced Oct. 5 in the city...

Erdogan says US, not Turkey, proposed F-16 sale (Al Monitor)

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that the United States had offered to sell dozens of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to...

Turkey’s spy bust escalates rivalry with Iran (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

The reported capture of Iranian spies in Turkey comes as the latest sign of the rivalry heating up between Ankara and Tehran, as bilateral...

Turkey’s lira sinks to new low with little reprieve in sight (Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s lira sank to a new all-time low against the dollar on Monday and analysts saw little reprieve ahead given what one called expectations...

It’s Time for Rapprochement Between Turkey and the United States (Hasan Murat Mercan, Defense One)

Recent developments unfolding in the Middle East, North Africa, Black Sea Basin, and Asia have rippling effects that are testing the robustness of the...

Turkey: US proposed to sell it F-16 fighters (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Oct. 17 the United States has proposed the sale of a batch of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey...

Angela Merkel hopes Germany continues to work with Turkey (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

In a farewell visit, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country will continue to maintain a working relationship with Turkey, stressed cooperation on...

As Erdogan set for another tour, Turkey deepens ties with Africa (Mucahid Durmaz, Al Jazeera)

East Africa’s largest indoor arena in Rwanda; a national mosque in Ghana; an army base in Somalia; and an almost 400km-long railway project which would help give landlocked Ethiopia direct access to...

Turkish-Qatari venture BMC facing liquidity challenges (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Leading armored vehicles maker BMC, a Turkish-Qatari venture, is going through liquidity snags after a recent change in ownership, Defense News has learned. The company,...

Turkey agrees to import more gas from Azerbaijan (Al Monitor)

Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a new gas deal Friday. Azerbaijan will supply Turkey with 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas through the end of...

Erdogan threatens fresh military campaign in Syria (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the specter of a new Turkish military campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria following the killing of...

Turkey’s vulnerable lira plunges to record low after central bank sackings (Nazlan Ertan, Al Monitor)

Turkey’s embattled currency hit its lowest-ever rate of 9.19 against the US dollar Thursday morning following a midnight presidential decree firing three high-level central bank bureaucrats...

Turkish shipyard launches mass production of fast patrol boats for coastal defense (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Private Turkish shipyard Ares has begun mass production of a batch of 122 fast patrol boats for the country’s Coast Guard Command and the...

Is Turkey losing Washington? (Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor)

Despite the longstanding alliance and close military partnership between Turkey and the United States, the relationship has always been troublesome. For some time now,...

Ankara hints at new Syria operation after spate of attacks near border (Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor)

Two years since its last Syria incursion, Ankara is hinting at a new cross-border military operation in response to a spate of attacks near...

Is Erdogan’s Communications Directorate failing him? (Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor)

Steven Cook published a piece in Foreign Policy about how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is too sick to continue his job, discussing who might be...