The Syria problem between Kerry and Obama
BY: Yasin Aktay* The disorder and war in Syria is about to complete its sixth year. We face a humanitarian plight in which 5 million people were forced to leave their homes and take refuge [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The disorder and war in Syria is about to complete its sixth year. We face a humanitarian plight in which 5 million people were forced to leave their homes and take refuge [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Each leader made some fundamental decisions about the country’s direction and therefore the only meaningful comparison between them is how they consolidated power Many people in Turkey like to talk about the [ More … ]
– Congress will host 266 speakers from 80 countries with heads of states including Russian President Vladimir Putin – The 23rd World Energy Congress 2016 in Istanbul will bring together hundreds of leaders and representatives of the [ More … ]
BY: CEMIL ERTEM* British Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party conference last week indicated that the U.K. will pursue quite a rigid Brexit program. May’s speech not only points to a new [ More … ]
– UN aid chief warns Aleppo faces a humanitarian catastrophe ‘unlike any’ witnessed so far in Syria – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called an emergency meeting for Sunday to discuss the deteriorating [ More … ]
Turkey has shut down a television station for allegedly “spreading terrorist propaganda” after the country extended the state of emergency declared following a failed coup d’etat last summer. Turkish authorities also suspended nearly 13,000 police [ More … ]
– ‘We see that all pitfalls and plans are pointed against the Islamic world,” Erdogan tells Saudi television – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged Islamic nations to unite and show solidarity with each [ More … ]
Upon the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef paid a two-day official visit to Turkish capital of Ankara from Sept. 29-30. The visit of the crown prince, who [ More … ]
Greece on Friday accused neighboring Turkey of endangering ties between the two NATO allies by questioning the wisdom of an almost century-old treaty that established the modern boundaries between the two countries. At the Ankara [ More … ]
Israel on Friday paid Turkey $20 million in compensation over the 2010 Mavi Marmara tragedy involving a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Turkish diplomatic sources said, reported Anadolu Agency. On Aug. 20, Turkish parliament approved a deal, involving Tel [ More … ]
BY: Nedret Ersanel* September 2012…Russia is hosting the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) in Vladisvostok The APEC has 21 member countries, some of them being the U.S., Japan, South Korea, China and Indonesia. Moscow [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN* Barack Obama’s legacy cannot be read separately from the failure in Syria Russia and Assad forces have been mercilessly bombarding Aleppo for days. About 1,000 people are said to have been killed [ More … ]
– Restrictions on Turkish businesspeople and Turkish Stream to be on visit’s agenda, says Rifat Hisarciklioglu Russian President Vladimir Putin may pay an official visit to Turkey in October, a senior Turkish business leader said [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has added a new foreign policy perspective for Turkey besides Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s motto “peace at home, peace in the world,” as our country has become the leading voice [ More … ]
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