New Iraq directly concerns Turkey
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Omitting Turkey from Iraqi agenda or placing the country into a secondary position due to the pressure from Iran will not create a new and peaceful Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Haider [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Omitting Turkey from Iraqi agenda or placing the country into a secondary position due to the pressure from Iran will not create a new and peaceful Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Haider [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey and Russia are now calling the shots in the region as the U.S. struggles with a new policy of trying to stay away from conflicts while the mistakes it makes in [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech yesterday contained statements signaling a deep change. Erdoğan, who particularly targets the reactions from Iraq, was actually indicating a radical change in Turkey’s security policies, while outlining [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We were exposed to a heavy terrorist attack yesterday. We lost 18 lives to martyrdom, 10 of them soldiers. There is no doubt that this PKK attack was more than a terrorist [ More … ]
BY: İHSAN AKTAŞ* At the outset of the United States’ occupation of Iraq, a significant wave of opposition against the Iraqi war emerged in the world public opinion, especially in the United Kingdom. As a result, [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* Following his talks in Bagdad and Erbil two weeks ago, it became apparent that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken imposed the second nightmare scenario for the Iraqis after the 2003 [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We experienced the invasion of Afghanistan. The gate of Central Asia fell in to the hands of the Western forces. We experienced the invasion of Iraq. The heart of Mesopotamia was taken [ More … ]
– Iraqi parliamentarians earlier this week described Turkish troops deployed in Iraq’s Nineveh province as ‘occupiers’ – Kurdish and Turkmen members of northern Iraq’s Kurdish parliament have described the Iraqi parliament’s characterization of Turkish troops [ More … ]
Iran’s foreign minister visited Turkey for the second time in two months for talks on how to improve bilateral ties, boost mutual trade, and bolster energy cooperation, while the battles in Syria witnessed a harsh [ More … ]
– Move comes days after Iraqi parliament describes Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq as ‘occupiers’ – Iraq has formally called on the UN to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss [ More … ]
-Turkey came at the request of local authorities to help rescue Mosul from Daesh occupation, says Numan Kurtulmus – The Iraqi parliament’s labeling Turkey’s military presence in the country “occupiers” is unacceptable, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus [ More … ]
BY: RAGIP SOYLU* There is an urgent sense in the Obama administration to begin the Mosul operation before a new president comes into office despite remaining major coordination issues. Turkey’s involvement in such an effort [ More … ]
– Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says decision against Turkey’s military presence does not reflect Iraqis – The Iraqi parliament’s rejection of Turkey’s military presence in the country is not a reflection of the feelings of [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç Turkey’s border with Syria was purged of Daesh elements with Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched 45 days ago. This move that followed the Gülenist Terror Organization’s (FETÖ) failed coup attempt [ More … ]
BY: Nedret Ersanel To say it as politely as possible, not too many people doubt any longer that the U.S. had some sort of involvement in the July 15 treachery. The same belief also applies [ More … ]
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