Media

Turkish efforts in Afrin, Idlib will allow Syrians to return home

Source:Daily Sabah Date:09Feb2018

A very critical speech by Erdogan, which found insufficient coverage:   “What is behind the Afrin operation? We will solve the Afrin issue, the Idlib issue and we want that our refugee

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European Parliament’s ‘rights in Turkey’ resolution null and void: Turkish Foreign Ministry

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:09Feb2018

I smile cycnically when people tell me Turkey-EU relations are improving.  We are talking about a country which refuses ot akcnowledge the authority of the European Parliament.  Funny that Turkey

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Fraying Israel-Turkey Ties Threaten Planned Natural Gas Venture

Source:Bloomberg Date:07Feb2018

A U.S.-backed initiative to build an undersea natural gas pipeline between Israel and Turkey looks increasingly troubled as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalates his public

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Syria peace deal threatened as Iran and Turkey clash in Idlib

Source:Arab News Date:07Feb2018

In a very alarming development, Arab news sources  report that Turkish  military and pro-regime forces or militia are exchanging  artillery fire in the south of deconfliction  zone Idlib. Rouhani

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EU expresses fresh concerns over Turkey’s deteriorating rule of law

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:03Feb2018

“The reversal of the court decision to release Amnesty International Turkey Chair Taner Kılıҫ and the detention of the members of the Executive Committee of the Turkish Medical Association are

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Risk of Conflict in Northern Syria Between U.S., Turkey Rising

Source:Bloomberg Date:03Feb2018

The current standoff is probably the most serious. Relations are “teetering on the brink of a precipice,” and direct military conflict is a real possibility, according to Anthony Skinner, a

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Turkey Judiciary Draws Fire for Continued Incarceration of Rights Activist

Source:VoA Date:02Feb2018

The dramatic succession of events has provoked international condemnation. “A disgrace and an outrageous travesty of justice,” Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty declared in a

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Are armed pro-government vigilantes rising in Turkey?

Source:BBC news Date:02Feb2018

How can you tell if a country is suffering from mass hysteria and mental delusion?  Read this article. Armed groups are mushrooming in the Islamist-nationalist segment of the society, threatening

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Could Abdullah Gul be the unexpected saviour of Turkey’s opposition?

Source:Middle East Eye Date:30Jan2018

In the last days of 2017, a new state of emergency decree, providing immunity to civilians who took part in suppressing the July 2016 coup attempt against the Turkish government, triggered an

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Strategic Syrian peak slips through Turkey’s fingers

Source:al Monitor Date:30Jan2018

What is the truth about Operation Olive Branch?  Journalist and researcher Mrs Amberin Zaman presents an alternative view of the Afrin Campaign, widely embraced by a vast majority of Tukrs and

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