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Tensions between Turkey and Russia rise in Idlib following failed talks

Source:Middle East Eye Date:26Sep2020

No one would say it out loud in Ankara, but those closely following the Syria dossier in the Turkish security establishment know that Russia provoked the latest round of clashes in Idlib in

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Cyprus blocks EU sanctions on Belarus

Source:Financial Times Date:22Sep2020

Ehem, but for those of us who live in Turkey and TRNC, it is Greek Cypirote Administration   The EU has failed to agree long-awaited sanctions over the crackdown by President Alexander

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Why UAE’s landmark deal with Israel is bad for Turkey

Source:al Monitor Date:19Sep2020

How do you kill an economy with diplomacy based on ideology?   Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies who specializes in

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Turkey’s Two-State Proposal Riles Divided Cyprus Before Vote

Source:Bloomberg Date:18Sep2020

Call me a nationalist, if you wish. But, this is THE only solution in Cprus   Turkey on Thursday explicitly floated the concept of a two-state solution for divided Cyprus, a proposal sure to

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Political prisoner says Turkey let down by European rights court

Source:Financial Times Date:15Sep2020

One of Turkey’s most prominent political prisoners, Salahaddin Demirtas   Demirtas, 47, led the HDP, a leftwing opposition party to a historic election result in 2015 that made it the

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Macron’s Rhetoric Against Turkey Has Reached Its Limit

Source:Bloomberg Date:11Sep2020

Macron can keep up with his philippics against Erdogan, but these have already passed the point of diminishing returns. The Greeks and Cypriots will soon tire of French expressions of solidarity,

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Turkey Warns West It Will Continue to Shop Around for Missiles

Source:Bloomberg Date:04Sep2020

“If you don’t want me to buy it from elsewhere, then you need to sell it,” Cavusoglu said. “If you don’t, we’ll continue to buy from elsewhere. Today, this can be the S-400. Tomorrow, there will

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Home truths in the eastern Mediterranean

Source:Financial Times Date:04Sep2020

The answer is an EU policy towards Turkey that matches a tough stance in the eastern Mediterranean — backed up, if necessary, by a show of naval force — with greater economic engagement. In

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What is Turkey’s role in Tripoli political tremor?

Source:al Monitor Date:04Sep2020

The arm wrestling in Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), which boiled over with Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s suspension of the powerful Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha, has brought

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Turkish mayors accuse government of coronavirus cover-up

Source:Financial Times Date:30Aug2020

The mayors of Turkey’s two biggest cities have accused the central government of covering up the true scale of a coronavirus resurgence in the country. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, and

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