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Turkey unveils unusual tactic to control virus: wedding inspectors

Source:Financial Times Date:28Aug2020

Turkish officials maintain that, despite the rise in cases, the virus is being contained. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week insisted that Turkey, which has had a total of 260,000 Covid-19

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Turkey Seeks to Sideline EU in Maritime Disputes With Greece

Source:Bloomberg Date:27Aug2020

All for a Fistful of Gas   Defense Minister Hulusi Akar called on Thursday for dialogue with Athens without the involvement of third parties. In a televised interview with state-run Anadolu

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Turkey announces major natural gas discovery in Black Sea

Source:al Monitor Date:24Aug2020

My continuing quest to find the truth about the Great Natural Gas Discovery   But amid the jubilation, some sources voiced skepticism over the 2023 production goal and whether the reserve

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Erdogan Unveils Biggest Ever Black Sea Natural Gas Discovery

Source:Bloomberg Date:24Aug2020

I’m still trying to understand the technicalities of the Black Sea gas reserve. Can it be  exracted, if so how much of it?  What would be the price tag for development & transportation

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Fethullah Gulen shares blame for Turkey’s plight

Source:the Economist Date:14Aug2020

Finally, a fair view of the damage Gulenists caused Turkey.   The movement is a tough nut to crack. From the 1970s onwards, it attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, drawn mostly from

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Erdogan says Turkey restarted energy exploration in east Mediterranean

Source:Yahoo News Date:08Aug2020

Tensions rising in East Med   “We have started drilling work again,” Erdogan told reporters after participating in Friday prayers at the Hagia Sophia mosque. “We

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Turkey: Bomb blast in Syria’s north kills many civilians

Source:TRT World Date:26Jul2020

At least five killed and 12 others wounded in IED blast carried by PKK/YPG terrorists in Ras al Ayn town near Turkey’s border, Turkish Defence Ministry says.

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East Mediterranean tensions flare as Turkey seeks leverage in maritime border talks

Source:al Monitor Date:25Jul2020

The dispute is the latest episode in decadeslong tensions between Greece and Turkey over maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean, where Ankara has been pursuing controversial gas drilling

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Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya

Source:Yahoo News Date:19Jul2020

The warring sides are mobilizing now around the edges of Sirte, a strategic gateway to Libya’s central and eastern oil crescent, where most of the country’s production of 1.2 million barrels a

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Analysts see makings of another Russia-Turkey flare-up in Syria

Date:18Jul2020

Alexey Khlebnikov, a Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst at the Russian International Affairs Council, said attacks on patrols in Idlib could give Russia a “legitimate reason”

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