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Turkey’s All-Out Diplomacy

Source:Carnegie Europe Date:24Oct2018

Marc Pierini calls the spade a spade, by reminding Ankara that foreign policy successes will not substitue for sound economic management:   The first is that Turkey’s economy is on a cliff

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Turkey’s President Vows to Detail Khashoggi Death ‘in Full Nakedness’

Source:New York Times Date:22Oct2018

On Sunday, Mr. Erdogan broke his silence, promising that within 48 hours he would remove the lid completely from what his spokesmen are now calling a Saudi cover-up. “We will reveal it,” he said

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Erdoğan vows broadening rights, freedoms

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:22Oct2018

We keep our fingers crossed, but this is what he said:  “We will continue to work on expanding rights and freedoms, as well as improving democracy, although some people have made a habit of

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AKP to suffer greatest loss in Turkey’s 2019 local elections, says pollster

Source:Ahval News Date:21Oct2018

Turkey’s leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) will continue to lose voters to ally far-right nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party

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How Turkey and Saudi Arabia became frenemies – and why the Khashoggi case could change that

Source:The Conversation Date:20Oct2018

This is a concise and  accurate primar on the past of Turkey-Saudi Arabia relaitonship, with the added bonus of Khashoggi case could chnage the dynamics

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Turkey-Greece ties face new round of tension over reserves in Mediterranean

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:20Oct2018

Ties between Turkey and Greece are facing a new source of tension on military terms, this time due to natural reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkish Naval Forces have interdicted a Greek

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US may lift some Turkey sanctions after pastor’s release

Source:USA Today Date:18Oct2018

Pompeo met with Erdogan to discuss the Khashoggi case, but the two men also discussed a range of other issues, including cooperation to address the ongoing civil war in Syria and the Trump

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With grisly leaks, Turkey keeps focus on Khashoggi case and pressure on Saudi-U.S. relations

Source:The globe and mail Date:18Oct2018

With sincere repugnance, we are following  how the presumed murder of a journalist is being used for political mileage:     “I think the Turks are bargaining with the Saudis and the

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Trade Minister: The real Turkish economy is proving analysts wrong | View

Source:Euronews Date:17Oct2018

Every voice, even those of Trade Ministers need to be heard:   By Ruhsar Pekcan To the bewilderment of many analysts, data released this month has revealed that Turkey’s “real”

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Moscow, Ankara say Syria buffer going ahead despite missed deadline

Source:Yahoo News Date:17Oct2018

As I claimed all along–Russia doesn’t  want to lose Turkey, will not countenance Assad attack on Idlib   Neither Turkey nor Russia seemed fazed by the apparent breach of the plan

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