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Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks
Source:al Jazeera Date:28Oct2018
Not much progress in this summit, but Erdogan manages to involve Europeans, Idlib peace holds and agreement reached for all Syrians to return home safely. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr,
Territorial waters dispute heats up between Turkey and Greece
Source:Ahval News Date:26Oct2018
Under the present six-mile delimitation, Greek territorial waters comprise nearly 43.5 percent of the Aegean Sea. For Turkey the percentage is only 7.5 percent. The remaining 49 percent is
On Turkey’s new development path
Source:Daily SABAH Date:26Oct2018
Erdogan’s chief economics guru Mr Cemil Ertem explains Turkey’s new development paradigm: The growth paradigms that have been tailored in favor of colonialist-imperialist
Will Erdogan’s power take hit after losing his biggest political ally?
Source:Middle East Eye Date:25Oct2018
Doesn’t answer the question, but good background on AKP-MHP alliance Turkish president’s AK Party has lost its ultranationalist ally, the MHP, amid disputes ahead of upcoming local
Treasury official points finger at Turkey over Venezuelan gold trade
Source:UPI Date:25Oct2018
US doesn’t let up the pressure on Turkey: The United States should publicize Turkey’s involvement in the Venezuelan gold industry, a Treasury Department official said
Ultra-nationalists shake Turkey’s Erdogan by calling off alliance
Source:Middle East Eye Date:24Oct2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Party were shaken on Tuesday after the sudden announcement that their ultra-nationalist coalition partners were calling off an electoral
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
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
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
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