Media

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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Turkey in danger of becoming a pariah state over rights record

Source:Ahval News Date:16Oct2018

“For the last two years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Turkey as the world’s leading jailer of journalists. In October 2016, following a failed military coup that summer,

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Pastor Brunson is free. But the West still needs a policy on Erdogan’s hostages

Source:Washington Post Date:16Oct2018

Erdogan’s hostage diplomacy is a result of Turkey’s drift away from the transatlantic alliance and its values. But ending the hostage diplomacy requires only the strong resolve of Turkey’s NATO

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Could ‘supernatural wisdom’ prevail in Turkey-US ties?

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:15Oct2018

Cansu Çamlibel reports from Washington:   However, the absence of a comprehensive deal does not necessarily mean that the United States has not paid any ransom to get Brunson back home. The

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One step forward, several steps back in Turkey

Source:Financial Times Date:15Oct2018

A good review of what annoys investors about Turkey’s policy direction On Friday, a Turkish judge released Andrew Brunson, the US pastor at the centre of President Trump’s stand-off

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