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Has Turkey Outfoxed China in Azerbaijan to become a rising Eurasian power?

Source:Turkeyanalysts Date:20Sep2023

Turkey’s decision to provide an unprecedented level of military assistance to Azerbaijan empowered Baku to achieve a resounding victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, changing the

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Gonul Tol: Autocracy not reform remains Erdoğan’s recipe for Turkey

Source:Financial Times Date:19Sep2023

Until now, most Turks believed that they could vote Erdoğan out. Fraud, civil liberties violations and abuse of state and media resources had made the regime authoritarian, but elections were not

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Which 5 Turkey-based firms did US sanction for aiding Russia in Ukraine?

Source:al Monitor Date:18Sep2023

One of the firms is Margiana, which the US said had sent hundreds of shipments to two Russian companies involved in producing military drones for use in Ukraine. “Margiana’s shipments to

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Erdogan to Attend UN General Assembly Amid Tensions With US

Source:Bloomberg Date:17Sep2023

Erdogan is expected to arrive in New York on Sunday, just a day after Turkey rebuffed US allegations of enlisting child soldiers in the ranks of Turkey-backed rebels in Syria, and as Washington

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Turkey ‘seriously upset’ over Washington linking F-16 sales to Sweden’s NATO membership

Source:al Monitor Date:13Sep2023

The Biden administration insists Turkey lifting its opposition to Sweden’s accession is not linked to the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets. But privately, US officials have told Turkey

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Hannah Lucinda Smith: Finding Turkey in Narnia

Source:Engelsbergideas Date:13Sep2023

I was oblivious to Narnia’s religious symbolism when I first read the Chronicles, aged around seven. For me, Lewis’ world was all about its landscapes and characters, places, people, talking

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Turkey’s Erdogan eggs on Syria’s Arab tribes against US-backed Kurds

Source:al Monitor Date:06Sep2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out in support of Arab tribes engaged in violent clashes with the United States’ top local ally against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria’s oil-rich

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Turkey, Saudi Arabia ink critical mineral cooperation deal

Source:al Monitor Date:29Aug2023

Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the two countries’ cooperation in mining, Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced Monday. Bayraktar

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Istanbul Mayor’s trial clouded as the judges were replaced again

Source:Arrestedlawyers website Date:27Aug2023

For the record.  Erdogan is already rigging March 2024 local elections   As the election approached, on the eve of the commencement of the appeal process, the HSK once again stepped in and

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Amberin Zaman: Kurds suffer as Iraq, Turkey fail to restart oil flow ahead of Turkish FM’s Baghdad visit

Source:al Monitor Date:23Aug2023

It is widely acknowledged that the real reason for Turkey’s reluctance to reopen the line is Baghdad’s refusal to waive the $1.5 billion fine from the ICC and to drop a second arbitration case

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