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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.” In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Kremlin.

Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...
Israelis protest against Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on July 08, 2010. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash 90.

Kurds withdraw from Syria-Turkey border region amid tentative ceasefire

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has withdrawn from a 75-mile area between the border towns of Ras al-Ayn and Tal Abyad in compliance with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and will move back 19 miles...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at a press conference in Ankara after reaching a five-day ceasefire over Turkey's incursion in northern Syria. Source: Screenshot.

Turkey agrees to temporary ceasefire in Syria

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Turkey agreed on Thursday to a temporary ceasefire in northern Syria, where it has moved its forces in against the Kurds, who are still reeling from what they say is a betrayal by the...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Ankara on Oct. 17, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Trump’s ‘impulsive’ decision to leave Syria undermines Israel’s interests, according to experts

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The abrupt decision by U.S. President Donald Trump last week to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria has led to a major foreign-policy crisis in the region and worldwide. Equally as important are the changing roles...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan compares Israel to Nazi Germany; Netanyahu dismisses comments

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israel to Nazi Germany on Tuesday, even comparing Jews in Europe during World War II to the situation in the Gaza Strip. “The immediate establishment of an independent Palestinian...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Erdoğan: Turkey won’t keep silent regarding Israel’s ‘crimes’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that he opposes anyone who supports Israel and its “state terror.” “We do not approve of silence on the state terror that Israel blatantly carries out in...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the 2017 U.N. General Assembly. (MEMRI)

Turkish media calls for Turks to fund, support Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s campaign

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Tarek Cherkaoui, the manager of the Turkish state-run news channel TRT World’s research center, wrote an article in April calling upon Turks to donate to the campaign fund of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)....

Turkish President Erdoğan: Mohamed Morsi was ‘martyr’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Dr. Ali Erbaş, the Turkish minister of religious affairs, spoke at a June 18 memorial service held in Turkey in honor of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who...
Ekrem Imamoğlu. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan suffers ‘huge blow’ as Turkish opposition wins Istanbul mayor race

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Turkey’s opposition mayoral candidate won the mayoral election re-run in Istanbul on Monday, giving longtime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a stinging defeat. Harold Rhode, a former adviser on Islamic affairs and specialist on Turkey in...