Tag: Turkey
Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran
The decision by three Arab states to make peace with Israel can be credited both to efforts by the Trump administration and the recognition by these Sunni states that their security would improve against...
‘Turkey stands and will continue to stand with our dear friend and brother, Azerbaijan’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a recent speech that Turkey stands with “brotherly country” Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia and expressed his hope that the fighting would continue until Nagorno-Karabagh was “liberated.”
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US rescinds entry ban of Israeli-British journalist
The United States has lifted the entry ban it had placed on Jonathan Spyer, announced the Israeli-British journalist on social media.
“Expiration Date: 2030. Thanks and love to all those who helped,” in a Facebook post featuring...
Editor-in-chief of Turkish AKP mouthpiece: ‘Turkey is a global power—now it’s time for Azerbaijan...
In his Oct. 2 column titled “Turkey Is A Global Power. Now It’s Time For Azerbaijan To Rise. Iran Backing Armenia! What’s Tehran Afraid Of?” in Turkey’s AKP mouthpiece Yeni Şafak daily, the paper’s editor-in-chief İbrahim...
America doesn’t have to choose between appeasing Turkey or Iran
Does it matter that Turkey appears to think that it can relitigate the outcome of World War I? That’s the question observers were forced to confront last week when its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Lift the US ban on journalist Jonathan Spyer
There is no role in journalism that is more mentally and physically punishing than that of a war correspondent.
Reporters and writers who cover wars are, in my experience, a special breed. Insofar as generalizations...
What’s behind the Ankara-Tehran partnership?
In a video conference on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to target Kurdish forces in joint military operations. Both countries agreed that the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)...
Turkey’s bid to return to Ottoman-era glory endangers Israel and the region
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has high ambitions. He wants to take his country back to what he perceives as the glory days of the Ottoman Empire, but the leader, who has been described...
Erdoğan: ‘No power can stand in Turkey’s way’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech last month that no country could stand in Turkey’s way in the eastern Mediterranean, where it is currently involved in a dispute over energy resources.
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Israel calls out Turkey for giving Hamas members passports
Israel’s charge d’affaires in Turkey, Roey Gilad, on Wednesday confirmed reports that Turkey is granting passports to members of the Hamas terrorist organization.
“Some are in the process, some already got , but we are...