Turkey withdraws some observation posts from northern Syria
Eight of these observation posts and five fortified positions are currently under siege by Syrian forces.
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Turkish foreign minister assures his Palestinian counterpart his country’s support for an international peace conference
He briefed Cavusoglu on the Palestinian efforts to proceed with the internal reconciliation following the recent important meeting held in Istanbul between Fatah and Hamas.
Opposition leader: Early elections are necessary to save Turkey from Erdogan economic policies
The Turkish opposition leader stressed the necessity of holding early elections in order to spare the country from further deterioration under the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party. “Early elections must be held so that the situation does not worsen and its ...
Erdogan on collision course with NATO over Nagorno-Karabakh war
But minutes before his own talks with Stoltenberg, Erdogan urged Azerbaijan to keep fighting until it retook land it lost in a war with Armenia in the early 1990s.
Turkey’s new military deployment in Idlib puts spotlight on Syria
How Turkey’s new military build-up will be considered by Moscow or whether it will lead to new concessions between the two countries.
How much damage can Arab states do to Turkish economy?
Turkey’s economic ties with Arab nations have grown in the past two decades, both in terms of trade and inflows of investment and tourism.
Armenia Says Turkey Sent 4,000 Syrian Fighters to Azerbaijan amid Fighting
The ambassador said the fighters were taking part in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inside Azerbaijan that is run by ethnic Armenians, the RIA news agency reported.
Turkey’s economy plunges 10%. Aside from COVID-19, are tourists staying away after Erdogan converts Hagia Sophia, Chora church museums into mosques?
"In July 2020, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a controversial decision that was condemned by the international community, converted the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque."
Turkey grants citizenship to Hamas operatives plotting terror attacks from Istanbul
According to a senior source, seven of the 12 operatives have received Turkish citizenship, as well as passports, while the other five are in the process of receiving them. In some cases, the operatives are living under Turkish aliases.
Islamic State operative planning ‘sensational’ attack nabbed in Istanbul
No information about their provenance or plans is available. Coming on the heels of a separate anti-IS raid in the province of Bursa this month, the arrests point to Turkey having a festering IS problem. The most recent Defense Department inspector general’s report on the US military mission in ...
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