Turkish foreign policy

The 3rd Day in the “Operation Peace Spring”- Internet blockages are reported in Southern Turkey; 121 detained for critical remarks on social media…

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via Confirmed: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram restricted in parts of southern #Turkey; real-time network data show social media now blocked in Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Hatay by TTNet amid #PeaceSpring military operations into northern Syria 📉 📰 https://t.co/zx4QGrE56B pic.twitter.com/jAO9YtM8vq — NetBlocks (@netblocks) October 11, 2019 Arrest News in Turkish here From EU to Erdoğan: We … Read more

The Turkish offensive into Northern Syria begins…

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Turkish troops launch offensive into northern Syria, says Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition  The incursion announced by President Erdogan is to target Kurdish militias and create a “safe zone”. Exclusive: Official Who Heard Call Says Trump Got ‘Rolled’ By Turkey and ‘Has No Spine Newsweek – James LaPorta – Oct 7, 11:16 AM … Read more

Erdoğan in NY in the UN Summit…

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Another English case: I SPEECH KÜRSÜ??? pic.twitter.com/6sQkY5tDN8 — attorney at love (@allegrande) September 24, 2019 Turkey Now the Only G20 Country Not Ratifying Paris Agreement Bianet :: English As Russia has signed the act ratifying Russia’s participation in Paris Agreement, Turkey is now the only G20 country which Will you pay for me too?’: Putin … Read more

Turkey’s GDP growth- last 10 years

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This time not Qatar but China seemed to have saved Erdoğan’s government: Turkey Got $1 Billion From China Swap in June Boost to Reserves Bloomberg – Kerim Karakaya – Aug 9, 5:54 AM Turkey received around $1 billion worth of funds from China in June under a swap agreement that dates back to 2012, two people … Read more

Fake news in its worst form. Hard days for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

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For a long time, the Turkish government mismanaged the fast flow of refugees. Instead of giving/ assigning them a formal regulative framework, it relied on a vague “ummah” framework and in the meantime, it used them as a means of threat against the EU. Now that AKP realized that refugees were one of the reasons … Read more

“Trump declines to criticise Turkey’s Russia missile purchase” BUT “U.S. Formally Cancels Sale of Fighter Jets to Turkey, a NATO Ally

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U.S. Formally Cancels Sale of Fighter Jets to Turkey, a NATO Ally NYT > Turkey  Turkey, whose purchase of a Russian missile system has created friction, called the Trump administration’s move a “mistake Trump declines to criticise Turkey’s Russia missile purchase Al Jazeera English (In Depth) The US president takes a softer line against the … Read more

End of an era? “First shipment of Russian S-400 systems delivered to Turkey

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Let’s see if the US authorities just bluffed or they can start kinds of sanctions despite Trump… Russian missile delivery to Turkey strains ally’s relations with US World news: Turkeyby Bethan McKernan First S-400 parts delivered to military base outside Ankara as Washington considers sanctions First shipment of Russian S-400 systems delivered to Turkey Al Jazeera English … Read more

Probably encouraged by the meeting with Trump, Erdoğan says “US scrapping F-35 jet deal with Turkey would be robbery

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Erdoğan: It Will Be Called Seizure If U.S. Doesn’t Deliver F-35s to Turkey Bianet :: English President and ruling AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that if the U.S. does not deliver the F-35 fighter jets to Erdogan: US scrapping F-35 jet deal with Turkey would be robbery Ankara faces new strains in US … Read more

Trump, the saviour

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What I understand is that Trump is the only person who prevents any substantive measures to be taken against Turkey, or more specifically Erdoğan regime, in the context of S-400 crisis. Hence comes the Trump love among the AKP elites… However, since Trump is not always predictable who knows what may happen next… Think tank offers … Read more

Feeling the heat: “US House of Representatives Calls Turkey to Cancel S-400 Purchase

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US House of Representatives Calls Turkey to Cancel S-400 Purchase Bianet :: English  While the House approved a bill that calls Turkey to choose between the S-400 and the F-35, pilots from Turkey has been barred from accessing the aircraft, according to the US media. U.S. House unanimously urges Turkey to cancel S-400 deal | Ahval … Read more

Icelanders do not know what they are up to…

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Many Turks are zealously offended with the airport treatment and with that toilet brush prank. Many of them did not care when audiences booed the French national anthem a few days ago in Konya, Turkey, and some Turkish immigrants celebrated the victory of French national team right in Paris and in other French cities with … Read more

It gets real: “Pentagon Chief to Suspend Turkey’s F-35 Pilot Training…

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Pentagon Chief to Suspend Turkey’s F-35 Pilot Training Foreign Policy – Lara Seligman – Jun 6, 11:15 PM Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is taking significant steps toward cutting Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program over concerns about Ankara’s plans to purchase a Russian missile system, telling his Turkish counterpart that   … Read more

Turkey’s Mosque Diplomacy

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BBC Turkish has a very good story on Turkey’s mosque building efforts all over the world. You can read the news in Turkish here. This is yet another network layer in AKP’s access to Turkey’s citizens all over the world in addition to Turkey’s new elites’ delusional signs of reputation. Citizens would probably care less … Read more

From Wikipedia ban to the Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu… Showcase judicial decisions…

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New Video Footage Showing the Moment of Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu Bianet :: English A new video has come out showing the moment of attack against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during the funeral of a soldier via Turkey: Two years without Wikipedia ARTICLE 19 – Apr 29 Today marks two years since the Turkish government … Read more

I do not think “Russia Has Won the Information War in Turkey…

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I do not actually oppose dear Akın Ünver’s arguments. I just think that the title of the piece may be misleading. The sheer number of Twitter followers of Russian media outlets is not enough to win the information war.  As Ünver says domestic and predominantly state-based disinformation is so powerful that there is no need … Read more