News in Turkish here. Why are birds ?angry,? PM Erdoğan asks company CEO Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the Angry Birds developer Rovio Company in Finland Ruling party deputies also question Erdoğan?s motives behind ?student house? move Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s vow to crack down on mixed-gender student accommodation A Turkey politics roundup: Regulation on … Read more
Turkey and Japan sign formal agreement to build second nuclear plant in Sinop PM Erdoğan and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe signed the official agreement for building Turkey’s second nuclear plant in the Black Sea province of Sinop Turkish FM Davutoğlu rejects claims of cooperation with Israel in strike against Syrian base Ahmet Davutoğlu has … Read more
Just another case of Turkey‘s misery in Middle East. Looks like they needed some Qatari help… Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon arrive in Istanbul A Qatari plane carrying both pilots has landed at Istanbul airport tonight at 11:05 p.m Turkey rejects EU view of handling of protests, pleased with report ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey … Read more
Turkish FM Davutoğlu chides Kerry over US praise to Assad Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is the latest Turkish figure to chide US Secretary of State John Kerry for lauding Syria?s al-Assad?s compliance with the UN, saying that the Syrian leader is a ?killer? ?Gezi was Turkey?s Europeanization,? according former CDU politician Ruprecht Polenz said the … Read more
Erdoğan, Merkel pleased by status quo in Turkey-EU ties Following an overwhelming electoral victory that gave Angela Merkel the mandate to rule Germany for the third time, not much is expected to change in Turkish-EU relations ************************* US concerned about Turkey’s choice of Chinese missile system The US is concerned over Turkey’s decision to co-produce … Read more
Turkey says Israel hasn’t met all conditions for normalizing ties after 2010 ship attack Turkey’s foreign minister says there has been some progress in improving Turkish-Israeli relations but Israel has not yet fulfilled all conditions for normalizing ties. Israel must do more to normalize ties with Turkey, FM Davutoğlu says Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said … Read more
Stratejik boşluk Yeni Türk dışpolitikasının paradigması stratejik derinlik yerini yavaşça stratejik boşluğa ya da şimdiki adıyla değerli yalnızlığa bırakıyor. Bugünkü değerli yalnızlığı hazırlayan muhtemelen o stratejik derinlikti. İki temel stratejik ilişkimiz AB ve NATO?nun çeperinde aranan derinlikler boşluğa dönüşüverdi. Ve boşluk bir karadelik misali iki temel stratejik ilişkiyi yutmak üzere. Dışpolitika mimarları aksini iddia etseler … Read more
Turkey conducted ?punitive action? by shooting Syrian helicopter, Turkish FM says Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that Turkey conducted a ?punishing operation? Raw: Turkey Says It Shot Down Syrian Helicopter A Turkish fighter jet shot down a Syrian military helicopter on Monday after it entered Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to leave, an official said. … Read more
Turkey cautiously welcomes US-Russian deal on Syria Turkey has voiced a skeptical optimism after the United States and Russia agreed on a plan to eliminate Syria?s chemical weapons Turkish FM Davutoğlu to visit Paris over Syria talks Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will visit Paris for a meeting on Syria Turkey to consult NATO over downing … Read more
More massacres to come if al-Assad gains time: Turkish FM Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu reiterated once again Turkey’s uncompromising stance against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Victory of public opinion in Syria The discussion on intervention in Syria revealed once again the increasing role of public opinion on policy-making Most of Americans … Read more
Warlords in Syria and Turkey Today I will leave aside the ?strategically deep? topics and focus on a smaller problem Obama, not at his best… MAIN FOCUS: Syria crisis overshadows G20 summit | 05/09/2013 The G20 leaders convene in St. Petersburg today, Thursday. Commentators expect the topic of Syria to dominate the talks. While some hope … Read more
Russia says ballistic “objects” fired in Mediterranean Russian radar detected two ballistic “objects” that were fired towards the eastern Mediterranean Ballistic objects detected by Russia fell into sea: RIA Russian radar detected two ballistic “objects” that were fired towards the eastern Mediterranean Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UN More than two million Syrians have … Read more
Syria crisis: international views on intervention A roundup of the diplomatic standpoints of Israel, Turkey, Russia, Germany and France after the Syrian chemical attacks Turkey not ?lonely? but dares to do so for its values and principles, says PM adviser İbrahim Kalın, a top foreign policy adviser to the Turkish prime minister said he had … Read more
A literally crying person might make you think they have such a compassion for all but it seems that most of Turkey’s leaders do that as a political rhetorical weapon and not compassionate at all towards citizens in opposition. I would naively expect much more understanding and compassion for opposing citizens instead of increasing police … Read more
Turkish Premier Erdoğan targeted a ?mentality? not ?Israel,? FM Davutoğlu says Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said that he had conveyed his unease to officials in Washington regarding the White House?s condemnation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s comments Syrian rebels behind chemical attacks if claims true, Iran tells Turkey Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad … Read more