Turkish government seeks to mend ties with Israel, Egypt A nine-hour-long Turkish cabinet meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 22 focused on foreign policy, with the future of Ankara’s bilateral relations Israel and Egypt as well as its position regarding the Syrian conflict reviewed in a bid to update its roadmap on these … Read more
It’s Time to Kick Erdogan’s Turkey Out of NATO huffingtonpost.com – Feb 23 Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It has always been a matter of historical curiosity that one of the American diplomats who was deeply involved in the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was named Achilles. As the head of the State… … Read more
Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting Today’s Zaman–52 minutes ago Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting … present at the meeting, showed Juncker an internal documentbelonging to the EC … In return for keeping the refugees, the EU promised Turkey 3 billion euros, . News in Greek ******* Merkel visits Turkey as fleeing Syrians … Read more
Probe opened for HDP co-chair’s ‘autonomy’ remarks The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation on Dec. 28 over HDP co-chair’s remarks on autonomy as a part of articles regarding crimes against constitutional order and its operation in the Turkish criminal law Democratic Self-governing Regions’ Conclusion by DTK Bianet :: English In the wake of the … Read more
Turkish PM vows to continue military presence in Iraq until Mosul’s liberation Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has reiterated his government’s resolve to maintain a military presence in northern Iraq until Mosul is “liberated” Arab League denounces Turkish troop deployment in Iraq The foreign ministers of the Arab League condemned on Dec. 24 a Turkish military deployment … Read more
Greek PM Tsipras takes on Turkish PM on Twitter A highly unusual online exchange took place on Twitter between the prime ministers of Greece and Turkey before the former deleted his tweets – but only from the English version of his account Greek PM in Turkey Twitter outburst BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek PM … Read more
Turkey lines up cabinet with Erdogan’s son-in-law in key post EurActiv.com Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu today (24 November) unveiled a new cabinet stacked with loyal allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – including his son-in-law who was named energy minister. Council of Ministers Announced: 25 Men, Two Women Bianet :: English Members of Council of Ministers have been … Read more
Downed Russian jet violated Turkish air space: NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said data from allies showed that Turkish information that a downed Russian jet violated the Turkish air space Putin Slams Turkey, Lavrov Cancels Turkey Trip Bianet :: English Russian President Putin stating the downed planed wasn’t within the borders of Turkey has said, … Read more
Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 EurActiv.com David Levy, director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, recently presented the latest edition of the Digital News Report at the Lisbon Council. Here is the link to the document CNN Int’l and CNN Türk: How they differ Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was on CNN International Paris and … Read more
The Streets of Paris Are as Familiar to Me as the Streets of Beirut Global Voices Online by Joey Ayoub Memes widely shared in solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks. I come from a privileged Francophone community in Lebanon. This has meant that I have always seen France as my second home. The streets of … Read more
Chief Prosecution says ISIS Responsible for Ankara Massacre Bianet :: English Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has declared Ankara bombing was executed by Antep-based cell that received order from ISIS in Syria, and plans other acts. ISIL behind Oct 10 Ankara Massacre, says prosecutor’s office An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) sleeper cell based … Read more
Wishing for a ‘single-party gov’t,’ Turkish president says he will respect Nov 1 result With just days to go to Turkey’s snap general election on Nov. 1, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again voiced his clear preference for having a “single-party government” elected to rule the country. Seizure of Koza-İpek entirely legal, no government involvement: PM Davutoğlu … Read more
If your parents fail to marry you, come to us, PM tells Turkish youth PM Davutoğlu said on Oct. 22 that the gov’t would help young people marry if their parents fail to do so, as part of his AKP’s “employment and entrepreneurship” plans Arabic to be offered as second language in Turkish elementary schools Elementary school … Read more
European leaders offer Turkey ‘action plan’ on migration crisis World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Ian Traynor in Brussels EU leaders said to consider offering Ankara £2.2bn plus quicker visa-free travel for its citizens and resumed negotiations on EU membership Europe launched a push late on Thursday at the fourth EU summit this year on the … Read more
Ankara bombing: PM office confirms suicide bombings The Turkish Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the twin blasts that rocked capital Ankara were caused by two suicide bombers Infographics: How have Turkish Internet users evaluated the Ankara bombing? Turkish Internet users have answered a number of questions about the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing in a poll conducted by … Read more