Anger at Erdogan’s ‘sea grab’ in the Mediterranean
Updated 06 December 2019 MENEKSE TOKYAY December 06, 2019 01:11 1068 Cyprus petitioned the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday to safeguard its offshore mineral rights […]
Roman-era sarcophagus lid used in mosque
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 01.12.2019 20:20 Archeologists have discovered that a mosque in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep has been unwittingly using the lid of an ancient Roman sarcophagus as […]
Turkey’s NATO membership ‘unraveling’ as leaders meet in London
SARAH GLUBB December 04, 2019 Turkey’s military operation against Kurds in Syria and purchase of Russian missile system has escalated tensions within the alliance Ankara hosts a US airbase […]
The significance of Turkey’s deal with Libya
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Published 01.12.2019 Much is happening in the international arena. There are simultaneous, independent developments underway. Some days we talk about Donald Trump’s impeachment. Other times we find […]
‘No Country is Above International Law’: Turkey Slams US Reversal on Israeli West Bank Settlements
© AP Photo / Ariel Schalit Middle East 19.11.2019 On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank […]
Erdogan’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank
Making life impossible for a civilian population can take other effective but less dramatic forms than the use of white phosphorus or roadside killings Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Mass expulsion or […]
Turkey will never let Northern Cyprus’ rights be extorted, Erdoğan says on country’s anniversary
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 14.11.2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in his congratulatory message for the country’s 36th anniversary late Thursday, said Turkey will never let the Turkish Republic of Northern […]
Turkey to send Daesh prisoners to home countries
Arab News Saturday . November 02, 2019 Updated 9 sec ago Reuters November 02, 2019 ISTANBUL: Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Daesh members back […]
Trump claims Kurds ‘no angels’ as he boasts of his own ‘brilliant’ strategy
President’s assertion undercuts US mission to Turkey aimed at urging Erdoğan to halt offensive Julian Borger in Washington and Michael Safi in Amman Trump calls decision to withdraw US […]
Furious with Turkey, EU threatens sanctions, arms embargo
Oct 11, 2019 – Swissinfo.com By Robin Emmott and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President […]
Erdogan’s assault in Syria will draw in regional powers, and risks handing Turkey its own Yemen-style quagmire
The Turkish president, who always championed Turkey’s ‘zero-problems’ policy with its neighbours, has ended up kicking off what has become a ‘zero-peace’ reality Ahmed Aboudouh @Abodou7 Turkish president Recep Tayyip […]
Turkey threatens Europe critics with opening border to 3.6m Syrian refugees
By Euronews with Reuters• last updated: 10/10/2019 – 14:42 Turkey has launched a military operation into northeastern Syria, in what it says is an offensive aimed at eliminating a […]
Explained: Why Turkey wants a military assault on Syrian Kurds
A Turkish military operation against Syrian Kurdish territory could unleash instability, displacement and intense fighting. The Kurds are warning of ethnic cleansing and all-out war. Turkey has launched a long-threatened […]
Kurdish soldiers I spoke to feared Trump would be a treacherous ally. But the scale of his betrayal is terrifying
We are already on the downslope leading to the ethnic cleansing of up to 2 million Kurds in the vast triangle of land which they call Rojava in northeast Syria […]
Erdogan’s end-game in Syria might be dead end
Source: AT Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been warning for weeks that he planned to hit the Syrian Democratic Forces deep inside Syrian territory, and after sending a significant […]
Three Islamist Rulers Starting a New TV Channel
by Seth Frantzman The Jerusalem Post October 1, 2019 Originally published under the title “Three Far-Right Leaders Promise to Create Channel to ‘Fight Islamophobia’.” A leader of a […]
German, French interior ministers head to Turkey, Greece for refugee talks
DIPLOMACY Daily Sabah > COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published 02.10.2019 German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer will travel to Turkey and Greece for talks on migration, along with […]
Turkey stops 300,000 irregular migrants en route to EU so far this year
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 18.09.2019 Turkey has prevented some 269,059 irregular migrants, the highest ever, from crossing into Europe in the first eight and a half months of this year. […]
Saudi consulate in Istanbul, scene of brutal Khashoggi murder, moves out
The Saudi consulate building in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district, where the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was committed by a Saudi hit team, was reportedly sold recently and the mission […]
Turkey says Israel becoming ‘racist, apartheid regime’ with annexation plan
Sep 15, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch ANKARA (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intention to annex areas of the West Bank following next week’s elections shows Israel […]