Tillerson faces prospect of ‘Ottoman slap’ amid Turkey tensions
By Nicole Gaouette February 15, 2018 Tensions grow between the US, Turkey Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces perhaps the most difficult stop of his Mideast trip […]
Difficult talks ahead for Tillerson and Turkish officials amid Afrin operation
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson steps off his plane as he arrives to the presidential hangar in Mexico City, Mexico February 1, 2018. (Reuters […]
Turkey, Vatican agree on Jerusalem
Source: Daily Sabah Column by Ilnur Cevik The warm dialogue between President Erdoğan and Pope Francis is the sign of a new era for Turkish-Vatican relations to cooperate more on […]
Turkish president meets pope, expected to discuss Jerusalem
Reuters International This content was published on February 5, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) is welcomed by archbishop Georg Ganswein as he arrives to attend a private audience […]
On the ground in Afrin, it’s hard to know what Kurdish fighters really stand for
Exclusive: While the Kurds try to persuade you of their potential loyalty to Syria and disclaim any connection to the rest of Kurdish Syria and the Iraqi Kurds – clearly […]
View from Jordan: Ominous signs in Syria’s Afrin
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Turkey’s military intervention in the northern Syrian city of Afrin under the code name “Olive Branch” will certainly complicate the already complicated conflict in Syria. Ankara has been threatening all along to strike at the so-called Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) deployed along its southern border with […]
NATO says wasn’t consulted before announcement of YPG army, understands Turkey’s concerns
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said late Tuesday that the organization wasn’t consulted before the U.S. announced its plans to form […]
From an Arab point of view: Sizing up the Turkish threat
Fadi Esber | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 In his magnum opus “Strategic Depth,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top foreign policy adviser Ahmet Davutoglu predicted that one day popular uprisings would […]
Erdogan says Turkey seeking to annul Trump decision on Jerusalem at UN
Reuters International This content was published on December 15, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation […]
A timely visit
Dec 07,2017 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to Ankara for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was timely as their discussions occurred when President Donald Trump […]
After stinging Athens, Turkey’s Erdogan woos crowds in northern Greece
Reuters International This content was published on December 8, 2017 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves as he exits a mosque folowing Friday prayers in the city of Komotini, Greece, […]
Ankara overturns post-Cold War diplomacy
NAGEHAN ALÇI @Nagehanalci Ankara building ties with Russia does not mean it is moving away from the Western-bloc, but instead adopting a multiple-axis foreign policy Articles COLUMNS Washington needs […]
Iraqi Kurdish independence poll: How far will Turkey go?
By AFP – Sep 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A photographer takes photos as soldiers stand next to tanks bearing Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border on Tuesday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraq’s […]
Turkish-German relations: To bitter divorce?
Columns Sinem Cengiz | Published — Friday 8 September 2017 Once again an EU country faces a critical election, and as usual Turkey, a candidate country for accession to the bloc, is being used as a tool in political campaigning. Germany, Europe’s most populous country, will hold a national election […]
Merkel says will ask to end Turkey’s EU membership talks
DAILY SABAH WITH AFP BERLIN RTL Handout Photo via AFP German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that she would ask the European Union to call off membership talks with […]
‘Nazis, Spies and Terrorists’: Can the German-Turkish Relationship Be Saved?
In recent months, relations between Germany and Turkey have reached a new low. After a series of escalating spats, tourism and investment in the country have collapsed. Will it finally drive Turkish President Erdogan to change course? By Katrin Elger, Maximilian Popp, Christian Reiermann and Michael Sauga Photos DPA August […]
Erdogan in the Gulf seeking to ease Qatar crisis
By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday and released by Turkey’s Presidential Press Service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Erdogan’s official visit in Jeddah (AFP photo) KUWAIT CITY — President […]
‘You belong here’ Germany tells Turks as row with Ankara rages
Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 20, 2017, after he has interrupted his summer vacation and returned to Berlin to discuss a deepening crisis in relations with Turkey over the arrest of human rights activists. REUTERS/Fabrizio […]
Turkey arrests producer of failed coup film over terrorist links – Hurriyet
Reuters International JULY 19, 2017 ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police on Wednesday arrested the producer of a film about last July’s failed coup attempt on charges of forming and leading a terrorist group, the Hurriyet daily said. Ali Avci was detained last week after the release on social […]
EU is wasting Turkey’s time, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past the flags of the European Union (L) and Germany as he arrives for the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, […]