Posts Tagged: Turkey
US Envoy to Afghanistan Heads to Turkey and Region to Push Talks to End Conflict
The US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has departed for Turkey and the region, the US State Department said on Saturday, in a push...
Turkey, Russia, and the Middle East
It is often claimed that Turkey made a definitive break with the West in 2003 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power....
Turkey’s Erdogan Quits European Treaty on Violence Against Women
President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, ministers and an official notice said on Saturday, prompting criticism from...
Is Turkey Making Waves With Iran?
Buoyed by last year’s defeat of Armenia by Azerbaijan, TGRT, a Turkish subsidiary of Ihlas Holding, a media and construction conglomerate that has won major...
Turkey Leans on Kosovo to Nix Jerusalem Embassy Plan
i24 News – Kosovo’s ex-Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with Turkey's ambassador in the capital Pristina on Monday, discussing numerous topics including Kosovo’s decision to...
Turkish Prisons Are Beyond the Pale of Inhumanity
Human rights abuses under Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan are beyond the pale of inhumanity and moral decadence. The list of Erdogan’s violations and cruelty is...
Israel and the Temple Mount’s Five Muslim Rivals
JNS.org - Everyone knows about the Jewish-Muslim tussle over claims to rule Jerusalem, with its Palestinian lie that Jerusalem has no role in Judaism, and...
Islamism Is Stunting Turkish Academic Achievement
Turkey, with a population of 83 million and two Nobel Prizes won, ranks 62nd on the list of countries by Nobel laureates per capita. This...
Libya Power Brokers Welcome Accord But Challenges Lie Ahead
Libya's parallel eastern administration welcomed Friday's announcement of a new interim government to unite the country, but added it would only cede power if the...
Turkey, US Security Advisers Hold First Talks Since Biden Inauguration
Top advisers for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone on Tuesday, marking the first official contact between the...
Turkey’s Democracy Is Wasting Away
Turkey’s Islamist leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has not lost a single election, be it presidential, parliamentary, municipal, or referendum, since he came to power...
Jews and Others Must Recognize the Dangers of Turkish Nationalism
In November 2020, the Istanbul metropolitan municipality, led by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), named a park in Istanbul after Hüseyin Nihal Atsız....
Israel, Don’t Trust Turkey
In recent weeks, Turkey has found itself greatly isolated from the West and the Middle East. In response to that isolation, the country’s Islamist strongman,...
Will the Turkish Air Force and Erdogan Turn to Russia?
NATO’s second-biggest army had a deterrent air force both during and after the Cold War. In 2020, the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) was the world’s...
