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Erdogan to Attend UN General Assembly Amid Tensions With US

Source:Bloomberg Date:17Sep2023

Erdogan is expected to arrive in New York on Sunday, just a day after Turkey rebuffed US allegations of enlisting child soldiers in the ranks of Turkey-backed rebels in Syria, and as Washington

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Turkey ‘seriously upset’ over Washington linking F-16 sales to Sweden’s NATO membership

Source:al Monitor Date:13Sep2023

The Biden administration insists Turkey lifting its opposition to Sweden’s accession is not linked to the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets. But privately, US officials have told Turkey

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Hannah Lucinda Smith: Finding Turkey in Narnia

Source:Engelsbergideas Date:13Sep2023

I was oblivious to Narnia’s religious symbolism when I first read the Chronicles, aged around seven. For me, Lewis’ world was all about its landscapes and characters, places, people, talking

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Turkey’s Erdogan eggs on Syria’s Arab tribes against US-backed Kurds

Source:al Monitor Date:06Sep2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out in support of Arab tribes engaged in violent clashes with the United States’ top local ally against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria’s oil-rich

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Turkey, Saudi Arabia ink critical mineral cooperation deal

Source:al Monitor Date:29Aug2023

Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the two countries’ cooperation in mining, Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced Monday. Bayraktar

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Istanbul Mayor’s trial clouded as the judges were replaced again

Source:Arrestedlawyers website Date:27Aug2023

For the record.  Erdogan is already rigging March 2024 local elections   As the election approached, on the eve of the commencement of the appeal process, the HSK once again stepped in and

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Amberin Zaman: Kurds suffer as Iraq, Turkey fail to restart oil flow ahead of Turkish FM’s Baghdad visit

Source:al Monitor Date:23Aug2023

It is widely acknowledged that the real reason for Turkey’s reluctance to reopen the line is Baghdad’s refusal to waive the $1.5 billion fine from the ICC and to drop a second arbitration case

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Kerkuk oil pipeline: “There is no light at the end of the export pipeline

Source:Bloomberg Date:18Aug2023

International companies operating in the Kurdish region have been forced to cut output after a payments dispute between Iraq and Turkey cut off the main export route. Most of the barrels produced

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Selim Koru: NATO’S PRODIGAL SON IS NOT RETURNING

Source:War on the Rocks Date:06Aug2023

Excellent quote:   Against this backdrop, Erdogan’s political project aspires to turn the East-West relationship upside-down. In other words, he wants Turkey to set standards for Western

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Cheap deals and weak lira boost Turkey’s tourist appeal

Source:Financial Times Date:06Aug2023

The good and bad news about Turkish tourism However, businesses said visitors were less willing to spend once they arrived. High Turkish inflation has also forced them to put their prices up,

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