AK Parti hükumetinde uzun süre ekonomi bakanlığı yapan ve Eski Cumhurbaşkanı Abdullah Gül ile birlikte yeni parti kuracağını açıklayarak partisinden istifa eden Ali Babacan’ın ardından, eski Başbakanlardan Ahmet Davutoğlu’da istifa etti. Uzun süredir parti içerisinde hedef tahtasına konulan ve hakkında ihraç süreci başlatılan eski Başbakanlardan Ahmet Davutoğlu ihraç sürecini beklemeden ekibi ile birlikte partisinden istifa ettiğini açıkladı. AK Parti yönetimine yönelik ...
Dışişleri Bakanı Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, ABD ile devam eden güvenli bölge çalışmalarına ilişkin oldukça sert mesajlar verdi. “ABD sadece kozmetik adımlar atıyor. Ancak Türkiye bu konuda net” diyen Çavuşoğlu, ABD’nin terör örgütünden bağımsız hareket edemediğini söyledi. Çavuşoğlu’nun bu sert açıklamalarının aynı saatlerde ABD’li iki komutanın güvenli bölge görüşmeleri için Ankara’da bulunması ve Genelkurmay’ı ziyaret ettiği saatlere denk gelmesi dikkat çekti. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Dışişleri ...
It is impossible to ignore today’s tragic anniversary: exactly 18 years ago, the events took place that would forever after be associated with the date 9/11. On this day in 2001, horrific terrorist attacks of monstrous proportion shook the world. At the time, the attack was attributed to a small group of hijackers led by the international terrorist Mohammed Atta ...
Safe zone in Syria On Sunday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of attempting to use the creation of a security zone in northeastern Syria, not for Ankara’s sake, but in order to protect the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDS) operating in the area. Turkey sees the SDS and the Kurdish units of the People’s Self-Defense Force as ...
China is self-sufficient in many respects in the old oil industry, but it still needs foreign equipment and imported advanced technologies to extract and explore oil resources. These are China’s weaknesses that need to be addressed. China’s oil industry will not be immune to US-China trade clashes and production and services may come to a standstill at any moment. Trade ...
Self-proclaimed Venezuelan president Juan Guaido and his team have been convicted of holding talks with Guyana on the territorial issue of Essequibo. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Bolivarian Republic, the opposition has offered to surrender Venezuelan’s historical claims to the territory of Essequibo. El presidente venezolano @NicolasMaduro anunció que el gobierno se levanta de la mesa de ...
A rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the UAE has emerged in southern Yemen, the winner of which stands to greatly strengthen its position in the international arena. However, this power struggle is taking place as a result of the crisis in Yemen, likely the worst humanitarian disaster of the 21st century. THE SIDES OF THE CONFLICT Yemen has two ...
Ünal Çeviköz, the deputy opposition leader of the main opposition party in Turkey, the Republican People’s Party (RPP, Turk. CHP), commented on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent trip to Russia, saying: “We are concerned that if Turkey, a member of NATO, continues to purchase weapons that are not can be integrated into the Alliance system, this will lead to very ...
Elections in Germany Angela Merkel’s the Christian Democratic Union came out victorious in the elections which took place in Brandenburg and Saxony. However, the party was followed closely by the far-right party “Alternative for Germany” (AfD). According to preliminary data, in Saxony, the right-wing formation received 27.5% of the vote, while the CDU received 32.1%. In Brandenburg, the Social Democrats ...
Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 systems (in spite of US sanctions and threats), along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to Russia and joint inspection of the latest Su-35 and Su-57 fighters with Russian President Vladimir Putin, are both clear indications of the ongoing split in the American-European axis. The US quickly responded to the Turkish and ...