Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Sochi, Russia, on September 29. The meeting of the leaders lasted almost three hours and was productive. This is the first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of Russia and Turkey in a long time, due to coronavirus restrictions. The extreme importance of these talks for both leaders is ...
By Tunç Akkoç As far as the leadership race is concerned, Germany has just left behind its probably most suspense general elections. The election results confirmed almost completely the polls that were published in the recent weeks. Still, the 2021 elections have brought about developments that will be much debated in the coming times, leading to political changes in German ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the drop in the interest rates by the Turkish Central Bank, down to 18% from 19%. Second was the messages delivered by the Turkish President Erdogan, in the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). Third were President Erdogan’s statements on the purchase of ...
The Syrian Arab Republic is step-by-step returning to the diplomatic theater of the Middle East. Following the military victory over main parts of the armed groups, ceasefire agreements with the remaining within the Astana process and after the presidential elections in May 2021, won by current President Bashar al Assad, the Syrian government has established undisputed control over main parts ...
Around this time last year, a new war broke out in the South Caucasus. The 30-year-old frozen conflict flared up again and large-scale military operations erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh. From the first hours of the war, which began on September 27, the advantage was on the Azerbaijani side for a number of reasons. Immediately after the ceasefire agreement signed in May ...
By Ceyhun Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Sochi, Russia, on September 29th and have a diplomatic meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting between the two leaders in Sochi, is expected to be one of the most critical encounters in the recent years. It is speculated that the leaders will discuss many different topics. To ...
It is often said that great friendships start after a fight. I do not think that there is a better expression that sums up the current diplomatic relations between Turkey and Russia. Turkey and Russia have travelled together a road from the possibility of an open conflict to the cooperation in various strategic areas such as defense industry and nuclear ...
In Afghanistan, we have seen unequivocal images: the chaotic withdrawal (more like an escape) of the United States and its Atlantic NATO allies after twenty years of the alleged war on terrorism, stamps a defeat of historic proportions on Washington. In all likelihood, in the future, August 2021 will be remembered as the date that marks the definitive decline of ...
When the French cinema historian Georges Sadoul said, “After the invention of the cinema, in 1960, there is to my knowledge not a single true feature length African film production – acted, photographed, written, conceived, edited, etc. by Africans and in an African language.” This had been said almost 65 years after the beginning of the history of the seventh ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Sochi September 29. Ahead of the summit, United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek spoke to the Azerbaijani news website vzglyad.az. Perinçek evaluated the summits agenda and the two countries’ objectives in Syria and beyond. Below, we document the interview as published by the news website. Vzglyad.az spoke ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo On September 13, a meeting took place between the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh upon the invitation of President Sisi. The meeting carried significant meaning and importance for both countries and both leaders at a very critical time. The abnormal ...
By Tunç Akkoç Germany is going to elections next Sunday. The general elections of September 26 promise to be one of the most suspense, head-to-head in the history of Germany. Polls show all three major candidates for chancellor very close to each other, and if that wasn’t enough, the recent weeks have seen great changes in the numbers. It is ...