Turkey and Egypt, two nations on opposing sides of the Eastern Mediterranean, have initiated the first steps towards a normalization process. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavuşoğlu has announced that an official delegation from Ankara will visit Cairo and held diplomatic contacts during the first week of May. The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has signaled that his country is ready ...
U.S. President Joe Biden has ‘recognized’ the so-called “Armenian genocide”. But is this really an innocent move solely aimed at “commemorating” the saddening 1915 events, as Secretary Anthony Blinken asserted, or a well-thought-out plan with real geo-strategic considerations? The U.S. official statement’s content indicates that we’re facing the latter. Two main “ideas” are emerging from the statement: Obstructing Turkey’s rightful ...
The negotiations between the European Union and Turkey are in progress. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen made an official visit to Turkey on April 6, 2021. They held meetings with Turkish President Erdoğan. The Turkish press reported of a warm encounter. Pro-government newspaper Yeni Şafak titled ...
The current crisis appears to occur between Russia and the Ukraine, but in truth, the conflict happens between the Atlantic and Eurasia. This conflict is connected to the threats Turkey faces in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Atlantic uses Ukraine as a pawn at one theater, and Greece at the other. The politics of the Biden Administration have again demonstrated that ...
The crisis that the Egyptian-Turkish relations witnessed in recent years was not an exceptional event in the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which began in 1925 after the proclamation of the Turkish Republic. Any examination of the course of relations between the two countries clearly reveals that these relations ranged from ebb and flow, prospering only temporarily. ...
Yaşar Yakış, born 1938, is a founding member of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party. Yakış has been Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002 – 2003 and Member of the Turkish Parliament between 2002 and 2011. Yakış entered the Foreign Ministry in 1962 and served different posts in Belgium, Nigeria and Syria as well as being part of the Turkish NATO ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo In February, Egypt launched an international bid round for the exploration of oil and natural gas in 24 blocks. The Egyptian authorities determined the according exploration field in respect to Turkish claims of Exclusive Economic Zone in the Mediterranean. This was interpreted in Ankara as a gesture and caused several declarations from the Foreign Minister, ...
Turkey and Egypt are in the middle of a historic process. The two countries have the opportunity to change the equation in the region and especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, if the right steps are taken. Turkey has interpreted recent decisions of Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean as a move of goodwill, and Ankara has started calls to Cairo for ...
In the last week, Turkish public agenda had been busy with two main topics. First topic was a possible reconciliation between Egypt and Turkey, two countries that had tense relations over couple years. Second topic was the ongoing vaccination efforts, the local normalization efforts and the Health Ministry’s ongoing struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Turkey could sign an agreement on ...
The recent traffic of diplomacy between Ankara and Cairo has become a top topic in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has declared that Ankara was open to negotiate Exclusive Economic Zone borders in the Eastern Mediterranean with Egypt and displayed even readiness to sign an agreement. The Foreign Minister’s declarations called the “fragile relation” between Turkey and ...