On July 14, the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister signed the Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration in Jerusalem. In this statement, the US “further affirms the commitment to work together with other partners to confront Iran’s aggression and destabilizing activities”. Two days later, The US President stated in the speech held at the Gulf Cooperation Council: “We will not ...
Around 2000 refugees, arriving to Belarus on approved visas mostly from Iraq, are trying to reach Europe crossing the Polish border at the Bruzgi border checkpoint in the Grodno District of Belarus. This issue is currently on the main agenda of both the region and the world. The tensions began when both the Polish government and the European Commission blamed ...
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 ...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, after which the US launched its war on terror. In 1975, when I was an exchange student in the US, I was taken to visit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. At that time, it was the ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey was busy three main topics. First topic were the reactions from the governments of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the UN Security Council’s statement regarding the reopening of the town of Maras (Varosha). Second topic was the debate over potential measures or actions in regulating the refugee waves coming ...
Pope Francis made his first foreign trip since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic to Iraq, a country that has been hit with numerous terrorist attacks since Joe Biden took office. Iraq has been plagued by insecurity and crisis since the US-led invasion in 2003, which took millions of lives among its civilians and forced hundreds of thousands into exile. ...
Following Donald Trump’s defeat and Joseph Biden’s win of the US Presidency, hopes in Europe for the restoration of the transatlantic alliance, that is, growing say for the EU in global affairs were high. On the NATO Defense Minister summit, held 17th and 18th of February, these hopes faced reality: The new US Administration demonstrated its will to lead Europe ...
Biden’s inauguration and first steps On January 20, the inauguration of the new US President Joe Biden took place in the United States. Despite many Americans questioning the integrity of the election and the legitimacy of Biden’s victory, the ceremony took place and he was sworn in as president. Last week, Biden made his first decisions, largely reversing the actions ...
Developments are taking place that strongly affect the balance of power and which are increasing tension in the Middle East, one after another. Following the news that the US had accumulated troops in the north of Syria, it was revealed that the US company “Delta Crescent Energy LLC” signed an oil agreement with the PKK’s extension YPG in Syria. Syria, ...
By Elif Ilhamoğlu Turkey continues Operations Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger against the PKK terrorist organization in the north of Iraq beyond the borders. Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, stating that Operation Claw-Tiger is continuing as planned and that commandos have been transferred to the areas planned by air strike operation, added that “41 terrorists have been neutralized, besides serious amounts ...