Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week Türkiye’s revolutionary founder leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was commemorated nationwide on November 10 on the 86th death anniversary. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the extraordinary joint summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League. And Defense Minister Yaşar Güler made important remarks on Syria. Revolutionary founder ...
Türkiye’s national defense industry plays a crucial role in taking decisions independently of Washington. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Türkiye’s revolutionary developments in the defense industry have not only increased Türkiye’s independence in foreign policy, but also enabled Türkiye to take independent steps in military operations, shifting the advantage in the region towards Türkiye. On the other hand, those who ...
Also: Establishing diplomatic relations with Assad and Taliban and the positioning in the Israel-Palestine conflict. With the election of Donald Trump as president in the US, eyes turned to Europe. After all, the signals of this change in the US first came from Europe. The European governments with the globalists in the driving seat found themselves in serious crises when ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. The US election, closely watched worldwide, was also followed with great interest in Türkiye. After Donald Trump was elected president, President Erdoğan shared a congratulatory message on social media. Erdoğan’s message read: “I extend my congratulations to my friend Donald Trump, who has been reelected as the President of the United ...
What will determine the dynamics of Türkiye-US relations in Trump’s new term? By Adem Kılıç, political scientist, Türkiye During Trump’s first term as the US President between 2017 and 2021, Türkiye and the US had disagreements on many issues. During Trump’s first term, relations between Türkiye and the US were marked by periodic problems, ranging from the crisis over Trump’s ...
The “Kurdistan Party” and Israeli officials announced holding a panel. The “Kurdistan Party” and Israeli officials announced that they will hold a panel on November 14 titled “Israeli-Kurdish Alliance for a New Middle East: Future Risks and Opportunities.” The panel announcement states that “in parallel with HAMAS’s October 7th Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, Türkiye has also increased its attacks against the ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Türkiye’s political scene has been lively last week once again.President Erdoğan addressed the recent statement of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, a coalition partner, who suggested inviting PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to Parliament to formally announce the dissolution of the terrorist organization PKK. Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek made statements ...
Ankara must take a decision, the expert says. Türkiye is at a crossroads, says Bercan Tutar, an expert on international politics and columnist at Turkish daily newspaper Sabah. He states that the Russian Special military Operation in Ukraine in many ways is like Türkiye’s long-enduring fight against the terror organization PKK. Here are the reasons he states in the interview ...
Recent developments in Iraq and Syria. By Adem Kılıç * Türkiye’s military presence and operations in Iraq are also having an impact in Iraq after Syria, as a manifestation of Türkiye’s “eradicating terrorism at its source” approach since 2017. Launched in 2019, the Claw Operations aimed to end the presence of the terrorist organization PKK in northern Syria and Iraq ...
A look at the confrontation between Türkiye and NATO from Iraq to Syria, from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. We conducted an interview with Turkish journalist Ceyhun Bozkurt on Türkiye-US relations, Türkiye’s position in NATO and Türkiye’s alternatives to the alliance.In order to evaluate these properly, we looked at the situation in a wide geography from Iraq to ...