Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the diplomatic meeting between the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, at the southern Russian city of Sochi. Second were the exclusive statements from the Turkish Minister of Foreign Relations Mevlut Cavusoglu, about the government’s recent “Asia Anew Initiative”, ...
United World International experts Mehmet Perinçek and Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated to the international press the September 29 summit of Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdoğan. The summit in Sochi once again proved that the interests of Russia and Turkey coincided in most areas, said Mehmet Perinçek in the interview with the Russian newspaper Vzglyad. According to him, both ...
Recently, the S-400 Air Defense Systems Turkey ordered from Russia have become a hot topic of discussion once again. Allegations of postponement or even a total cancellation of the activation of these S-400s have been put up on the agenda, potentially in response to the serious crisis the purchase caused between the United States and Turkey. Some publications have claimed ...
The multi-month crisis between the US and Turkey on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems recently took an unexpected turn. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Donald Trump said that Washington would not impose sanctions over the deal during the summit in Japan. The statements were greeted with amazement all over the world and, above all, ...
During an Iftar session in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, met with leading media representatives. The minister made a number of important statements on issues such as the threats Turkey faces in the region, the fight against terrorism, the country’s need for its own air defense system and the purchase of Russian S-400 systems. Below are the ...