On the southern side of the Mediterranean, Libya keeps on being in a political limbo. General elections are scheduled for December 24, but the Tobruk-based House of Representatives already postponed these for a month. The legislative base of the elections, including the question who will be permitted to candidate for the presidency, cause debate. Western countries headed by the US ...
Elections without rules The political process in Libya is once again poised to fail. On Monday, the country’s parliament (House of Representatives – HoR), sitting in the eastern part of the country, passed a law that postponed parliamentary elections by a month. “The election for members of the House of Representatives will take place 30 days after the presidential vote,” ...
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”, ...
The situation in Cyprus and Crimea as a major topic in Turkish-Russian relations, the rapprochement process between Ankara and Cairo and the Turkish policies regarding Syria are hotly discussed regionally. We spoke about these issues with Yaşar Yakış, Turkish Foreign Minister 2002 – 2003 during the first term of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). While stressing that Turkey ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a classic example of a country whose development has been stunted by French influence in Africa. When 150 years of French colonization of CAR (Central African Republic) ended, there was only one person with a doctoral degree when the country became independent in 1960. France has always had a tight control over the CAR. ...
The Crimea Platform will convene in Kyiv on August 23. United World International has already reported that this summit, where Turkey is also expected to participate, is in fact a trap for Ankara. UWI has displayed the organizers’ strong ties to the United States and the Fethullah Gülen Organization, and reported in detail that Pete Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation ...
United World International has already reported about the Crimea Platform, which will convene on August 23, 2021 in Kyiv, its organizers’ links to the US and the Fethullah Gülen Terror Organization (FETO) and why Turkey’s expected participation on the summit constitutes a trap for Ankara. Today we will focus on Pete Buttigieg, who will represent the United States at the ...