Today is the 98th anniversary of the Victory Day of the Turkish War of Independence against the imperialist occupation on August 30. This victory is naturally the result of the Turkish nation’s own determination and resolution. However, it is important to remember that anti-imperialist powers in the world also contributed to this victory. The support of Soviet Russia and the ...
Today is the 98th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz), which ended the Greek occupation in Anatolia and brought Turkey’s War of Independence to a final victory. In current times as tension between Turkey and Greece gains momentum in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, the propaganda that the Turks committed ethnic cleansing against the Greeks ...
Turkey spent last week talking about the natural gas reserves found in the Black Sea This Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Fatih Drilling Vessel, which has been on natural gas exploration activities in the Black Sea, had discovered 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves at the Sakarya Gas Field. “GOOD NEWS” Speaking at an opening ...
Mali In Mali, a coup d’état involving the military took place, during which President Ibrahim Keita was deposed, as was Prime Minister Boubou Cissé. The military announced a three-year transition period to form a civilian government. According to an ECOWAS report from August 23, the State is now headed by a representative of the armed forces and the Government will ...
President Erdogan, said that he “find(s) it difficult to understand Egypt” during his speech in which he announced that negotiations at the level of intelligence organizations with Egypt are still in effect. After Erdogan’s important statements, I called former Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Rakha Ahmed Hassan, whom I had the opportunity to meet with many times in Cairo, in order ...
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, ...
UWIdata has obtained the details of the meeting between Archbishop Elpidophoros of America (Ioannis Lambriniadis) of the Greek Orthodox (Fener) Patriarchate of Istanbul, and US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on July 23, 2020, one day before the opening of the Hagia Sophia Mosque. Elpidophoros, who is a citizen of the Republic of Turkey, was inducted as ...
Attempts to encircle Turkey from North Africa, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean are gaining more momentum. It is useful to take a look at the events that have been taking place in Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt, in order to see the full picture. FRENCH INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL IN LIBYA In Libya, where tensions have recently been at a ...
The 2020 Democratic National Convention opened on Monday, August 17 in Milwaukee. Within 4 days, the Democratic Party must formally elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. According to the opinion polls, the former Vice President is still ahead of the incumbent President Donald Trump, meaning that the probability ...
Last week, two issues have been at the top of the public agenda in Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement of negotiations with Egypt at the level of intelligence agencies, and US Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s statements about Turkish internal affairs. TURKEY AND EGYPT ARE IN CONTACT President Erdogan, during his speech to the press last Friday, said the following ...