Turkey now marks July 15 as Democracy and National Unity Day. The day is commemorated with events honoring those who lost their lives beating back the putschists. FETO and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured. The Turkish government accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow ...
Realizing that they cannot advance his military position in the Eastern Mediterranean, Athens is discussing finding a solution to the Meis problem through the International Court of Justice, by including Egypt. Greece has been looking for alternatives other than military options to attain its claims in the Eastern Mediterranean for a while. Greek managers expressing that they suffered because of ...
On July 7, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini arrived in Ankara to discuss defensive cooperation and the situation in Libya with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. This visit will be the second of a high-level Italian representative to Ankara related to the situation in Libya. On June 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey and Italy will cooperate ...
A new wave of escalation has flared up in Libya due to the latest airstrikes on the Al-Watiya airbase. The attack was leveled against a military facility located 140 km south of Tripoli, and damaged Turkish air defence systems housed there. Ankara officials warn that the incident is likely to escalate the ongoing conflict in the wartorn North African country. ...
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 ...
The political agenda in Turkey has heated up along with the weather. The government’s new political actions in some unexpected fields have sparked a massive debate among the Turkish public. PROTESTS AGAINST THE NEW LAW ABOUT JUDICIAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS The draft law on changing the status of the lawyer’s bars, which has been discussed frequently in the past weeks, has ...
Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani negotiations The Presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran held a trilateral virtual summit on Syria. As a result of video negotiations, the leaders of the states – Recep Tayyip Erdogan Vladimir Putin, and Hassan Rouhani – adopted a joint resolution. During the video call, the leaders discussed humanitarian, economic and security issues. The leaders paid special attention ...
Attacks against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on various social media outlets have once again raised questions about the totalitarian nature of Twitter, Youtube and Facebook around the world. After Erdogan’s family (his daughter and son-in-law) received abusive tweets about the birth of the fourth child in their family, the Turkish president spoke out against social media and declared that ...
The World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union (WAYU) is an international youth platform established by 23 youth organizations from 12 countries in Istanbul on 29th October 2014. It aims to unite all the youth of the world under the same roof of anti-imperialism regardless of any differences. The below statement is the joint youth declaration on the new world after COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Turkish and French troops fought in World War I on different fronts. French warships were among the first comers during the Istanbul invasion with 55 allied warships on November 13, 1918, after the Mudros Ceasefire of October 30, 1918. Although they invaded some parts of Anatolia with Armenian manpower support, they were defeated at the end by Kemalists and signed ...
On July 1, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani. The meeting was held in the format of a video conference. Against separatism As a result of the meeting, the heads of Russia, Iran and Turkey adopted a joint statement in which they reaffirmed their determination to enhance the ...
People of diverse origins have lived in Turkey under the same umbrella for centuries. Armenians, Greeks, Jews and many other ethnic groups have contributed to Turkish civilization, which created harmony in the Ottoman socio-political sphere. After the French revolution, several nations claimed independence from the multinational states they had lived under. This was a major threat for the multinational empires ...