Since this February, political tensions have become worse with each passing day among the Ankara-Moscow-Damascus triangle. Military impasse in Idlib Ankara insists on maintaining control of Idlib while the Syrian government continues its military campaign against the rebel groups in the region with the support of the Russian army. Russian military support to the Syrian government against the Turkish-backed rebels ...
Munich conference`s results and negotiations on world security The Munich Security Conference took place this week in Germany. The Munich Security Conference began in 1963, and has become an international platform that brings together political leaders from all over the world every year. Top 5 takeaways from Munich Security Conference: Spengler, China, Europe, the US and Realpolitik More than 800 ...
A country’s foreign policy is a complex synthesis, matured and distilled with the accumulation of experience over many years. Therefore, if an extraordinary change in the global balance of power does not occur, there will likewise be no radical change in a country’s foreign policy. Because Turkey was unable to fully grasp the global paradigm changes of the post-Cold War ...
Turkey, which has based its economic growth on export development and made significant strides in recent years (especially during the AKP administration) has taken a strategic approach to the African continent in search of new markets. Moreover, it is seeking to expand its political, economic and commercial presence on the continent. Turkey, as a country that has a positive outlook ...
The Idlib crisis in Syria The martyrdom of 13 Turkish soldiers in two separate strikes by the Syrian Arab Army has increased political and the military tension between Turkey and Syria, and Russia as well. The dialogue between Turkey, Syria and Russia alongside the involvement of US, whose special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey recently visited Ankara, has brought to ...
On February 13, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Pakistan. His official purpose was participation in the sixth round of the Pakistan-Turkey High Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLCC); a joint session of the parliament in Islamabad was also scheduled. The President of Pakistan Imran Khan personally met with the Turkish President at the Nur Khan Airbase and ...
The US sees the tension between Turkey and Russia in Syria as an opportunity to pull Ankara back into its orbit of influence. It is significant that although the Americans had earlier refused to support Turkey in the fight against PKK terrorists in Syria, they seem to have suddenly remembered their obligations as a NATO ally. US Secretary of State ...
Last week kicked off with bad news from Syrian Idlib. On February 3, one of our convoys was carrying supplies to the Turkish Armed Forces’ observation posts in Idlib when it came under attack, resulting in eight people being martyred. A second attack occurred on February 10, this time leaving five martyrs. Many of those who have been attentive to ...
There has not been a week in the recent months without reports, statements, decisions or condemnations against Turkey’s Mediterranean policies, from the United States, the EU and the Arab world. A large portion of the work at the Foreign Ministry, especially for the Spokesman, is rushed through the answers to these baseless, untheorized, unreasoned and unfair explanations. Next, in the ...
Tensions between Turkey, Russia and Syria have risen dramatically after the killing of several Russian officers in Syria and the killing of 7 Turkish soldiers and a civilian in Idlib. We talked to experts about the crisis and possible outcomes for the situation in Idlib. Many experts stressed that the crisis between Russia and Turkey is most beneficial for the ...