The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces died in a plane crash close to Ankara. Geopolitical circumstances raise questions, says Dr. Fahri Erenel in an interview. A plane crash close to the capital city of Ankara has caused wide debates and speculations in Türkiye. On December 23rd, a private plane crashed, killing all its crew members together with ...
The recent rapproachment between Ankara and General Haftar, dominant figure in Eastern Libyan, and its internatipnal context. Libya holds critical importance for Türkiye’s Blue Homeland and Eastern Mediterranean strategy. For quite a while, the country has been going through significant changes and power shifts. Sides switch, alliances realign, and power constantly reshuffles. Most recently, Ankara has begun reengaging with Khalifa ...
This new alliance risks raising tensions and further dividing the country. Libya is teetering on the brink of a new escalation, with the chances of holding general elections to unite the country’s west and east dwindling. Western powers, led by Italy, France and the United Kingdom, are suspected of trying to split Libya by fueling separatist movements and seeking access ...
Last week, in response to the Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Türkiye announced that it decided to completely sever economic ties with Israel. The meeting between the government and the main opposition leader after many years received a large press and public attention. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also made important statements in his broad interview with Al Arabiya. Decision to fully ...
Uluç Özülker is a retired ambassador and veteran diplomat. He served in Tripoli between 1993 and 1995 as Turkish ambassador and in the Turkish Foreign Ministry for 41 years. Özülker also had a personal relation with Muammar Gaddafi and had talks with him many times. A ruthless dictator who did great things for his people What is the general assessment ...
Recent clashes between armed groups in the capital Tripoli have returned Libya back to international headlines, casting new doubts about the future of the country’s peace and stability. We spoke with Dr. Issa Tuwegiar, former Libyan Minister of Planning and private consultant in Tripoli about these clashes, persisting disagreements among different conflict parties and a possible way out. Clashes erupted ...
By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli “Blue Homeland” (Mavi Vatan) is a key geopolitical concept for Türkiye to secure its strategic interests and maritime sovereignty. One of the key puzzles of implementing this concept in practice is strengthening Ankara’s influence in North Africa, namely in Libya. However, Türkiye is facing strong new competition in the region from the U.S. and the UAE. ...
United World International, 28 Aralık’ta “Libya’da seçimlerin ertelenmesi ve Doğu Akdeniz’de barış arayışı” başlıklı çevrimiçi bir seminer düzenledi. Seminerde Libya ve Türkiye’den ikişer konuşmacı ağırlandı. Libya’dan, eski Planlama Bakanı ve şu an stratejik planlama danışmanı olan Dr. Issa Tuwegiar ile ve eski Sanayi Bakanı mevcut Libya Kalkınma ve Girişimcilik Vakfı Başkanı Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Alftise seminerde konuştu. Türk tarafında ise ...