‘We can mirror efforts of the European Union, its ability to find common ground to rebuild and prosper,’ Qatar’s emir says Middle Eastern states should put their differences behind them and forge a security pact modelled on [ More … ]
BY: CEMIL ERTEM* As predicted, we are seeing a visible normalization and accompanying recovery in money and capital markets in Turkey following the referendum. It seems that the political uncertainty in the economy has disappeared for [ More … ]
Ankara does not recognize monitoring decision, stands ready to reconsider EU accession, Turkish president says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday criticized the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) decision to put [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Thursday that Turkey would submit its last proposal to the European Union after the upcoming April 16 referendum, aiming to end the visa liberalization issue. Çavuşoğlu underlined that Turkey [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We decided on July 15 what plans the men lined up in front of the pope had with Turkey, what kind of future they were headed toward, what kind of identity-aligned partnership they [ More … ]
Europe depends heavily on Morocco for cooperation on two most important concerns: Migration and counterterrorism. The sudden migrant influx was a reminder, a way for Morocco to show that it controls immigration and holds the [ More … ]
BY: Hassan Masiky* Morocco’s warning to the European Union over their trade deal is a breath of fresh air in the otherwise stale Moroccan diplomatic dealings with Europe. After enduring years of economic, diplomatic and public [ More … ]
Egypt’s army chief of staff Mahmoud Hegazi headed on Tuesday to London for talks with British army leaders on bolstering Egyptian-British military cooperation, as stated the Egyptian Armed Forces. Hegazi will meet with British officials to talk [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* It is a known fact that the decision the European Parliament (EP) took to temporarily stop Turkey’s EU membership negotiations is of no significance for the elected Turkish government or the Turkish [ More … ]
By: Dr. Basheer Mousa Nafi* As usual, a number of Turkish journalists have accompanied their president during his visit to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. During the return flight on November 19, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told [ More … ]
By: BERIL DEDEOĞLU* Since the failed coup attempt, Western media has been discussing Turkey’s NATO membership. We do not know why or because of whom this debate started; because nobody in Turkey has hinted that [ More … ]
– Turkish foreign minister says Europe does not understand danger of Gulenist movement, urges strong stance against coup plotters Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has strongly criticized European countries for failing to demonstrate strong solidarity [ More … ]
In an interview with Masr Al-Arabia, the first Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Karim stated that the Camp David peace treaty provides the opening of the Rafah crossing 24 hours a day throughout the [ More … ]
Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Monday night, adopted a controversial bill by a vote of 57-48 that some critics say unfairly targets left-leaning NGOs. According to a Knesset statement, the new “transparency law” will require [ More … ]
After a decade of stalemate in the peace process between the Palestinians and Israel, talks about reviving the peace process has recently re-emerged. Egypt seems to act as a major player in pushing the peace [ More … ]
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