Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has said that Turkey and Malaysia needs to be economically strong to help the Muslim Ummah (community). Malaysia is willing to work with Turkey to help refugees, [ More … ]
The U.S. Senate took a step late Monday to block the delivery of F-35 warplanes to Turkey with an amendment in a $716 billion defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill containing [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* As we rapidly head toward the June 24 elections, though the harsh criticisms made by presidential candidates about one another drop to a frustrating level at times, we can consider it from [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We had previously stated that the image of Turkey reflected on the screens of Saudi Arabia and the image of Saudi Arabia reflected on Turkey’s screens are not pleasant at all nowadays. [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül Foreign Affairs magazine published an issue with the cover reading, “Is democracy dying?” Based on the regress and weakening of democracy worldwide, the theme “the end of the period of democracy” is [ More … ]
Turks living abroad cast the first votes in the June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, officially starting the election race of candidates and Turkish political parties. Voting began at airports and border gates [ More … ]
The head of NATO on Wednesday said he welcomed a Turkish-U.S. agreement on a roadmap for Manbij, Syria. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s comment came during a press conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense [ More … ]
Kurdish military commander says Washington and Ankara’s plans for flashpoint northern city are premature Turkey and the United States have agreed on a roadmap for Syria’s Manbij that would see the Kurdish YPG militia leave [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Turkey and Saudi Arabia are the two most important countries of the Sunni Muslim world. Regional and global developments bind these two countries’ fates together. The developments in one country inevitably impact [ More … ]
Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Saturday there will be no peace in Palestine unless Israel ends its occupation. Writing for the Istanbul-based Daily Sabah, Kalin said: “The problem is the occupation and without [ More … ]
The proxy war between the U.S. and Russia is a “dangerous path” to take, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. Speaking at Istanbul Forum for Arab Journalists in Istanbul, Kurtulmus said: “I am [ More … ]
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s parliamentary group officially announced on Friday that its candidate for the upcoming presidential elections on June 24 would be Muharrem İnce, its Yalova deputy Muharrem İnce: is a [ More … ]
Erdoğan receives a warm welcome during South Korea visit, according to Yenisafak the Turkish local newspaper. Erdogan will be in Seoul till May 3 on the invitation of his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in. At [ More … ]
By: Yusuf Kaplan* Saudi Arabia “boiled over” the previous night. U.S. media suddenly spread coup rumours in the country. To be honest, a “coup” did happen in the country, but it happened a while ago. Crown Prince [ More … ]
The parliamentary and presidential polls had previously been slated for November 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for snap parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on June 24, more than a year earlier than [ More … ]
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