Turkey’s Opposition Nationalist Movement Party Leader Devlet Bahçeli says Saudi Arabia, UAE are backstabbing Muslims Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli on Tuesday slammed Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, accusing them of backstabbing [ More … ]
Following talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Gazprom was “working out in practical terms” the construction of a second gas line stretching from Turkey to Bulgaria for Turkish Stream, which [ More … ]
Leaders from across the world gathered in Paris to mark Nov. 11 Armistice Day. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump chatted for a while on Saturday during a dinner hosted [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay At the beginning of the last week, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Libya, Sudan, and Somalia on a four day trip. He was joined by Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler, Libya special [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We have entered a new phase in the Iran issue (actually in the U.S.’s dance with Iran). In reality, the Obama administration took the nuclear program of Iran under control to some extent [ More … ]
NSA whistleblower claims Pegasus spyware was used to track slain Saudi journalist Software made by an Israeli cyber security firm was used to track murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor [ More … ]
In CNN interview, sons call their father ‘courageous, generous and very brave,’ and say they have endured weeks of anguish since his killing The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi appealed over CNN television for the return [ More … ]
The United States on Friday removed two top Turkish officials from the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions list, according to the Treasury Department website. The United States had imposed sanctions on the officials, Justice Minister Abdulhamit [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* The murder of Jamal Khashoggi that was planned in advance and conducted in an organized manner ended with the opposite of the desired outcome because of “a small misfortune” which was not plotted [ More … ]
Turkey’s 95th anniversary of the Republic witnessed the inauguration of the giant new Istanbul airport, showing that Turkish national determination is still alive, just as in the very first days of the Republic Turkey celebrated [ More … ]
Turkish President says investigation into who ordered journalist’s killing must extend to highest levels of Saudi government Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a “gruesome murder” carried out inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in [ More … ]
Turkey-EU relations have had their ups and downs; however, the last three years have been really trying times. A turning point was the July 2016 failed military coup attempt. The EU failed to support the [ More … ]
Turkish, Russian, German, French leaders to hold summit on Syria in Istanbul on Oct. 27 A four-way summit between the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France on the conflict in Syria will be held [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay The trial of pastor Brunson in Turkish courts is over, and he has been sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison for “promoting terrorism,” and aiding and abetting terrorist [ More … ]
There are more than 15 US nationals who have been detained in Egypt for years with no attention on the part of US President Donald Trump. On the other hand, Turkey has been beaten down [ More … ]
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