Ankara (GPA) – After years of waiting for fair elections, the provinces of Diyarbakır, Mardin, and Van have been stripped of their voice as newly-elected Kurdish mayors are replaced by AKP lackeys (again). The Turkish Ministry of the Interior has recently removed 3 Kurdish mayors in the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakır, Mardin,Continue Reading
Ankara (TM) – Five generals in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have submitted their resignations, including the commander and deputy commander of a mechanized division currently stationed in northern Syria’s Idlib province, according to several reports that appeared on Turkish online news outlets on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Ahmet Ercan Çorbacı, Brig. Gen.Continue Reading
Ankara (TM) – A US delegation has arrived in Turkey’s southern province of Şanlıurfa to start work on the establishment of a joint operations center to coordinate a planned safe zone in neighboring Syria, Reuters reported on Monday, citing Turkish authorities. The two NATO allies agreed in talks last week to establishContinue Reading
Ankara (GPA) – A new report by Bloomberg alleges that Turkey received $1 billion from China during a time of heightened tensions with the west. In a new report released by Bloomberg last week, it was revealed that Turkey received around $1 billion from a currency swap deal with China in JuneContinue Reading
Ankara (TM) – Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),Continue Reading
Ankara (GPA) – With Turkey threatening a new operation in Syria, it seems the US has caved to Ankara again, conceding to establishing a new safe zone. After almost a year of threats now, the United States has seemingly finally found some way to appease Turkey’s concerns over the activityContinue Reading
Ankara (TM) – Turkey’s top military brass and Defense Minister Hulusi Akar held a security meeting on Thursday and discussed a potential military operation in northeastern Syria, immediately after three days of talks with a US delegation over setting up a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. The Anadolu news agencyContinue Reading
Ankara (MEMO) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defense system, parts of which have been delivered to Turkey over the past four days, would be fully deployed in April 2020, reports Reuters. Turkey’s purchase of the Russian system has raised tensions with its NATO allies,Continue Reading
Ankara (TM) – The first shipment of a Russian S-400 air defense system has arrived in Turkey, according to a statement from the Turkish Defense Ministry on Friday, in a development that is likely to prompt action from the US. The ministry said in its statement that “the first group of equipment”Continue Reading
Washington (MEMO) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday gave strong messages on a wide array of global issues in his closing speech at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Anadolu reports. In the Q&A session of his speech, in response to a question about the S400-F35 tension between the US and Turkey, TrumpContinue Reading