Turkey

All eyes are on next week’s Glasgow summit as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to talk F-35s and F-16s with US President Joe Biden. Pentagon officials met with representatives of Turkey’s Defense Ministry in Ankara Oct. 27 in a bid to resolve the two NATO allies’ dispute over Turkey’s …

The Turkish media may be abuzz with reports about the foiling of a Mossad-run spy ring, but Israel appears unimpressed, and observers see no further deterioration in the already frosty bilateral relations. Amid an ongoing quest for normalization with Israel, Turkey last week dropped a bombshell about busting a Mossad …

The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in north Syria announced a series of mergers recently, derailing plans by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to seek rapprochement with some of the factions affiliated with the Syrian National Army. The Azm Operations Room, which consists of a number of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions, …

Presidentti Erdoganin diplomaattinen uhittelu yrittää kääntää kansan huomion pois Turkin talouskaaoksesta – ja presidentin omasta epäsuosiosta. Turkin presidentti Recep Tayyip Erdogan uhkasi viikonloppuna maan julistavan kymmenen ulkomaan suurlähettiläät ei-toivotuiksi henkilöiksi. Uhkaus koski Suomen, Hollannin, Kanadan, Norjan, Ranskan, Ruotsin, Saksan, Tanskan, Uuden-Seelannin ja Yhdysvaltain suurlähettiläitä. Kyseessä oli Erdoganin ärtynyt vastaus suurlähettiläiden …

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın 10 büyükelçinin sınır dışı edilmesiyle ilgili çıkışı etkili oldu. Mesaj yerine ulaştı. Ama Türkiye, Batı dünyası ile ilişkilerin kopmasına yol açacak sınır dışı kararını almayarak, büyük bir krizin yaşanmasına fırsat vermedi. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın, “Türkiye’yi bilmedikleri, anlamadıkları gün burayı terk edecekler” sözünün adrese teslim bir mesaj olduğunu ifade etmiştim. …

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army is reportedly cracking down on drug dealers in the Aleppo countryside. The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army factions have stepped up their security operations in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo against drug trafficking networks, arresting several dealers and seizing large quantities of narcotics. On Oct. 12, …

The alleged Mossad spies were of Arab descent and were reportedly present to spy on Palestinians living in Turkey. Turkish media revealed the photos of 15 alleged Mossad spies arrested last week. The report on Monday identified a key figure among the spies as M.A.S., who reportedly studied at Konya …

The Sudanese military has arrested civilians in the transitional government and seized power. Turkey and Qatar both called for de-escalation in Sudan Monday following a coup in the African country. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release, “We are deeply concerned with the news regarding the coup attempt …

Turkey’s withdrawal of a limited number of Syrian militia from Libya is aiming to sidestep potential accusations of spoiling the election process in the war-torn nation as December elections near. Turkey has withdrawn a limited number of Syrian mercenaries from Libya over the past weeks, but the problem of foreign …

After threatening to expel 10 foreign envoys, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday appeared to de-escalate a diplomatic row sparked by the ongoing imprisonment of Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala. A tense diplomatic crisis in which 10 ambassadors to Turkey faced possible expulsion from the country appears to have been defused …