Tag: Ankara
US-Turkey agree ‘roadmap’ on Kurd-held Manbij in Syria
AFP | Turkish and US officials on Friday agreed on a "roadmap" for further cooperation to ensure the security of a Kurdish-held city which became...
Growing tensions between Syrians and Turks in ‘little Syria’
AFP | Some call it "little Syria" since it is impossible to walk down the main shopping streets in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep...
Erdogan in Britain for talks with ‘valuable’ ally
AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Britain was a "valuable and reliable" strategically after he arrived in the UK on Sunday ahead of...
Turkish female-only news site fights ‘terror propaganda’ ban
AFP | A news website in the Kurdish-majority Turkish city of Diyarbakir, staffed only by women, has been repeatedly shut down by the authorities over...
US creates rift among Russia, Turkey and Iran
M K Bharakumar | Five days after Turkey summoned the US charge d’affaires in Ankara to convey its concerns over the US’ continuing support for the Kurdish militia...
Saudi king, Turkey PM discuss Jerusalem status at talks
AFP | Saudi King Salman and Turkey's premier on Wednesday discussed boosting ties and the status of Jerusalem, in a first high-level meeting since the...
Erdogan counters Trump by declaring Turkey will open embassy to Palestine...
AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Sunday that Turkey would soon be able to open an embassy to a Palestinian state in...
Western media’s propaganda war against Syria: Part of the “plan”?
Hussain Akram | The year 2011 saw the beginning of what Western media immediately described as a revolution against a 'mad dictator inflicting suffering upon...
Why relations between Turkey & US are deteriorating?
James M Dorsey | Moves by the United States and Turkey that largely ban travel of their nationals between the two countries is about more...
Is Kurdistan a US-Israeli conspiracy to balkanize Middle East?
M K Bhadrakumar | The result of the Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq will be known in the next 48 hours or so, but no surprises...
Bashar al-Assad has won the Syrian war
M K Bhadrakumar | The Syrian government forces have broken through the ISIS’ 3-year long siege of the air base in the eastern city of Dier...
The Turkish-Chinese Strategic Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever Before
Andrew Korybko | The Turkish Foreign Minister trumpeted his country’s strategic relations with China after a meeting with his counterpart on the sidelines of last weekend’s...
US plan to (re)occupy Iraq faces resistance
M K Bhadrakumar | The US’s longstanding project to push for an independent Kurdistan in the oil-rich regions of northern Iraq and Syria in the...
Has Russia entered NATO’s bedroom?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Can we say a “terrible beauty” is born in the NATO’s underbelly — to borrow the words from the Irish-English poet...
The Afghan marsh enveloping the region
Saad Yousaf | Since the 2001 US invasion, the rapidly changing dynamics of the Afghan insurgency have stumped the strategic elite of regional countries. The...
The key to peace in Afghanistan: Bringing all the regional players...
Imtiaz Gul | The Trump administration plans to beef up its nearly 9000 troops with another 4,000 with the stated objective of training and assisting...
Iran sits pretty as the Qatar crisis continues to loom
News Analysis | The Qatar saga continues to frustrate peaceniks. For many, this rift between Arab countries is Iran’s hit. As the crisis remains unresolved,...
Muslim Brotherhood: the real reason behind Saudi Arabia’s hostility
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Do not be surprised if Arab politics reminds you of Meryl Streep feuding with Dustin Hoffman in the 1979 American drama...
Realignments in the Middle East: Which is the stronger bloc?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Almost a week has passed since the terrorist strikes in Tehran but Iran has not retaliated with any “surgical strike” against...
Qatar: Another reason for the rift between NATO allies?
Mehmet Ersoy | On Wednesday, June 7, the Turkish media wrote that Parliament voted to deploy 5,000 troops in the Turkish military base in Qatar...
The Middle East conundrum: What is the safe passage for Pakistan?
Ghulam Mustafa | Mired in its Afghan Policy quagmire, reeling from Trump led Saudi Arabian stunning uppercut and Panama JIT, Pakistan appears to have been...
Saudi-UAE-Qatar crisis: Will the US’ mediation bear fruit?
News Analysis | The noise of Saudi-led Qatar boycott is reverberating in the region and beyond as the need for mediation and protection is being...
Turkish troops march for Qatar’s support: Escalation in the Gulf crisis?
James M. Dorsey | Turkey’s Parliament is this week fast tracking the dispatch of up to 3,000 troops to Qatar, home to the country’s military...
New Turkish Army in Syria: What are the objectives this time?
Mehmet Ersoy | On Tuesday, May 30, Inside Syria media center wrote that Ankara was creating a new formation of the fractured units of the Free Syrian...
Fraying US-Turkey relations over US support of Syrian Kurds
Sophie Mangal | According to Hurriyet Daily News, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on May 12, 2017, that the U.S. support of the Syrian...
Candidate Donald Trump is surfacing again: A series of pleasant surprises
T.S. Eliot said, “April is the cruelest month”. For those who wanted a Trump administration that was anti-interventionist, diplomatic, and focused mainly on domestic...
Turkish airstrikes in Syria: Has the US lost another Middle-Eastern ally?
Mehmet Ersoy | Turkey, which keeps targeting the U.S. allies, is up to pretend that it has taken one of the leading roles in the...
Erdogan’s win splits Turkey in half, opposition out on streets
Tuvan Gumrukcu and Humeyra Pamuk | ANKARA/ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the...
Reckless Diplomacy: Turkey-Netherlands Crisis Is Scary Viewing for Minorities in Europe
A bizarre diplomatic standoff that has escalated into threats of sanctions and other measures has smashed Turkey's relationship with Nato ally the Netherlands and...
Turkey picks up quarrel with Iran over Syria: to get back...
M.K. Bhadrakumar| Turkey has decided to pick up a quarrel with Iran. It all began with President Recep Erdogan’s sudden outburst on February 14 in...
How Kurdish hopes became Turkey’s fears
The Kurdish issue is undoubtedly Turkey’s most complex problem, both domestically and regionally. The resumption of armed conflict in July 2015 after a two-year...
Turkey Threatens To Cancel EU Migration Deal
Turkey will cancel a migration deal with the European Union if the bloc doesn't grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens by the end of...
