Eurasia Press & News
Pro-Kurdish political parties in Turkey are keeping their hope for Joe Biden’s presidency with utmost caution. Turkey’s Kurds have reacted with cautious optimism over the election victory of former Vice President Joe Biden, hoping that new administration policies might force Turkey to pursue a more reconciliatory approach toward the Kurds, …
Read More »Cash-strapped Turkey relies on Qatari investments
In only five years, Qatar has come to account for 15% of all foreign direct investments in Turkey, second only to deep-rooted Dutch investors. Scrambling to draw foreign investors to ease Turkey’s hard currency crunch, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has once again turned to its closest ally, Qatar. The …
Read More »Turkey’s Hamas-supporting regime is seeking to use Israel again – analysis
Does Turkey want to work with Hamas and bash Israel or ‘normalize’ relations with the Jewish state? Turkey’s far-right government has hosted Hamas leaders twice this year – and backed claims that “Jerusalem is ours” and that it will “liberate” al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control – but now it wants …
Read More »US confirms Greece is seeking to buy F-35s amid tensions with Turkey
The US acknowledgment follows a report earlier this month that Athens formally requested to buy as many as 24 of the advanced fighter aircraft. The United States’ ambassador to Greece confirmed in a statement today that Athens has sought to purchase Lockheed Martin’s advanced F-35 fighter jet amid tensions with …
Read More »Kurdish PKK leader tells ‘Post’ of ‘peaceful struggle’ against Turkey
As the commander of an ongoing insurgency, he rarely speaks with journalists. Murat Karayilan, 56, is one of the senior leaders of the PKK, or Kurdish Workers’ Party. A veteran fighter of this organization’s long struggle against Turkey and for greater autonomy and rights for Turkey’s Kurdish population, he is …
Read More »Riyadh pushes for new Yemeni cabinet but Qatar, Turkey block process
The Arab coalition is very much concerned over the expansion of the Qatari and Turkish sphere of influence within the legitimate government’s institutions and its political and partisan components.
Read More »Turkey seen planning more active role in war-ravaged Yemen
The Muslim Brotherhood is enthused by the arrival in Turkey of prominent leader in the Reform Party Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani from Saudi Arabia. The group is reportedly desperate to control the next government, and eventually provide political cover for a possible Turkish intervention in Yemen.
Read More »'Turkey will take necessary steps against EU operation'
Ankara will take necessary steps in every field against the EU’s Operation Irini over the illegal search of a Turkish-flagged vessel bound for Libya, Turkey’s National Security Council said on Wednesday.
Read More »Former Turkish military officer reveals details of Turkey’s illegal arms shipments to Syria
Nuri Gökhan Bozkır, a former major who served in an elite force attached to the Special Forces Command (ÖKK) in the Turkish military before he was dishonorably discharged in 2007, on Tuesday explained in an interview with Ukrainian news website Strana the details of Turkey’s illegal arms deliveries to Syria, …
Read More »Expert says Russia would not tolerate Turkey’s actions to populate NK territories with Syrians
Turkey’s plans to populate the territories of Nagorno Karabakh, which have come under the Azerbaijani control, with Syrians will not be accepted by both Russia and Iran. Russia would not allow it or will take anti-terrorist measures later, Expert on Turkish studies Ruben Melkonyan told Armenpress, commenting on the foreign …
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