Turkey

If the Swedish government fails to take action on ongoing terrorist PKK/PYD propaganda, the tension in ties may grow, says Turkish President Erdogan Türkiye on Sunday criticized Sweden along with other European states over tolerating a continuing terrorist presence, as the country’s president said the extradition of terrorists is a …

For Putin, Erdoğan’s friendship is growing ever more important — and vice versa. Turkey has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, thereby throwing a lifeline to Putin. Turkish skies remain open to Russian airlines and its doors open to hundreds of thousands of Russians and their money. …

Syrian jihadi groups are increasing their attacks on Syrian army outposts, as tripartite meetings between Russia, Turkey and Syria hint at a potential rapprochement deal to end the decade-long war. Jamaat al-Tawhid, an affiliate of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a designated terrorist group by the US and United Nations, confirmed …

I ko se miješa u sve pa i u to “kakav će se grah jesti u Sjevernoj Mitrovici” Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je da je njemački ambasador Jörn Rohde “poznat po antisrpskim stavovima te da se miješa u sve, počevši od toga kakav će se grah jesti u Sjevernoj …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating more than 1,000 miles away in Syria. Squeezed by its strategic blunder, Moscow’s shrinking strategic bandwidth and its diminished capacities in Syria have disrupted the conflict’s complex power dynamics, potentially imperiling the relative calm that has prevailed since March 2020 and undermining U.S. interests. …

Syrians in Turkey are wary of losing refuge as the Turkish President eyes dialogue with Assad Turkey’s bid to reconcile with the Syrian government has left many Syrian refugees in the country on tenterhooks as Ankara faces pressure to cut a deal with Damascus on the return of the Syrians …

The newly-initiated Syrian-Turkish rapprochement talks are headed in Damascus’ favor and the “Turkish concessions” derided by opponents are just the start, insiders tell The Cradle. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already abandoned his dream of “praying in the Umayyad Mosque” in Damascus. But sources say this will be swiftly …

On 8 January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkiye is determined to send flour and grain to African states through the Black Sea corridor. He added that the Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Ankara that Russia would be able to provide grain for free on the condition that …

As the prospect of a rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus becomes more imminent, the most extreme elements of Syria’s armed opposition have been feeling a sting of betrayal, accelerating a trend that, over the past year, has seen many jihadists relocate to Ukraine. This is especially true for foreign militants, …

Turkey’s major pro-Kurdish opposition party has announced it will field its own candidate in a move sure to have a profound impact on the presidential race, but in which direction? Turkey’s third-largest political party, the pro-Kurdish Democratic People’s Party (HDP), announced over the weekend that it will field its own …