by Editorial Staff The Turkish defense company Baykar has begun construction of a plant near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people. The factory will most likely produce the TB2 or TB3 drone models. Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar declared this to Reuters during meetings during the World Defense Show in Riyadh. […]
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The Turkish parliament has given an initial favorable opinion on Sweden's entry into NATO. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ankara Assembly has given approval to the accession protocols for Stockholm, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The approval process was not without obstacles; in November, the Foreign Affairs Commission had [...]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia The decision to join NATO was probably the best choice made by Turkey in foreign policy, considering its rich historical heritage, characterized by cultural, social and religious contradictions between West and East. Turkey was accepted into the Alliance in 1952 along with Greece, as the Truman administration believed that containing […]
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by Editorial Staff Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed by telephone with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi late in the evening the day before yesterday, in anticipation of Raisi's arrival in Ankara today for a significant bilateral meeting. The Turkish presidency announced yesterday morning that, during the phone call, the recent acts of [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) The Hamas group attacked citizens and soldiers by surprise, in the early hours of dawn on 7 October, in the south of the State of Israel, causing a dramatic escalation in the Middle Eastern area, due to the default of the Israeli secret services which have not worked in recent years. The group of Islamic militiamen also seems [...]
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The German newspaper DIE Welt has revealed a delicate issue concerning the probable supply of Russian gas to EU countries through a Turkish company that supplies Bulgaria thanks to a 13-year contract, even though the EU has declared that it wants to be totally independent from Moscow gas starting from 2027.
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Before the NATO summit in Vilnius in Lithuania, Joe Biden wanted to send a clear message to the allies on Ukraine's entry into the Alliance: "Kiev is not ready to join NATO ... it must meet other requirements", "there is no unanimity among the member countries" and doing it now "in the middle of a conflict would mean going to war with [...]
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Erdogan beat Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the ballot for the renewal of the presidency of the Turkish Republic. The Turkish leader will remain in power for another five years, until 2028, after having won all the direct elections for the renewal of the presidency. With yesterday's victory, the sultan of today will mark the history of Turkey for having been [...]
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Yesterday morning around 06.00 two earthquakes, four aftershocks of degrees between 6,4 and 7,7 shook ten different cities between Turkey and Syria. Erdogan: "the most disastrous earthquake since 1938". The terrible earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria yesterday morning was devastating with 4372 dead. The bulletin of the deceased unfortunately [...]
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The Civil Protection Department has issued an alert for possible tsunami waves arriving on the Italian coasts following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter between Turkey and Syria at 2:17. In a statement, the Civil Protection "recommends moving away from the coastal areas, reaching the higher nearby area and [...]
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Yesterday Frontex, the European Border Surveillance Agency, published a new report according to which the number of "illegal" migrants who arrived in the European Union last year is the highest recorded since 2016. The most traveled route remains the Balkan one, but, especially in recent months, the landings on the Italian coasts of immigrants from [...]
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During the G20 in Bali, the bilateral meeting between Meloni and Erdogan appeared very cordial, so much so that, as reported by the Agi, the agreement signed in 2018 between the Turkish defense companies Aselsan and Roketsan with Eurosam (consortium which includes Mbda Italy, Mbda France and Thales). At the basis of the agreement is the update of the […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Turkey signed a new agreement with Libya a few days ago for the exploitation of gas and oil fields under concession that expels Italy and other international players from Libyan resources. After the 2019 agreement signed by Erdogan and the then president of the Libyan presidential council al Serraj, Turkey and [...]
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Ukrainian ports are back to work at full capacity, according to the Ukrainian Navy, while the center for the coordination of operations also begins its supervision activity in Istanbul. A joint center, a kind of operations room, which will have to guarantee the safe passage of Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea, following the agreement between [...]
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The dossier on Ukrainian wheat could be resolved shortly, as confirmed by the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: "a matter of days and there will be a new meeting, an opportunity to define the details and review the points on which an agreement has already been reached. reached up". It is important that the agreement is reached as soon as possible for [...]
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Finally white smoke, the first eight foreign ships have arrived in the ports of Ukraine to export agricultural products, while the Ukrainian Navy will ensure safe transport. "At the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure, naval units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces guarantee the transport of agricultural products by civilian ships through the Bystre entrance of the Danube-Black Sea canal" he [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) A solution has finally been found to the age-old question concerning the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, after Turkey had vetoed their entry into the Atlantic Alliance. After hard diplomatic work between the three countries, which lasted a few weeks, before the high-level meeting of the Atlantic Council in Madrid, the [...]
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Russia and Ukraine produce only a third of the world's wheat and barley, but most of this is sold to African countries, which import 40% of their needs from them, while Rwanda, Tanzania and Senegal reach 60%. , Egypt at 80%. The grain freeze cost Kiev 11% of [...]
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(by Paolo Giordani) Almost 100 days after the beginning of what Moscow calls a "special military operation" (the post-Soviet version of the British understatement almost always has ironic implications), the hypothesis of a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of "serious" negotiations still appears remote, for various reasons. The first and most evident is that not only [...]
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As part of bilateral cooperation with Turkey, a delegation from the PS Department led by the Director of the International Relations Service of the Office for Coordination and Planning of Police Forces took place in Ankara in recent days. Dr. Eufemia ESPOSITO, for the in-depth study of the cooperation initiatives to be developed in areas [...]
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Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to his political supporters: “I have given orders to our Foreign Minister to do what must be done: these 10 ambassadors must be declared persona non grata, they must leave immediately. They will now know and understand Turkey. In fact, 10 countries have signed a public petition asking [...]
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Azerbaijan is deepening relations with Israel, Iran, in response, launched last Friday, military exercises near the border at the border crossings of Poldasht and Jolfa. Iranian media reported that the exercises involved armored and artillery units, as well as drones and helicopters. Iran strongly disagrees with the recent [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Turkey and Qatar today have become the referents of the Western world in Afghanistan, their diplomatic and intelligence network is growing day by day within the country. Main objective: to counter, as far as possible, competition from China and Russia, the only countries, together with Pakistan, which have kept open the [...]
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Yesterday the first aircraft since it was closed following the deployment of Western forces, a freighter from Qatar, landed at Kabul airport. It is clear to everyone that Qatar played a key role in the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan but it also played a key role in organizing flights [...]
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Islam, Islam, jihadism and many others are the terms that identify a global ideological-religious movement that in some extremist derivations has sworn death to the Western world inhabited by so-called infidels. A careful examination of Islam was made by General Pasquale Preziosa on the Eurispes website, an analysis that of the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and [...]
read more"The cooperation between Iran and China will help the implementation of the nuclear agreement by the European signatories and the respect of the commitments undertaken as part of the agreement". This was stated by Iranian President Hassan Rohani addressing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, adding that the agreement with China could certainly change the terms of the nuclear issue. President […]
read more“I will visit Libya on April 6 or 7, in the first week of the month. It is clear that Italy defends its international interests and cooperation in Libya and in the Mediterranean. If there were opposing interests, Italy must have no doubts about defending its international interests, nor must it have reverential fears towards [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The second day of the European Council focused on Defense and Security, relations with NATO and the countries of North Africa. In March, the heads of state and government will speak, in more detail, on the future of EU relations with Turkey and Russia. The words of President Charles Michel [...]
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Amid heightened tensions, Greek military sources told Kathimerini that if the cables of the Turkish seismic ship Oruc Reis touch the Greek continental shelf, Turkey will have "full and exclusive" responsibility for what follows. The warning after Turkey sent the ship Oruc Reis to [...] this week for alleged seismic investigations.
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The US has decided what to do with the F-35s destined for Turkey, the Defense Department gave its final answer on Monday evening. The US Air Force will purchase eight F-35A jets originally planned by Lockheed Martin for Turkey for $ 862 million. The agreement also provides for another six F-35As already built for Turkey to be allocated [...]
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New heavy sentences in Turkey for the failed coup attempt in 2016. An Ankara court handed down 121 life sentences in one of the failed coup trials in 2016. The military accused of the armed actions of the night between the 15th was sentenced and on July 16 at the General Command of the Gendarmerie [...]
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Four men were arrested by Turkish authorities in Istanbul, believed to be members of a spy cell run by an agent who collected information on extremist groups in favor of French intelligence. The arrests were reported on Tuesday by a newspaper linked to the Turkish government. However, the news of the arrests was not confirmed by [...]
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The young cooperator, drilling, Libya and Turkey are the common denominator. Now Rome will have to return the favor to Erdogan, and the real favor is the drilling and al-Serraj (by Michele Marseille) In this last week, Turkey once again takes the balance on several fronts. Analyzing the fundamentals, it is visible how Ankara [...]
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(by Vanessa Tomassini - correspondent from Tunis) Ramadan Abedi, father of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, arrested in Libya following the terrorist attack that killed 22 people during the Ariana Grande concert, is receiving medical assistance in Istanbul, Turkey. Abedi father was arrested in Libya together with his youngest son, [...]
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On 9 March, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) at the Elysée, for a meeting held secret, which had not even been included in the agenda. The newspaper "Le Monde" reports it. Sources close to the dossier let it be known that the visit of the Libyan general is part of the [...]
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The district anti-mafia and anti-terrorism management of Genoa arranged for the arrest and search of the ship "Bana", currently stopped at the Messina terminal in Genoa. The Digos and the harbor master's office are carrying out a joint search, "they confiscated the ship's black box, maps, PCs, ship's books and all [...]
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"We once again call on all EU members, and in particular Italy, to abandon an approach that ignores the rights of Turkish Cypriots". The Turkish Foreign Ministry writes this in a press release, referring to an Italian "unfortunate statement". In a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Turkish counterpart [...]
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The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey continues to rise: at least 14 people have died, dozens were injured and several trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. According to what was declared by the Authority for the management of disasters and emergencies (Afat), the earthquake was warned at [...]
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UNSMIL in a note: “deep concern over current efforts to stop or compromise oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible knock-on effects for the already deteriorated economic and financial situation [...]
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The British newspaper "The Guardian" quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as confirming that about 2000 rebels would be transferred to Libya from the Syrian city of Idlib to reinforce Fayez al-Serraj's troops. The New York Times, on the other hand, reported the news that the forces belonging to the Tripoli Protection Force have [...]
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According to reports from La Stampa, the truce will be signed today in Moscow between Fayez al Sarraj, president of the Government of national agreement, General Khalifa Haftar, the president of the Tobruk parliament Agila Saleh, and the head of the Tripoli State Council, Khalid al -Mishri. It sounds strange that this important passage in the "dossier" [...]
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Following the escalation of the situation in Libya with the involvement of Turkey and Russia in support of the two rival factions of the Government of National Accord (GNA) chaired by Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj and the Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by General Khalifa Haftar, the president of FederPetroli Italia intervenes - Michele Marsiglia "It is a war for the [...]
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Europe: "now or never". The message launched in the book of General Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo
Massimiliano Cannata on Eurispes.it did a wonderful review on the book; "The defense of Europe", by Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. Today more than ever we need Europe, we need to believe in and pursue concrete actions to find a true and credible European identity, an identity which, in the light of the latest events in the Middle East - [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) While Turkey has approved for a year the sending of its troops to Tripoli on January 7, the European mission will go to Tripoli and Benghazi, to try to make the two parties, Haftar and al Serraj, dialogue. to strike a lasting political agreement. Our foreign representatives have not [...]
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Le Monde interviewed the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé. Very interesting is the examination of the latest events in Libya by the senior diplomat who for years has been trying to metabolize a political solution, always opposed by the parties involved. Now, argues Salamè, the credibility of the UN is at risk, should the military solution prevail [...]
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Defensepoint.com demonstrated via the free FlightRadar 24 app (monitors all airline flights with transponders on) that Turkey is using civilian flights to transport war material and personnel to Libya. Recent reports show, in fact, an unusual air traffic from Constantinople to Libya, flying over the Greek airspace and inside the Athens FIR. [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Turkish Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Thursday 2 January at 14, when in Italy it will be 12, to anticipate the vote on President Erdogan's AKP motion authorizing the sending of troops to Libya in support of the government of national accord of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive of the militias of [...]
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Italy lost Libya in 2011 when Gaddafi was overthrown by force at the hands of Sarkozy's France. France has never digested our relevance, our privileged lane in Libya. The final push for Italy is the signing, on November 27, of the Turkish-Libyan treaty on the jurisdictional areas of the Mediterranean of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha said his government will send Turkey an official request for military support to fight mercenaries alongside Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan replied that on the 7th the Turkish parliament (certainly of the majority) will approve the sending of troops to support Tripoli. On the 8th [...]
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Al Serraj's armed forces arrested pilot Amer Al-Jagam after his plane was shot down in southern Al-Zawiya. As reported by The Libia Observer, the pilot reported that the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner operate in coordination with the operations room of Tarhouna in ground operations (snipers) [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The European Community had launched, at the time of Donald Tusk, a "warning" to Turkey for the respect of national sovereignties, after the ships of the Turkish Navy had prevented the ship chartered by our ENI from continuing the journey towards the exclusive economic area belonging to the Greek Cypriots, to explore the possible presence of gas [...]
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The news is reported by all Libyan newspapers, from the Libyan Observer to the Libyan Address. Surprisingly, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj flew to Turkey to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the early afternoon. The main issue addressed was the agreement to send Turkish troops to help the Tripoli government. Only [...]
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The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could intervene in support of the Libyan government of national unity of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. The basis of the possible Turkish intervention, writes Il Giornale, is the Tripoli-Ankara agreement signed on November 27, a memorandum of understanding that ranges from military collaboration to gas drilling in the Mediterranean. The Turkish Parliament [...]
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Apparently Italy, but also Europe, are less and less influential in Libya. For months, General Kalifa Haftar's troops have had support on the ground from Russian contractors of the private company Wagner Group (former Russian military), very close to the Kremlin. It is no coincidence that Haftar's militias have become more [...]
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In these days in London the NATO summit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing that sanctioned the constitution. A summit that promised to be red-hot due to the recent utterances of French President Macron: "NATO is in a kind of brain death" and due to the fierce attitude of Donald Trump who [...]
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On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]
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We are close to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of NATO and the tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states who will meet in London on 3-4 December are not abating. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. He wants it to spend at least 2014 per cent of GDP by 2 on [...]
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As reported by Nova, the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Donald Trump, at a time when relations between the two countries are at an all-time low. Tensions, already strong in recent years, have grown particularly after Ankara launched the military operation "Source of Peace" on 9 October [...]
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Yesterday a bolt from the blue. French President Emmanuel Macron used very harsh words about NATO: "he is in a state of brain death". The criticisms leveled at NATO by French President Emmanuel Macron are "an unnecessary broadside". This is what Chancellor Angela Merkel declared during the press conference with the NATO secretary general, [...]
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La Stampa interviewed NATO Secretary General Jean Stoltenberg who illustrated the situation of the International Organization in the face of emerging and future challenges, with a detailed focus on Russia and China. Prudent about the Turkish intervention in Syria but determined to denounce Russian interference in Europe and to ask the allies for greater efforts to deal with [...]
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The defensepoint.com website reports that you were Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar posted a map and a message in Turkish and Arabic on his Fb page, basically saying that Turkey is not trying to take over other peoples' lands, but will take what which is their right. “We have no eyes on no man's land. [...]
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte absolutely rejects any accusation of hypocrisy by President Tayyp Erdogan. Conte himself said this during the press conference after the European Council, responding to those who spoke to him about the accusations of hypocrisy that Erdogan launched against Western leaders who in the past few days have [...]
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It is always difficult to justify a war, which brings death to military and civilians. Innocent men, women and children who will bear the signs of conflict throughout their lives, giving rise to feelings of hatred and resentment that will be handed down for generations and which will most likely cause other wars. There is no answer to justify a conflict. [...]
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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the escalation of Turkey in Syria said: “I hope that the European Union can take measures. Italy will ask for international law to be respected, not to put the lives of civilians at risk and an end to all military action ”. Di Maio also hinted that he wanted to [...]
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The head of the Turkish television regulator said Tuesday that the Netflix online streaming service (NFLX.O) has requested a license under the country's new online broadcast guidelines. Ebubekir Sahin also stated on Twitter that over 600 online broadcast services, including local streaming platforms [...]
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Cyprus has ordered the arrest of the crew of a Turkish oil drilling vessel anchored not far from its coast. The Turkish ship would be in waters where only Cypriot vessels have the right to explore the seabed. A thriving backdrop of natural gas and oil. Already on 10 June, rumors about possible arrest warrants [...]
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The Pentagon has cut the strings on the training program for Turkish pilots for the # F-35. According to American media reports, 26 Turkish pilots at Luke Air Force Base will no longer be able to continue the training program, in relation to concerns about Ankara's purchase plan for the system [...]
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After the probable "stop" to supply the # F-35, Turkey is increasingly looking to the Russian #Sukhoi jets, or the Su-57, a direct competitor of the F-35. The news was reported by the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak. The Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter aircraft is a single-seat stealth multi-role aircraft designed for air superiority and [...]
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The Turkish spy agency has developed a smartphone application to allow pro-government Turks living in Germany to inform their compatriots who oppose the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The existence of the telephone application was revealed in the annual report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the main counter-intelligence agency of [...]
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US officials officially announced that they have stopped supplying F-35 fighter aircraft parts to Turkey due to Ankara's decision to move forward with the purchase of the Russian surface-to-air missile system (S-400). The delivery of parts and manuals necessary to prepare the planned delivery of the aircraft will therefore be blocked, [...]
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Last week Reuters reported that the US may soon freeze the supply of F-35 aircraft to Turkey, a move that could emphasize the rift between Ankara and Washington. Turkey will most likely be excluded from the F-35 program. The experts' dilemma is on Ankara's fundamental role in the process of building the [...]
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Yesterday PRP Channel extensively dealt with NATO in an editorial in the light of the new global strategy of the US and the difficulty in relating to Turkey, considered by analysts to be "bivalent". It was a coincidence that during the same day Donald Trump, in reference to the Turkish aims on the Syrian Kurds of the Ypg, flooded the [...]
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According to a Dutch intelligence report, Islamic state cells are using Turkey as a strategic base in which to recover, rebuild and launch an underground war in Europe. This assessment is contained in a report released Monday by the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, known as the AIVD. The document, available in Dutch on the AIVD website, [...]
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Russia will begin delivering its advanced S-400 missile defense system to Turkey in 2019, a Turkish defense official said in April that the delivery of the S-400 batteries had been reported by Interfax news agency. anticipated from the first quarter of 2020 to July 2019. Turkey and Russia [...]
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The United States will not lift tariffs on steel from Turkey even if Ankara intends to free the US pastor, accused of conspiracy and terrorism during the failed 2016 coup. to support the revival of the Turkish lira. The position of [...]
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Turkey is preparing to cast the vote for the presidential and parliamentary elections which for many observers would be at high risk due to a series of considerations. They could consolidate the power of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or limit his broad political ambitions. Erdogan, in a controversial referendum last year, approved a new [...]
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Some European intelligence agencies have warned the Turkish government of a possible assassination attempt against the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during an official state visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. On Sunday the Turkish leader undertook a week-long visit to the Balkans, starting with Bosnia, which together with Albania is [...]
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The main competitor in the next elections in June in Turkey, the Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, who is still in prison for political reasons, shakes Erdogan's thoughts a lot. He will not be able to carry out a proper electoral campaign and yet, his candidacy is destined to shake up the campaign for the early presidential elections on June 24 [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The apparent American lack of interest in the Middle East has for some time been favoring new processes of strategic influence of new / old international players. Syria is an area that in this regard is demonstrating how the triumvirate Russia, Turkey, Iran is doing good and bad weather in a perspective that is anything but pacifying, to the detriment, above all, of the civilian population [...]
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Redur Khalil, spokesman for the People's Defense Units (YPG), called the hope expressed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to conquer the Kurdish enclave Afrin by tonight "a daydream". Khalil went on to say that “The city has hundreds of thousands of inhabitants and fighters will prevent the Turkish army and its [...]
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Turkish President Erdogan said he would further increase trade between Turkey and Algeria, which currently amounts to $ 3,5 billion (€ 2,86 billion). "The cooperation between our two countries will probably bring these exchanges to 5 billion dollars in the short term", said the Turkish president, opening a forum [...]
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Turkish site Ahval announces that the US naval presence in the Mediterranean is increasing: the American oil giant Exxon Mobil is preparing to send two ships to conduct exploration activities in the same waters off Cyprus, despite the activity of the Navy Turkish and despite what happened to Eni. Together with […]
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On March 16, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey will discuss the Syrian crisis agreement in Astana as promoters of the peace process in Syria. The news was announced in a press release by the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. "According to the information received from the states guaranteeing the [...]
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According to when announced by the “Anadolu” agency, Recep Tayyip Erdogn stated that there are no disputes between Turkey and Russia regarding the “Olive Branch” operation in progress in the northern regions of Syria. “We have no elements of contrast with Russia regarding the operations in Afrin. In Idlib, works are in progress [...]
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The spokesperson for the American State Department, Heather Nauert, in a briefing with reporters pointed the finger at Russia accusing it of "particular responsibility" for what is happening in eastern Ghouta, where the raids of the Damascus regime have provoked since last Sunday over 400 dead. "Without Russia's support for Syria [...]
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According to the Nova agency, Turkey intends to produce unmanned tanks for its armed forces. This was stated today by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries of Ankara (Ssm). As reported by the Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet", Erdogan stated that, after developing [...]
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As reported by the Nova agency, following yesterday's announcement by the Ankara government that it communicated the continuation of the military exercises of the Turkish Navy off the coast of Cyprus until March 10, exercises that, in fact, would make exploration activities impossible of hydrocarbons in the area, the Head of the Cypriot State, Nicos Anastasiades assures that "the [...]
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According to reports from the Cypriot media, a new Turkish warning regarding Navtex military activities off the coast of Cyprus reports that the area will be engaged for military exercises from February 22 to March 10. This statement, in fact, extends the block until March 10 (which would expire on Thursday); this prevents exploratory drilling for the [...]
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As reported by the Nova agency, gas supplies to Turkey through the transanatolian gas pipeline (Tanap) will start on 30 June. This was announced today by Gary Jones, president of BP for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. As reported by the news agency “Trend”, the gas will come from the Azerbaijani field of Shah Deniz. "BP for this year has [...]
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Rex Tillerson and Tayyip Erdogan had a "productive and open" speech Thursday on improving ties recently strained over their policies in Syria. Tillerson arrived in Turkey on Thursday for two days which officials said would likely be rife with discussions after relations frayed over a series of [...]
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The Turkish navy blocked the journey of the Saipem 12000, the Eni platform, which was going to Cyprus for drilling operations under license from the Nicosia government. A surprise move, announced by the Cypriot foreign minister and confirmed by the Italian oil group, which comes after the words of Turkish President Recyp Erdogan [...]
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Four positions of the militiamen of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were neutralized by the Turkish air force during some operations conducted in northern Iraq. This was announced by Anadolu, the Turkish news agency, citing a statement published today by the Ankara General Staff, according to which the operations were conducted in the northern regions of Avasin's Iraq, [...]
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According to the Nova agency, the party of the Democratic Union (Pyd), a group of Syrian Kurds part of the opposition to the government of Damascus, must not participate in the Constitutional Commission for Syria, established at the Congress of Sochi on 30 January last. . Turkey asks the UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, as reported today [...]
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The Japanese foreign ministry, through a note on its website, announced that the eighth session of negotiations between Japan and Turkey for the adoption of an economic partnership agreement was concluded yesterday in Ankara. Representing the Japanese delegation for negotiations on free trade and economic partnership was present [...]
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The “Olive Branch” operation, launched on January 20 by the Turkish Armed Forces against the Kurdish militias of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, is nearing the end of its first week. The Turkish offensive, conducted with the allies of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a group of the opposition to the government of Damascus, is directed against Afrin, Azaz [...]
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The Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue will be held on 29-30 January 2018 in Sochi, dedicated to resolving the situation in Syria and "promoting the Geneva process". As Askanews learns from the Russian side, the initiative "was initiated by Moscow, which maintains contacts both with the government of Syria and with a wide spectrum of forces [...]
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According to reports by the Turkish governor, Mehmet Tekin Arslan, two rockets fired from the Kurdish-Syrian enclave of Afrin and, which fell on the border town of Kilis, hit a mosque, causing at least one victim and 13 injured, some of whom would be in life threatening. The Turkish media attribute the launch to the Kurdish fighters of the YPG, accused, [...]
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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on Saturday the start of operations by the Ankara army and the allied Syrian militias (FSA) in Afrin and, subsequently, in Manbij, against the positions of the Ypg, party militias of the Democratic Union (Pyd), a Syrian Kurdish formation that is part of the opposition to the government of Damascus. The operation, called "Olive Branch", [...]
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In Syria yesterday the Turkish offensive against the Kurdish militias in Afrin began. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the operation aims to create a "safety zone" with a depth of 30 km from the Turkish-Syrian border. Currently, about 32 fighter-bombers engaged in the Ankara aviation which, they declared to have destroyed, at [...]
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Continue the Turkish offensive to conquer the territories occupied by the Syrian Kurds. As reported by the Turkish media, the operation "Olive Branch" hosted by Turkey to escape the enclave of Afrin to Syrian Kurds in northwest Syria is now in its third day. The Free Syrian Army, supported by the Ankara military, would take control of eleven [...]
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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Turkey has warned the United States of its intention to launch an attack on Syrian territory. Mattis, who called Turkish concerns about its own security legitimate, said: “Turkey was sincere, it warned us before letting its own [...]
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The Turkish land operation against the Afrin Kurds in northern Syria has begun ”. This was stated by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a televised speech in the city of Kutahya, without giving further indications. "Operation Afrin has in fact already started on the ground", he underlined, indicating that "this will be followed by Manbij", another [...]
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According to reports from the Turkish army itself, new attacks have been launched in northern Syria against the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) in view of the announced operation against Afrin, the enclave in the region controlled by the Syrian Kurds. Invoking "legitimate self-defense", the Ankara military hit camps and shelters used by Ypg, in [...]
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Lately the relations between Turkey and the United States have soured following the war in Syria, the confrontation between Turkey and the Kurdish Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), has long been engaged in a separatist struggle with Turkey and, of 'initiative of the American government aimed at creating a force of [...]
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Turkey will take all kinds of measures to eliminate the threat posed by Kurdish militias in western Syria and will not allow the creation of an army of terrorists ”. Turkey's main security body, the National Security Council, held a meeting today on the topic of Syrian Kurdish fighters who led [...]
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Turkey has announced a further route to a new channel that would reduce shipping traffic on the Bosphorus Strait, now saturated, and that will turn Istanbul's European half of an island. Work on the 45 km long Kanal Istanbul, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara to the west of the Bosphorus, will begin [...]
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Khalifa Haftar was very critical of Turkey: "a war crime committed and sponsored by Turkey" the sending of the cargo ship loaded with explosive material, seized in recent days by the Greek authorities while it was headed for the city of Misrata. It has been defined as a "sailing bomb", the "Andromeda", flying the Tanzanian flag, carried 29 containers with detonators [...]
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Ankara wants to open a constructive dialogue with Europe and pursue a new strategy with Europe. While the horizon of Turkey's accession to the EU seems to have completely vanished due to the country's authoritarian drift, the line of pragmatism based on economic and strategic relations - from the fight against terrorism to [...]
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According to the Nova agency, the Athens government has filed an appeal against the Greek justice decision on granting asylum to one of the eight Turkish coup leaders who fled to Greece after the failed July 2016 coup in Turkey. This is what we learn from the Athens press, after yesterday's decision [...]
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Relations between Ankara and Moscow are becoming increasingly close and are now also strengthening on the military level. In fact, since 2020 Turkey has been working to defend its airspace with Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile batteries that have the capacity to shoot down any aircraft 400 km away and are in [...]
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According to what was reported yesterday by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias during the joint press conference with Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian, visiting Athens, the recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a positive outcome with a view to "thawing" relations between the two countries. Erdogan's visit was a [...]
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Turkey, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the OIC, has convened, for today, an extraordinary summit in Istanbul, in which the heads of state and government and high political representatives of the 57 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC ) will try to define a "common position" of the Muslim world in the face of recognition [...]
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The Turkish interior ministry reports that, in Turkey, mass arrests under the post-coup state of emergency do not stop. In the last week, 923 people ended up in handcuffs on terrorism charges. About 699 is the number of those suspected of having links with the alleged coup network of Fethullah Gulen. [...]
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The trial with terrorism charges opens today in the Sincan prison court in Ankara for which Selahattin Demirtas, leader and deputy of the pro-Kurdish HDP party in Turkey, was arrested over a year ago, in November 2016. The leader will be tried for his alleged links with militiamen of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), [...]
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Counter-terrorism operation in Turkey: in this morning's raid, paper and digital documents and a small amount of explosives were seized. 26 foreign fighters who are believed to have returned to Turkey following the defeats suffered by the Islamic state in northern Syria. In November, over 109 people were [...]
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Turkey's Directorate for Religious Affairs has issued a "fatwa" declaring the use of black dye for Muslim Turkish men inadmissible. According to Diyanet, this is the name of the highest Turkish religious authority, dyeing one's beard, mustache and hair is always allowed, unless the purpose is to "deceive" other people. Different to use [...]
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According to a statement by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Turkey "growth gained momentum in 2017". In both the first and second quarters, the expansion of the Turkish economy exceeded expectations, reaching 5,2 and 5,1 percent respectively. For the OECD, the Turkish economy, by the end of 2017, will grow by 6% and this […]
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According to what declared today by Mevlut Cavusoglu, head of diplomacy, Turkey expects US President Donald Trump "to keep his word" on the suspension of weapons in Syria to the Syrian Kurdish militias of the Ypg, the People's Defense Unit considered by Ankara as "terrorists". Cavusoglu in a televised statement, speaking from [...]
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Russia, Turkey and Iran are determined to continue cooperation in the fight against terrorism and to work to organize a conference for Syrian dialogue that is capable of bringing together all factions of Syria. This is what the Russian president, Vladimir Putin declared in the press conference organized in Sochi at the end of the summit [...]
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According to the Nova agency, there is great anticipation for the trilateral summit on Syria to be held today in Sochi, Russia, and which will be attended by the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey, respectively Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rohani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting was preceded by a meeting held yesterday, also in [...]
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Two ISIS figures from nineties who fled Raqqa are accused of having ordered some of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Turkey. This was revealed by sources of Ankara intelligence, cited by Hurriyet, according to which the so-called 'emir' Ilhami Bali and Mustafa Dokumaci would be among the hundreds of jihadists who fled during the siege of the former capital of Isis in [...]
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The Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers met today in Turkey to discuss Syria, just days before a trilateral summit crucial for the de-escalation process in this country. The Russian Sergei Lavrov, the Iranian Javad Zarif and the Turkish Mevlu Cavusoglu met in Antalya, in southern Turkey, [...]
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According to Nova reports, with the defeat of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the strategic areas of the two countries are becoming increasingly the subject of contention between other forces and states in the region. In particular Turkey and Iran both remain strongly interested in some strategic areas of these countries. Sinjar, Kurdish-Yazidi region, located [...]
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Turkish secret services and security forces arrested 109 presumed Isis foreign fighters in the cities of Istanbul (82), Adana (11), Smyrna (7) and Trabzon (9), which add up to 220 suspects who ended up in handcuffs on last Friday and Thursday by order of the Ankara police headquarters. Based on what was declared [...]
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Mega operation against ISIS cells in Turkey, after more than 150 arrests yesterday in the capital Ankara. The new blitzes led to the capture in Istanbul of 82 foreign fighters with a history of jihadist conflict. The raids were carried out by counter-terrorism in 14 addresses on the European and Asian shores of the metropolis on the Bosphorus. According to intelligence, [...]
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SACE guaranteed a 100 million euro loan, disbursed by Intesa Sanpaolo Group and ING A.Ş., in favor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (“IMM”), the largest of the thirty metropolitan municipalities and the main economic and financial center in Turkey. The credit line will contribute to the financing of the € 2,75 billion investment plan [...]
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Russian energy giant Gazprom has completed construction of the offshore sections of the second stretch of the Turkish Stream pipeline on Russian territory. This was reported in a press release by South stream transport Bv, Gazprom's subsidiary for the development of the project, in which it is emphasized that work continues on the construction of [...]
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According to Nova, the value of the contract for the supply of Russian S-400s to Turkey is more than 2 billion dollars. This was stated by the general manager of the state company Rostekh, Sergej Cemezov. "The value of the S-400 agreement with Turkey is more than 2 billion dollars", said the director [...]
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A cargo ship carrying 11 crew members sank off the coast of Istanbul in the Asian part of the city. This was reported by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. "Unfortunately one of our cargo ships sank in the Black Sea last night," said the Turkish premier, adding that they are not [...]
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A mega-operation in Turkey led to at least 55 arrests of foreign ISIS militants and made it possible to avoid a terrorist attack scheduled for today, on the day of the National Day for the 94th anniversary of the republic. Searches and arrests were carried out in Istanbul, Smyrna and Erzurum. Documents, including digital ones, were seized [...]
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A conference on Syria was held yesterday at the council chamber of the Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone, defined at the beginning by the Consultant of the Syrian Ministry of Information, Ouday Ramadan, particularly "courageous" in a context like the current one in which the dominant media circle, it provides "its truth" by passing it off as independent and disinterested information. What […]
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Turkey: arrest warrant for US consulate employee The Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for another US consulate employee in Istanbul, Turkey. The man's son and wife, according to the "CNN Turk" broadcaster, are currently under interrogation. The undersecretary of the US embassy in Ankara, Philip Kosnett, was summoned today by the foreign ministry [...]
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According to Nova, an agreement has been reached between Russia and Saudi Arabia for the supply of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. This was confirmed by the Federal Service for Russian military-technical cooperation. "It is confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reached an agreement on the supply of S-400 Cornet-AM air defense missile systems, [...]
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According to Nova, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reiterated today, on the occasion of the press conference held in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rohani, his opposition to the referendum held on 25 September last in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan , announcing that "major countermeasures" will be taken against Erbil. "We do not recognize the [...]
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Since the tension between the countries of the Persian Gulf has risen in an anti-Doha sense, Turkey and Iran, like two hawks, have thrown themselves on Qatar to increase their influence in the region and to increase trade flows. It would have been unimaginable long ago to see a Shiite country like Iran supporting the cause [...]
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Turkey today opened its largest overseas military training center in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The military facility was inaugurated by Ankara's Chief of Staff, Hulusi Akar, and Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, in a ceremony in the new center built by Turkey in Africa. Second […]
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Turkey's first diplomatic retaliation in the referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, approved yesterday in a plebiscite. Ankara has ordered the representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK) of President Massud Barzani, Omer Merani, not to "return" from Erbil, where he is at the moment. This was announced by the Foreign Minister of Ankara, Mevlut Cavusoglu, [...]
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The autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan celebrated the referendum on independence, amid local tension and international fear of another regional conflict. The polling stations closed at 18 pm Italian time, an hour after what was initially expected, and according to the latest official data on the turnout of 17 the participation was 78%. The forecast is that [...]
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Russia: Gazprom could allocate another 50 billion rubles to Turkish Stream Russian energy giant Gazprom could allocate another 50 billion rubles (866 million dollars) to finance the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project. This was announced by the press service of the company. In January, the media reported, citing documents from [...]
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Turkey, exports to Russia increased by 52,5 percent in the first eight months of the year According to news from Nova, exports from Turkey to Russia between January and August recorded a 52,5 percent increase. compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 1,6 billion dollars. The Assembly of Exporters reports [...]
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Putin will meet Erdogan in Ankara on September 28, focus on Syria and S-400 It is learned from Agenzia Nova that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will meet his Turkish counterpart, Erdogan, next Thursday. Erdogan announced this in a speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, adding that before the meeting in Ankara he will have a telephone conversation [...]
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Emir Qatar around Europe to raise awareness of the country after embargo Turkey supports the mediation initiative launched by Kuwait, and together with Iran it is one of the few countries that sided with Qatar after the boycott initiated by the four Arab states who accuse Doha of supporting terrorism and interfering [...]
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The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, will be in Ankara today to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is his first trip abroad since the beginning of the crisis between Doha and other Arab countries, prepared two days ago by the face to face between Erdogan himself and the Qatari foreign minister, [...]
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Moscow and Ankara have reached an agreement on the supply of Russian-made S-400 anti-missile aircraft to Turkey. The contract has already been signed and a first payment has already been made, as anticipated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The delivery of these devices to Turkey satisfies the geopolitical interests of the Federation [...]
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At least 2 people were killed in south-east Turkey in the explosion of a homemade device that exploded when the 2 armored vehicles of the army were traveling along the Diyarbakir-Batman road. According to reports from the Dogan agency, the victims are contractors and not military. According to the authorities, the attack was organized by the Kurdish PKK. A second […]
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The resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Qatar in recent days will certainly affect regional developments, and in particular the future of Syria. It is no coincidence that Doha's intention to "strengthen bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields" has exacerbated the crisis between the countries of [...]
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A decree issued in Turkey as part of the state of emergency in the country has transferred control of the secret services (MIT) from the premier to the president. Premier Binali Yildirim confirmed to the Anadolu news agency that starting from now "the president (Recep Tayyp Erdogan, ed.) Will have the secret services", following the constitutional reform approved in [...]
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Another victory for Italy that closes the preparation phase in Cagliari by beating Turkey with a score of 73 to 53 and thus winning the Sardinia tournament in Canestro. In the first 20 minutes, the Palapirastu audience certainly attends the best performance of the National Blue this summer: points, defense, concentration and Messina that finally can [...]
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Turkey continues to send aid to Qatar which, due to the crisis among the countries of the region, is forced to import food. The Turkish authorities report having sent 121 cargo planes, a ship and seven trucks loaded with supplies to Qatar ”. We hope for a quick solution to the current problems ", he said [...]
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