Ankara is already hub, being the host of TurkStream, with approximately 40% of its needs of natural gas coming from Russia. This fact has provided both Moscow and Ankara with more than economic advantages and geostrategic leverage as well. ..…
Ankara upheld the 141 aggravated life sentences for 14 defendants convicted of attempting to overthrow the order. ... Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and..…
Kurds spearheaded US-backed military campaign against Islamic State terror group that deprived the jihadists of their slither of Syrian territory March this year and Ankara views Kurdish forces as terrorists.. ... Joint Turkish- Russian patrols are due to start in areas near Syrian on Friday..…
Militants supported by Ankara attempted to expand their in Ras Al-Ain area, despite the agreement that was established by Turkish and Russian Presidents on Tuesday.. At Tal Tamar front, both Syrian Army and Kurdish fighters took on Ankara-backed militants. ..…
Ankara views the US-backed YPG which has been seeking Kurdish Turkey since 1984. ... On October 17, Washington and Ankara had agreed on five-day ceasefire in Turkey's attacks on Kurdish fighters in the region. .. ..…
Other sources stated that the convoy was instead driving to Ras al-Ain to take part in demonstration to protest against Ankara Northern Syria... ... Later, Kurds announced deal with Damascus on Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara's offensive. ..…
Turkish-backed National Army said earlier they had cut road linking Ras Ain and Tel Abyad, the main targets of Ankara's offensive, and had captured 18 villages since the operation began.. ... Reporting by Orhan Coskun Ankara and Tom Perry, Daren Butler Beirut, Omar Fahmy Cairo, Reuters..…
Trump said on Thursday that he was hopeful for Washington to mediate between Turkey and Kurdish militia, threatening tough sanctions against Ankara should it not toe U.S line.. The task of dealing with the IS, assigned by Washington to Ankara, is pushing Turkey to sort of cooperation..…
EU President Tusk Calls on Ankara to Cease Activities Syria and Cyprus EEZ.. ..…
After years of inaction, Israel's Foreign Ministry is drawing up plan to stop Ankara's efforts to undermine Israeli Jerusalem.. ... Further ministry recommendations for thwarting Ankara's efforts include restricting the activities of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, or TIKA,..…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Ankara would continue to purchase oil and natural gas from Iran despite US sanctions, in comments published on Friday.. ... Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend joint press conference at Turkish..…
After a series of protests in Ankara and Istanbul, Erdoğan himself condemned China’s policy towards the Uyghurs, calling it The situation was resolved some time later, but tensions between Turkey and China on the Uyghur issue remained until this year. . ... Die Welt called Ankara’s..…
Washington felt Ankara was always promising far more and Ankara considered U.S backing for Kurdish group act of betrayal, said Malley, now the president and CEO of International Crisis Group.. More to the point, from Ankara's Trump's incoming advisor, Michael Flynn, was on the..…
Ankara blamed Turkish Kurdish PKK. DEBKAfile's sources add that the shooting was retaliation for wave of Turkish air strikes on PKK bases Iraq... ..…
Also, during Kurds operations near the town of Mar'e Northern Aleppo, vehicle of Turks was blown away, killing and injuring Ankara-affiliated militants.. ... Meantime, Baladi news website reported that Ankara-backed militants thwarted attack by Kurdish fighters Kafalkalbin Northern..…
ERBIL Iraq on Saturday condemned Turkey's two separate airstrikes last in Kurdistan Region that killed five civilians Ankara's ongoing incursion into the in its fight against Kurdistan Workers Party ... Iraq expresses its condemnation Turkish air force bombings, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in..…
ANKARA Turkey has arrested nine people, including member of AK Party, on Monday... Kilicdaroglu was attacked on Sunday as he attended in northern district of Ankara for soldier killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party militants.. ..…
Ankara supported Tripoli, which was dominated by Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated parties Justice and Construction Party and Loyalty to Martyrs Bloc... ... By support from wide range of actors, To the ire of Ankara, Haftar's Libya, especially in Oil Crescent region, was facilitated,..…
In the last in 2014, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party won nearly 43 percent of the vote and retained its hold on Istanbul and the city, Ankara.. ... Opinion polls suggested the candidate of alliance, Mansur Yavas, could end the longtime rule of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party..…
CHP's for Ankara, Mansur Yavas, however, won control of Ankara after 25 years of rule by AKP and predecessor party. ... Ankara was considered the main battleground of the race, Mehmet Ozhaseki, ran for mayor under the banner of Erdogan and his nationalist allies. ..…
The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office launched investigation including Kılıçdaroğlu... ... No matter who comes for me, I will hold my ground of Turkey and will not stray from the path of Atatürk, said Kılıçdaroğlu at Ankara's Keçiören district... ..…
U.S grievances include Ankara's plans to buy S-400 advanced air-defense system from Russia the newest high-tech in American military inventory, and depend on Russia for maintenance and spare parts for S-400, Moscow will be in position to glean intelligence on how to detect the plane. ... They..…
File photo The President of the Republic of Greece, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, is paying two-day official visit to Montenegro, where he sent message to some of Greece's neighbors on Thursday.. ..…
Generalized System of Preferences program, as Ankara is developed... The United States began reviewing Turkey's in the preferential trade program last August, after Ankara imposed tariffs on American goods in response to President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.. ..…
Oğuzhan Korkmaz, known as one of ISIL's leaders, was given prison sentence of 14 years, seven months and 15 days, while the other 26 defendants, were handed down sentences ranging between 21 years and four years for plotting the attack on CHP's 400-kilometer march from Ankara to Istanbul.. ... ..…
At Ankara over the summer, held by the branch of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced.. ... By the president of the university and by the Three events scheduled for December at Middle East Technical University Ankara were..…
Iran's Ankara embassy evacuated over terror plot.. Oct 15, 2018 @ Diane Shalem 167 Views 0 Comment. Turkish security forces received call on Monday about suicide bomb attack on Iranian Ankara, s. ..…
He has lodged complaint with Ankara prosecutor alleging that he was held in location, interrogated and tortured, moved to regular police station, where he saw lawyer.. ... Given Turkey's dark history of enforced disappearances, it's all the important for the authorities to investigate the spate..…
Ankara has been engaged in campaign against Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in its southern in the past, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledging that his government will do its utmost to root out PKK elements in the area.. ... Dusseldorf, mostly members of Germany's of Kurdish groups,..…
By the government to legitimise restrictive measures in the eyes of the So, the 2018 crisis may be instrumentalised Turkish public and may lead to increased suspicion against West.. ..…
They reflect, too, Turkish leadership's frayed relations with West, particularly its anger at U.S for supporting YPG Syria and refusing to extradite Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Ankara blames for the putsch. ... Ankara's grievances against West its anger at U.S.'s refusal to hand over..…
Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ankara.. ... handout picture released by Turkish president's press office on August 16, 2017 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff of Turkish..…
Human Rights Watch has received detailed information about the abduction of Önder Asan, Ankara-based former teacher. ... On June 23, 2017, his lawyers made complaint to Ankara prosecutor alleging that on April 1, 2017 men. ..…
Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, terrorist group that operates Iraq and southeastern Turkey, carried out the successful car bomb attack on the Turkish, Ankara, that killed 28 people Wednesday.. ... Erdogan told reporters Friday he would soon express his concerns about Syrian Kurdish groups alleged in..…
Following suicide bombing in the nation's, Ankara, thousands took to Sunday to condemn Islamist government for encouraging anti-Kurdish hate they believe prompted the terrorist attack Turkey's history.. ..…
-led against Islamic State, and Ankara is also in the midst of battles against far-left Kurdish rebels Syria. ... United States condemns today's terrorist attack Ankara, Turkey, ment from State Department John Kirby.. ..…