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$1 billion worth of gas found in Gabar: Erdoğan – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS

Türkiye discovered natural gas reserves valued at $1 billion in the southeastern Gabar mountain, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 23. Hurriyet Daily News reports on April 23, 2023. “We...

Austin hopes Turkey will act on Sweden NATO bid before July – Lolita C. Baldor / AP NEWS

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday it’s important that Turkey makes its decision to allow Sweden to join NATO “sooner versus later” and...

Türkiye starts evacuation operation in Sudan – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS

Türkiye’s embassy in Sudan announced on April 22 that it would evacuate Turkish nationals who wanted to depart the country and Foreign Minister Mevlüt...

Turkey’s Online Censorship Amid Earthquakes and Elections – Merve Tahiroğlu & Veysel Ok / POMED

Social media can be a lifesaver during moments of national significance. As Turkey’s May 14 make-or-break elections approach, the crucial role of social media...

MP candidate lists reveal lack of women’s representation, warns rights group – BIANET

The group estimates that only 117 female representatives will enter parliament, resulting in a proportion of women in parliament of 19.50 percent. Bianet reports...

Mer noire : R.T. Erdogan fait du gaz un argument électoral – PERSPECTIVES

Le président turc a lancé jeudi avril les premières livraisons de gaz turc provenant d'un gisement de la mer Noire. Recep Tayyip Erdogan vient...

Bayraktars Over Cairo: Why Turkey Might Sell Egypt Military Drones After Normalization – Paul Iddon / FORBES

Turkey and Egypt could soon normalize diplomatic relations following a political rift that has lasted just under a decade. While Ankara and Cairo will...

Delphine Minoui : « La Turquie est devenue une grande prison – Adrien Naselli / RTBF

À quelques semaines des élections présidentielles en Turquie, la journaliste basée à Istanbul relate les oppressions vécues par les populations qui vivent sous la "démocrature" du président Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Par Adrien Naselli...

Kurdish Politician Promises to Work on Disarming PKK if Erdogan Loses – Mahmut Bozarslan & Ezel Sahinkaya / VOICE OF AMERICA

A prominent Kurdish leader has added a new wrinkle to Turkey’s tense election campaign from his prison cell, suggesting the defeat of President Recep...

Les Kurdes de Turquie, entre espoir et inquiétude – Delphine Minoui / LE FIGARO

A l’approche des élections présidentielles (14 mai), le vote des 15 millions de Kurdes sera un enjeu crucial. Par Delphine Minoui dans Le Figaro...

What does Turkey’s Erdogan want with Israel? – Sinan Ciddi / WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Following the recent escalation of violence in Israel, particularly at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey used a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi,...

Turkey’s undecided voters could sway Erdogan’s fateful elections – Ezgi Akın / AL-MONITOR

While sights are largely set on Turkey’s presidential elections, pollsters and pundits warn that the results of parliamentary elections may sway the whole race...

Would Kilicdaroglu surrender Ankara’s independence? – David Hearst / MIDDLE EAST EYE

In the small hours of 16 July 2016, the fate of Turkey’s president was unknown. Sections of the armed forces had staged a violent coup....

Campagne présidentielle d’Erdogan: le «reis» n’a jamais été aussi contesté – Delphine Minoui / LE FIGARO

À trois semaines du scrutin, le chef d’État espère obtenir sa réélection, alors que la Turquie connaît une inflation galopante. Un vent de colère...

Kiliçdaroglu à l’assaut de la citadelle Erdogan – Anne Andlauer / LE FIGARO

Son Alliance de la nation rassemble des conservateurs musulmans et des laïcs, des pro-européens et des ultranationalistes. Par Anne Andlauer dans Le Figaro du 21 avril...

Naturalized Syrians are in the spotlight ahead of Turkey’s upcoming elections – Joshua Levkowitz / MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

The most consequential elections in Turkey’s recent history are less than a month away, set to be held on May 14. It will also...

The Kurdish Vote and the Turkish Election – Selçuk Aydın / CARNEGIE

The pro-Kurdish HDP has come out of the shadows to support Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s candidacy. By Selçuk Aydın in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on...

L’opposant Kemal Kiliçdaroglu revendique son appartenance à la minorité alévie – FRANCE 24

Le principal rival de Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, a revendiqué, mercredi, son appartenance à la minorité religieuse des alévis, dans une vidéo publiée...

Turkey’s soft-spoken Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes on powerful Erdogan – Ece Goksedef / BBC

President pumps first locally produced gas to Turkey's energy network, offering some free gas to residential areas weeks before the 14 May vote. Ece...

Sweden Can Join NATO Before July Summit: Turkey Opposition – David Brennan / NEWSWEEK

The top foreign policy aide to Turkish presidential challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has told Newsweek he is hopeful that a new Turkish parliament will approve Sweden's delayed...

Turkey elections: Refugees are a top political issue – Deutsche Welle

Turkey has taken in about 5.5 million refugees, many of them Syrians. Ahead of the May 14 parliamentary and presidential elections, almost all parties...

Campagne électorale en Turquie : les LGBTQ, nouvelle cible d’Erdogan – COURRIER INTERNATIONAL

Afin de consolider le vote conservateur, le président turc s’en prend aux minorités sexuelles ainsi qu’à l’opposition, accusée de vouloir “pervertir” le pays. Courrier...

How Turkey’s Election Could Push the U.S. Toward Authoritarianism – Dan Perry / NEWSWEEK

It's human to see things through a binary prism: left versus right, drama versus comedy, democracy versus autocracy. But we can oversimplify. The great...

U.S. Sanctions Turkish Entities for Aiding Russian War Effort – Sinan Ciddi / FDD

The United States and United Kingdom imposed sanctions Wednesday on three Turkish targets as part of the West’s continued effortto “cut off more of the...

Turkey’s presidential election may head to second round, polls suggest – BIANET

The presence of two outsider candidates, Muharrem İnce and Sinan Oğan, who mainly take votes away from the opposition candidate Kılıçdaroğlu, is the reason...

La Turquie, une puissance médiatrice entre la Russie et l’Ukraine ? – Bayram Balci & Nicolas Monceau / THE CONVERSATION

Au cours de ces dernières années, la politique étrangère conduite par la Turquie – en Syrie, en Libye au Haut-Karabakh ou encore en Méditerranée orientale – a souvent été perçue par...

Turquie : Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, le principal opposant qui pourrait renverser Recep Tayyip Erdogan – TV5 MONDE

Candidat officiel de l'alliance de l'opposition turque, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, ancien haut fonctionnaire, âgé de 74 ans, pourrait être celui qui met fin au règne de vingt ans du président...

The AKP’s Anti-Gender Strategy: A Threat to Turkey’s Democracy Imported from Poland and Hungary – Gürkan Özturan / THE RADICAL DEMOCRAT

As Turkey prepares for its upcoming elections on May 14, many are speculating about the strategies that the ruling party, AKP, will employ to...

Hope for Major U.S.-Turkey F-16 Deal If Erdogan Defeated: Opposition – NEWSWEEK

The top foreign policy aide to Turkish presidential challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu believes an opposition victory in next month's elections could unlock a new era...

La Turquie produit du gaz naturel dans un nouveau champ pour réduire sa dépendance vis-à-vis de l’étranger – Menekşe Tokyay / ARAB NEWS

Avant les prochaines élections, la Turquie a annoncé le début de la production de gaz naturel provenant du plus grand gisement de la mer...

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