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German defense minister urges Turkey to negotiate on gas plans – DW

DW, June 17, 2021 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is on her first official visit to Ankara. Talks with her Turkish counterpart focused on NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan...

Defining New Modes, Models, and Agendas for EU-Turkish Relations – Edited by Kadri Tastan

Kadri Tastan is a Senior Fellow at TOBB, the Union of Chambers of Turkey. German Marshall Fund, Policy Paper, June 3, 2021, Kadri Tastan,...

Cengiz Aktar: « Turkey facts for terrified Western non-decision makers »

Cengiz Aktar, Ahval, March 27, 2021, image: Borislav Bajkic / Shutterstock During the siege of Constantinople in 1453, the Orthodox Byzantines were debating the sex of...

Conclusion of European Council: ‘Rule of law, human rights in Turkey remain a key concern for EU’

Bianet, March 26, 2021 Following the video conference on March 25, 2021, the members of the European Council have adopted a statement calling on Turkey...

Will the Page Turn on Turkish-Egyptian Relations?

H. A. Hellyer,  Ziya Meral, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 19, 2021, Relations have long been complicated between Egypt and Turkey: two powerful countries...

Fehim Taştekin: Turkey’s ‘blue homeland’ concept at odds Egypt’s indifference

Duvar English, March 18, 2021, Fehim Taştekin, image: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images In the midst of Turkey’s struggle for energy and maritime jurisdictions in the eastern...

Fehim Taştekin: Is Turkey-Egypt maritime agreement dead in the water?

Al-Monitor, Mars 11, 2021, Fehim Taştekin Turkey's efforts to secure a demarcation agreement with Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean seem fruitless as Cairo remains indifferent...

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Turkey’s Erdoğan urges end of Ukraine war in call with Putin – Louise Guillot / POLITICO

Turkish president says the two countries ‘could take further steps’ on economic cooperation. Louise Guillot reports in Politico on March 25, 2023. Turkish leader Recep...

Combative spoiler enters Turkey’s election campaign – FRANCE 24

Turkey's top politicians have formed two camps heading into May's election: those who revere President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and those united in the single...

Egypt’s Sisi unlikely to reconcile with Erdogan before Turkey’s election – Fehim Taştekin / AL-MONITOR

The Turkish military presence in Libya remains the key snag in Ankara’s efforts to mend fences with Egypt. By Fehim Taştekin in Al-Monitor on...

AKP and new Islamist coalition partner sign protocol discriminating against women and LGBTI+ – DUVAR English

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its latest alliance partner New Welfare Party (YRP) have signed a protocol including subtle clauses to...

‘Türkiye, Sweden allies since 1739’ – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS

Swedish Consul General in Istanbul Peter Ericson has emphasized that the first alliance between his country and Türkiye was established in 1739 and that the two countries have been in...