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Turkish oil terminal halts Russian oil business / REUTERS

One of Turkey's mid-sized Mediterranean oil terminals - the Dortyol terminal - will no longer accept Russian imports after receiving record volumes last year,...

Turkey detains 7 more people for allegedly selling information to Israel’s spy agency / INDEPENDENT

Turkish police have detained seven more people suspected of selling information to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, the latest in a wave of such...

As Turkey’s Diyanet marks its centennial, its German branch is undergoing a big restructuring / TURKEY RECAP

Turkey Recap, March 5, 2024 by Leo Kendrick and Wouter Massink BERLIN – In December 2023, German Interior Min. Nancy Faeser announced the phasing out...

US Senate defeats bid to stop F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey – Patricia Zengerle / REUTERS

The U.S. Senate on Thursday soundly defeated an effort to stop the $23 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey,...

Turkey’s Feb exports to Russia down 34% from year earlier / REUTERS

Reuters, March 5, 2024 March 2 (Reuters) - Turkey's exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data...

Turkish stocks soar in world-leading rally as ‘tech mania’ grips market / FINANCIAL TIMES

By Adam Samson, Turkey correspondent for FT. Financial Times, March 2, 2024 Turkish stocks have notched up a world-leading rally this year as “tech mania” grips...

Turkish government asks X to remove posts about mining disaster / DUVAR ENGLISH

Ankara 9th Criminal Court of Peace canceled the content removal decision of the Turkish government for 45 tweets following the mining disaster in Erzincan...

Commission signs €400 million agreement with Türkiye to support its recovery after the 2023 earthquakes / EUROPEAN COMMISSION

European Commission, February 29, 2024 Today, the Commission signed an agreement with Türkiye on a €400 million grant from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF)...

Turkish-Russian trade hit by fresh US sanctions threat – C. Sezer, N. Devranoglu & D. Zhdannikov / REUTERS

U.S. threat to hit financial firms doing business with Russia with sanctions has chilled Turkish-Russian trade, disrupting or slowing some payments for both imported...

The Constitutional Court invalidates many provisions of Erdoğan’s first presidential decree dated 2018 / BIANET ENGLISH

The Constitutional Court annulled many articles of the first decree law issued by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following the transition to the presidential system,...

Turkey bans access to streaming services Twitch and Kick / DUVAR ENGLISH

The Turkish lottery body has banned access to live streaming services Twitch and Kick without giving an official reason. Some commented the decision was...

Ankara taps new ambassador to US / AL MONITOR daily breefing

Turkey on Wednesday named Sedat Onal as its new ambassador to Washington, tapping a career diplomat who currently heads Turkey’s mission to the United...

Only one-third of Turkey’s working-age population employed, labor union reveals / DUVAR ENGLISH

Only one-third of Turkey's 65.6 million working-age population was employed in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the Research Center of the Confederation...

Famous Turkish lawyer Feyza Altun detained over ‘sharia’ remark /duvaR.english

Lawyer Feyza Altun, against whom an investigation was initiated by an Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office due to “inciting people to hatred and hostility,”...

Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’ / THE GUARDIAN /

Hundreds of rescue workers searching for nine missing men in east of the country THE GUARDIAN, 13th of February Hundreds of Turkish rescue workers were searching...

Turkey-Based Organization Prepares to Send Flotilla to Gaza / Sinan Ciddi / David May / FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRATIES

Latest Developments FDD, February the 13th An assembly of international organizations announced on February 10 that it seeks to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza by sending...

Don’t reward Erdogan / Sinan Ciddi / WASHINGTON EXAMINER

After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington...

The United States Needs to Play Hardball With Turkey /Eric S. Edelman, Sinan Ciddi / FOREIGN POLICY

FOREIGN POLICY JANUARY 5, 2024 Turkey and the United States have been treaty allies since Ankara joined the trans-Atlantic alliance in 1952 by formally becoming...

Mer Noire. Turquie et Russie en eaux troubles / Marie Jégo / LE MONDE

Depuis le début de l’invasion russe en Ukraine, Ankara joue une partition délicate. Forte de son droit de contrôle des détroits du Bosphore et...

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In Ukraine war arms race, US stalls as Israel, Turkey and South Korea surge /Joshua Posaner / Lucia Mackenzie / Jan Cienski / POLITICO

The West has pledged to do whatever it takes to support Ukraine while also returning militaries to a war-ready status, but it is defense contractors in South Korea, Turkey and Israel which are reaping many of the early deals.

President Erdoğan targets LGBTI+ as ‘biggest threat against Turkish family’ / DUVAR English

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted LGBTI+ community once again as "the biggest threat against the Turkish family" during his speech at the Council...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan en Allemagne, un interlocuteur aussi irritant qu’incontournable : Christophe Bourdoiseau / LIBERATION

Figure controversée et néanmoins jugé comme un partenaire fiable, le président turc, qui remet en cause l’existence d’Israël et fait l’éloge du Hamas, est...

Pourquoi le centenaire de la République de Turquie fut-il célébré si discrètement/ Nora Seni / TV5 MONDE

TV5 Monde info a interrogé Nora Seni ce 29 octobre 2023 au sujet des cérémonies pour les célébrations du centenaire de la...

Un spéléologue américain gravement blessé secouru en Turquie après neuf jours dans un gouffre / Libération

Mark Dickey, 40 ans, avait subi une hémorragie interne alors qu’il se trouvait à plus de 1 000 mètres de profondeur dans la grotte de Morca....

Erdoğan and the Pillars of His Power – Gökhan Bacık – FREE TURKISH PRESS

Free Turkish Press interviewed Prof Gökhan Bacık, a prominent expert on conservative movements in Turkey, about the components of the current power structure...

Sweden-Nato: F-16s and ending Canada’s arms embargo win Erdogan’s approval – Ragip Soylu – MIDDLE EAST EYE

"US assurances on fighter jets and Ottawa dropping its weapons ban were the primary reasons the Turkish president changed his mind" says Ragip Soylu...

Ce que disent les politologues de la levée du véto turc concernant l’adhésion de la Suède à l’OTAN

Voici la réaction de Sinan Ciddi chercheur politologue à la Fondation pour la Défense de la Démocratie: https://twitter.com/i/status/1678763150936776706

OTAN : la Turquie donne son accord à l’adhésion de la Suède – LE MONDE/AFP

Le premier ministre suédois a salué « un bon jour » et le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, « une étape historique qui bénéficie à la...

In Turkey, women must wait 300 days before they remarry – Arzu GeybullayevaIn – GlobalVoices

Imagine having to wait almost a year until you remarry. This was the case in Turkey until the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on...

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