The U.S.
ambassador to Turkey said he anticipates that President Tayyip Erdogan will
give a final sign-off on Sweden's NATO membership within days, triggering rapid
steps toward U.S. Congress endorsing a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara.
Jan 21,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkey's
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Hamas’ political bureau chief, Ismail
Haniyeh, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.
A Turkish court on Jan. 16 ordered the release of Ahmet Bostancı, who was
previously arrested for "insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk" after
leaving a mosque in protest against prayers for Atatürk on his death
anniversary and "making insulting social media posts."
Turkey 's
energy minister on Saturday highlighted Libya's potential in oil and gas,
reaffirming Ankara's readiness to collaborate with countries and firms to
help Libya use this potential.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan in an X, formerly Twitter, post on Friday afternoon,
as Turkey backed South Africa’s accusations of genocide at the International
Court of Justice, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Turkish
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted Somalia's acting Foreign
Minister Ali Mohamed Omar for talks in the capital Ankara on
Thursday.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Trend reports.
Jan 5, 2024. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
According
to information published by the Turkish government on January 3, 2023, in
a meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential
Complex, the Defense Industry Executive Committee convened to discuss the
current status and future goals of Turkey's defense industry.
Jan 2, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A Kurdish
politician on Monday claimed that Turkey has settled 10,000 Palestinians in the
Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, adding that Kurds no longer constitute
a majority.
The Central Command of the People's Defense Center (NPG) confirmed that its forces carried out 1,712 operations against the Turkish occupation army, which is attacking the defense areas in
Dec 25, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Ankara.
Their Santa Claus, however, is not the contemporary fairy tale old man with
a long white beard who rides his sleigh from the North Pole, but a saint who
was called Saint Nicholas [in Turkish Aziz Nikola].
Dec 24, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Turkish jets on Saturday hit oil infrastructure in northeast Syria (Photo: social media)Turkish jets on Saturday hit oil infrastructure in northeast Syria (Photo: social media)Syria Turkish airstrikes northeast Syria SDF Tirbespi Qamishlo Derik
By Sergei Melkonian*
The last
three years have seen significant changes in the geopolitics of the South
Caucasus.
"Our Air Forces struck 14 targets in the Gara, Hakurk and Qandil
regions in northern Iraq used by the separatist terrorist organization,"
the ministry said on X, releasing a statement on the platform about the strikes
which took place at 7 p.m. Turkey time (1600GMT).
During the
meeting, both sides emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties
and exchanging security and intelligence information to combat terrorism, a
reference to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Turkey and Hungary signed
five trade cooperation protocols during a visit on Monday by
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Hungarian capital Budapest,
according to a high-level Turkish official.
Cairo.
President
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received on Sunday the credentials of Turkey’s Ambassador
to Egypt Salih Mutlu Şen a few months after the two countries agreed to restore
their diplomatic relations and elevate them to ambassadorial level.