The United States warned Turkey on Monday against hosting Hamas leadership, saying Washington does not believe leaders of a terrorist organization should be living comfortably. When asked about reports that some Hamas leaders had moved to Turkey from Qatar, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller did not confirm the reports but said he was … Read more
Senior members of Hamas’s leadership outside of Gaza have been in Turkey in recent days, Israeli state broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday. This latest report comes after an American source confirmed to the news outlet earlier this month that Qatar had agreed to remove Hamas from its territory. It is unclear whether the two … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters Russia is rolling out the red carpet to its geopolitical allies as it hosts the latest BRICS summit on Tuesday, pushing its agenda to create a “new world order” that challenges the West. The group … Read more
In the wake of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Iran’s Foreign Minister traveled to Turkey for high-level meetings. He was already scheduled to go to Turkey as part of a regional tour he is conducting. He has been in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Jordan, and Egypt, shoring up Iran’s … Read more
Scholz is visiting Turkey in the wake of an EU summit focused on migration and amid an emotional debate on harsher asylum rules and increased deportations at home. Erdoğan, during a meeting which marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey, expressed a desire to move past prior difficulties in defense cooperation. … Read more
Erdoğan said more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel last year and its ensuing campaign in the Gaza Strip, while more than 17,000 children have been the targets of Israeli bullets and bombs. “I call out the United Nations Security Council, what are you waiting for to prevent … Read more
The opening of Turkey’s first nuclear plant has been delayed after Germany’s Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE withheld essential parts, prompting Russia’s Rosatom, the builder and owner, to buy them in China, the Turkish energy minister said on Wednesday. Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told the state-run Anadolu Agency that Siemens’s non-delivery would delay launching the Akkuya power … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to convene an emergency summit to discuss the war in Gaza and what he called Israel’s attacks on Jerusalem. Erdogan, who has been a vocal critic of Israel during its war against the Hamas militant group in Gaza, called on Islamic countries at … Read more
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that efforts to mend ties with Turkey had so far brought no tangible results. “The initiatives did not yield any results worth mentioning despite the seriousness and genuine keenness of mediators,” Assad said in a speech to the Syrian parliament, referring to conciliation efforts by Russia, Iran … Read more
On Friday the opposition moved to reverse the decision — a proposal which members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vocally (and physically) disagreed with. The punch-up began while Workers’ Party MP Ahmet Şık addressed his colleagues to ask for the release of Atalay from prison. During his … Read more
