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In a second bash on Fattah al-Sisi, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the European Union bloc for being “insincere” because they attended the joint summit with the Arab League in Egypt, a country with an impressive record of executions. Erdogan, speaking at an electoral rally in Giresun said the EU, is insincere considering its […]
The US State Department has denounced the brutality of the security personnel accompanying the Turkish President after they roughed anti-Erdogan protesters Tuesday in Washington. Footages of a brawl between a small group of protesters believed to be pro-Kurdish and some men dressed in black suits, identified as Erdogan’s security agents, went viral on social media. […]
Morocco is one of the three countries to have immediately expressed support for Turkey’s democratic institutions as the coup was unfolding, British renowned journalist David Hearst said. In an op-ed published on the news website, the Middle East Eye, Hearst denounced western ambiguity during the coup and lauded Morocco’s clear stance in support of the […]
The German Bundestag on Thursday approved a non-binding resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish forces as genocide with only one member of the parliament voting against it and another abstaining. Turkey reacted by recalling its ambassador in Berlin for consultations and also summoned Germany’s Chargé d’affaires in Ankara. Turkey’s […]
Some details of the talks between King Abdullah II of Jordan and some leaders in the US congress in January have surfaced indicating the king admitted that Jordanian and British special forces were active in Libya and that he called for overcoming the ideological differences of the cold war era and religious differences and to […]
Egyptian authorities have claimed that Hisham Barakat, the country’s chief prosecutor, was assassinated June last year in a plot planned by the country’s Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The allegations were made by Interior minister Magdy Abde Ghaffar in a televised press conference on Sunday shortly after prosecutors ordered six people, accused […]
President Erdogan warned Russia to refrain from violating Turkey’s airspace or it will “endure the consequences.” The warning was expressed after the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that a Russian SU-34 fighter jet violated Turkish airspace on Friday. Russia violated Turkish airspace in November and Ankara responded by firing down the jet after repeated […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel openly announced Wednesday that she is still opposed to Turkey’s EU membership despite the EU calling on Ankara for help to ease the refugee crisis putting the European bloc into difficult situation. Merkel has so far been cautious about opposing overtly Ankara but she spat her disdain about the Turkish regime […]
The Turkish ruling Justice and development Party (AKP) held its 5th congress on Saturday and reelected Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the chairman of the party. Analysts say the election was heavily influenced by President Erdogan because his loyalists dominate the elected 50-member council of the party. The party’s congress was held ahead of the […]
Face to face confrontations between the Turkish army and militants of the Islamic State took place on Thursday along the Syrian border when a pickup truck with 10 heavily armed ISIS members opened fire on Turkish troops stationed at a mountain border outpost. A cross-border firefight followed and a Turkish soldier is reported to have […]