Idlib, which came to known as “the last rebel stronghold” or dubbed as “Gaza in Syria” has been under the heavy bombing of the Syrian regime and Russian forces for months now had seen better days. The central location on...
Can the Ankara-Moscow alliance survive the Idlib test? The Turkey-Russia Crisis Over Idlib While a handshake was expected between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad after the high-level security talks between the parties under the...
Ankara and Moscow—trying to avoid a proxy war with each other—are enhancing their efforts to find common ground in Libya, albeit both sides are completely aware that the road in front of them is likely to be extremely bumpy. If...
On Nov. 30, a small town on the Turkish-Greek border named Ipsala hosted a significant event. Azerbaijani gas was pumped to Europe through the much talked about Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), a major element of the EU’s energy policy since...
On Nov. 6, the Chang’an Cargo Train has stopped at the Turkish capital, Ankara. After an official welcoming ceremony continued to Istanbul to pass under the Bosporus, using the Marmaray tunnel and became the first direct cargo train travelling from...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most controversial politician in modern Turkish history was born in Istanbul’s neglected Kasımpasa district to a working-class family from Rize, a city at the Black Sea coast, on February 26, 1954. It was two years after...
Even though many observers declared the fifth Astana summit as unfruitful; the Turkish, Russian and Iranian leaders reached a tentative understanding in Ankara on a road map to solve the conflict in Idlib. According to which there will be limited...
Ankara and Damascus are archenemies at the moment. Yet the fates of the two countries they belong to are tied together. Ankara’s future policy in Syria would very much determine the destiny of the latter. The end of Turkey’s three...
It has just turned 60 years old; Turkey’s one-sided love affair with the EU started on 31 July 1959, when it applied for association with the EEC (European Economic Community) founded in 1958. Turkish fascination with Europe began more than...
On July 7th, 2019, Greek people elected a new prime minister, the leader of the New Democracy Party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Meanwhile, in the eastern Mediterranean, a second Turkish drillship, Yavuz, was sailing towards Cyprus to begin drilling for oil and...
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