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Long road ahead for Turkiye, Syria as Erdogan shows signs of rapprochement
5 months, 1 week ago

Long road ahead for Turkiye, Syria as Erdogan shows signs of rapprochement

The Hindu  

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recently signalled that they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. Speaking at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Washington on Thursday, Mr. Erdogan said he had called on Mr. Assad two weeks ago to either come to Turkiye for …

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A rapprochement between Syria and Turkey is on the table. Here’s what it might mean for the region
5 months, 1 week ago

A rapprochement between Syria and Turkey is on the table. Here’s what it might mean for the region

Associated Press  

ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad have recently signaled that they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. Assad said in an interview with Sky News Arabia last August that the objective of Erdogan’s overtures was “to legitimize the Turkish occupation in Syria.” What’s different now …

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Turkish Parliament Set to Decide Fate of Sweden’s NATO Bid
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Turkish Parliament Set to Decide Fate of Sweden’s NATO Bid

News 18  

The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara’s request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States. In December, Erdogan suggested that parliament will only act on Sweden if the US Congress approves Turkey’s …

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NATO didn’t ‘create incentive’ for Putin to stop Ukraine war
1 year, 5 months ago

NATO didn’t ‘create incentive’ for Putin to stop Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

As the NATO summit in Lithuania wraps up, analysts say its declaration has fallen short and dashed Kyiv’s hopes. “We reaffirm the commitment we made at the 2008 Summit in Bucharest that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, and today we recognise that Ukraine’s path to full Euro-Atlantic integration has moved beyond the need for the Membership Action Plan.” …

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Despite rhetoric, Greek-Turkish armed conflict seen remote
1 year, 11 months ago

Despite rhetoric, Greek-Turkish armed conflict seen remote

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation. Speaking to youths in a Black Sea town, Turkey’s president directly threatened his country’s western neighbor: Unless the Greeks “stay calm,” he said, Turkey’s new ballistic missiles would hit their capital city. Turkish troops, Erdogan warned on several occasions, could descend …

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Erdogan visits US amid disagreements with President Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

Erdogan visits US amid disagreements with President Biden

Al Jazeera  

Turkey hopes relations with the US – for years blighted by a litany of disputes – can be salvaged as President Erdogan attends the UN General Assembly. “The only difference in Erdogan’s policy goes back to a meeting with Biden at which he convinced him that Turkey could play a bigger role in Afghanistan,” said Emre Caliskan, research fellow at …

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What’s Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?
4 years, 1 month ago

What’s Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

Al Jazeera  

Turkey has close ties to Azerbaijan and wants a seat at the negotiating table, but Ankara’s interest goes beyond brotherly love. ‘Unconditional’ support While Turkey has always supported Azerbaijan’s claims over disputed territory in the region, it did not play a significant rhetorical or military role in support of Baku in its previous conflicts with Armenia. Turkey trains officers in …

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AP Explains: What lies behind Turkish support for Azerbaijan
4 years, 2 months ago

AP Explains: What lies behind Turkish support for Azerbaijan

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has firmly put its weight behind oil-rich Azerbaijan as a decades-old territorial dispute flared anew into an armed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region situated within Azerbaijan controlled by Armenia-backed ethnic separatists. Here’s a look at what lies behind Turkey’s support for Azerbaijan, its involvement in the conflict and its implications. Turkey and Azerbaijan are bound …

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