Should We Change the Driver or the Vehicle?
Erdogan, who has won the presidential elections again, announced the highly anticipated new Presidential Cabinet at the Çankaya Mansion.
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Who Is Being Served by the Grain Corridor Opened by Turkey?
An agreement was signed in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine through the mediation of the United Nations (UN) and Turkey for the resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian ports. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan who held a speech before signing, evaluated the day of signature of the grain agreement as “a historic day”, […]
News Review 28/05/2022
Details: * New Chinese Initiative to engage with Pacific Island States * Erdogan under US Pressure to Accept Sweden and Finland in NATO New Chinese Initiative to engage with Pacific Island States According to The Guardian: The leak of a sweeping economic and security pact revealed China is hoping to sign up 10 Pacific countries […]
Views on the News 04/02/2022
Headlines: Erdoğan Offers to Mediate between Ukraine and Russia U.S. Advice to Banks: OK to Transfer Aid Money to Afghanistan IMF Approves $1 billion Loan for Pakistan
Q&A: Erdogan and Putin’s Summit in Sochi, Russia
Question: On Wednesday, 29/9/2021, a summit was held between Erdogan and Putin in Sochi, Russia. The Turkish president was at the head of a delegation that included the head of the intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, and the head of the presidential communications department, Fahrettin Altun, and the presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, without any of his […]
Q&A: Political Repercussions in Afghanistan
Question: On 17 July 2021, a high profile round of negotiations was announced in Qatar between two high-level delegations, seven representatives from the Taliban and a seven-member [Afghan] government delegation, to discuss critical outstanding issues between them, after the US President announced on 8 July 2021 that the withdrawal of his forces from Afghanistan would […]