Turkey
Hagia Sophia becomes mosque again after Erdogan signs decree
Turkey's president has signed a decree to formally turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque - a move which threatens to upset Christians around...
Official UNESCO Statement on Reconversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque
By Patricia Claus
Jul 10, 2020
UNESCO, the United Nations body tasked with the identification and preservation of sites with the greatest significance to the world’s...
France-Turkey tensions mount after NATO naval incident
By John Irish, Robin Emmott
Jul. 7, 2020
For France, it was the final straw. For Turkey, it was a misunderstanding. For NATO, it could be...
Hagia Sophia: Turkey’s Council of State throws ball into Erdogan’s court
July 2, 2020
With express procedures Turkey’s Council of State completed the hearing on the status of Hagia Sophia and whether it will be converted...
‘US Believing It Can Buy S-400s from Ankara is Tragicomic’ –...
3.07.2020
Republican US Senator John Thune on 30 June suggested purchasing and removing the Turkish-owned Russian-built S-400s from Ankara, in a bid to break a...
Ankara is not reading correctly the situation. A catastrophic war for...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s adviser, Mesut Hakki, has directly threatened Greece with war if it reacts and protects its continental shelf if Ankara...
UNESCO sent letter to Turkey regarding turning Hagia Sophia into a...
Jun 26, 2020
Ernesto Ottone Ramírez, Assistant Director-General for Culture said that UNESCO sent a letter to the Turkish authorities at the beginning of June regarding...
For an Afro-Asian Watch of Asian Business Practices in Africa |...
The rise of Asia in Africa in the shadow of western galaxy
For an Afro-Asian Watch of Asian Business Practices in Africa
By Darwis Khudori *
The...
Borrell tells Turkey ‘illegal drilling must stop’
26th June 2020
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that illegal Turkish drilling for gas off divided Cyprus “must stop,” during his two-day...
Turkey’s Latest Pipeline Plan Is A Move To Restore Relations With...
Jun 11, 2020
Turkey's state gas grid operator Bota? has opened a tender for a gas pipeline to supply Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhchivan. The new...