US-Turkish relations
Tensions between Ankara and Washington
Turkey could shut down Incirlik Air Base used by US if necessary – Erdogan on US sanctions
15 Dec, 2019
Ankara retains the option of shutting...
Turkey May Expel US From Air Bases in Retaliation for Sanctions
PostDecember 11, 2019
The US is planning to move ahead with sanctions against Turkey over their acquisition of the S-400 air defense system from Russia....
The coup d’état was against Kemalists
By Mehmet Perinçek
20.07.2016
Turkish historian and political scientist, former political prisoner in the case of "Ergenekon" Mehmet Perincek commented an unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey:
The...
Turkey Sanctions Vote Underscores U.S. Breakdown With NATO Ally
By David Wainer
October 30, 2019
The passage of sanctions legislation against Turkey in the U.S. House of Representatives underscores a sober reality about U.S. ties...
Latest Developments around Syria (also on Armenian genocide and Syrian constitution)
Bipartisan House Passes Bill Punishing Turkey for Syria Invasion
By ALAN FRAM / AP
October 29, 2019
A bipartisan bill punishing Turkey for its invasion of...
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East
Kurds Pulling Out of North Syria as Ceasefire Largely Holds
Turkey and Kurds disagree on terms of the deal Posted on October 18, 2019
The...
‘Why not? We didn’t come here for nothing’: Erdogan on buying...
28 Aug, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poured more fuel on the rumors that Ankara might be buying Russian Su-57 fighters if the US...
Erdogan Warns Americans
Over Half of Turks Have Anti-US Views, Support Improving Ties With Russia - Poll
06.02.2018
ANKARA (Sputnik) - Almost 95 percent of Turkish citizens either fully...
Turkey – in the epicenter of tectonic shifts
Henry Kissinger reminds us that in international relations, states do not have permanent friends or enemies, only interests. That lesson reverberated Tuesday in St. Petersburg, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan let bygones be bygones with his "dear friend, the esteemed Vladimir" in an ironic (and somewhat excessive) display of diplomatic reconciliation.
President Obama considers dissolving the CIA and NSA – they knew...
German parliamentarians prepare to ask also for sanctions against USA, Britain and France. According to those parliamentarians, by implementing the Chaos Strategy in the Middle East, in order to “promote democracy”, as they kept saying, Washington, London and Paris are directly responsible for the refugee crisis, the terror attacks and the whole instability which landed now in Turkey.