US Ambassador David Satterfield is treating Turkey like a colony, Ankara’s health minister Fahrettin Koca said, commenting on the escalating row over the skyrocketing debt Turkey owes to American drug companies. “What the ambassador did is neither correct nor ethical. He is using manipulation at a time when we are […]
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The Greek island of Kastellorizo, shown here at sunset from the top of an ancient castle, is a little over a mile away from the Turkish shore. Known for its architecture, turquoise sea and friendship with the neighbor Turks, it’s recently become a pawn in a geopolitical dispute between the […]
Ankara earlier accused France, and the EU at large of hampering solving problems in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean, where both Turkey and Greece claim energy exploration rights. French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Turkey to restart bona fide talks over the Eastern Mediterranean region, shortly after threatening with sanctions and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107896/04/1078960490_0:0:1201:676_1200x675_80_0_0_a7e15917d1a2e25dd6190311e143c19e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009171080494028-turkey-russia-failed-to-reach-common-position-on-syrias-idlib–source/ ANTALYA, Turkey, September 18 (Sputnik) – According to the source, Turkey refused to leave checkpoints on the territories controlled by the Syrian army as well as reduce the number of its troops in the region and withdraw heavy weapons. The negotiations between Turkish […]
A panel of United Nations war crimes investigators has called on Turkey to rein in allied militants in northern Syria, who may have committed a range of war crimes against civilians, including hostage-taking, rape and torture. In a report covering the first half of the current year and published on Tuesday, […]
The Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean has seen naval and land conflict since the Trojan War in the 12th century BC. But now tensions between Turkey and Greece have risen to boiling point again because of hydrocarbons. Turkey has vowed to send a reconnaissance vessel, the Oruç Reis, back to disputed waters in […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-Cyprus agreement to construct a new regional border security training center on the island will not contribute to peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy said. “The steps taken by the US, such as lifting the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French President Emmanuel Macron said the heads of the Southern Countries of the European Union bloc, also known as the Med7 were willing to conduct a responsible dialogue with Turkey in the wake of toughened Eastern Mediterranean tensions. “With Turkey, we want to resume a responsible dialogue, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106881/27/1068812771_0:300:4541:2854_1200x675_80_0_0_4e82f94cc2a8a2b8cf6f7bc9d1f90ae3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009071080394353-turkey-discontented-with-sentences-in-khashoggi-murder-case-presidential-spokesperson-says/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey is dissatisfied with the sentences in the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder case, presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said. A spokesperson for the Saudi Public Prosecution’s Office said Monday a Saudi court had announced sentences to eight suspects in […]
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Serbia’s decision to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the city which is a major bone of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, violates international law and is deeply concerning, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “We are deeply concerned about Serbia’s decision […]
Athens & Ankara agree to talks, Stoltenberg says, amid maritime tensions between NATO allies … from Russia Today, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: NATO sponsored talks seemed to be the only feasible venue for getting Greece and Turkey together under the wings of an organization that is important to both, especially […]
ANKARA (Sputnik) – The Turkish authorities may soon issue a permit for trials of Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection, the country’s health minister, Fahrettin Koca, said on Wednesday. “We have received a request to test a vaccine being developed in Russia. In the near future, I think, a permit will […]
Already fraught relations between Greece and Turkey worsened this month after Ankara dispatched its Oruc Reis oil and gas seismic survey vessel to a disputed area of Mediterranean Sea also claimed by Athens. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has attacked as “hypocritical” a threat by the EU to impose sanctions […]
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The Turkish Armed Forces have signed a contract for the second batch of S-400 air defense systems, also known as the SA-21 Growler, Head of Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev told reporters on Sunday. “The contract has been signed,” the chief executive said, replying to the corresponding question. […]
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The announcement by the Turkish defence ministry came as Ankara and Athens continue to argue over gas and oil exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish air and naval forces conducted joint drills in the Aegean Sea, the country’s defence ministry said amid a spiralling row with neighbouring Greece over […]
by Valerie Kulikov, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow,…and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editors Note: Turkey is in Libya with both feet, one on the sand and one in the […]
by Salman Rafi Sheikh, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editor’s Note: We are taking a breather from the Beirut bombing story and Trump’s continued […]
Greek-Turkish relations worsened recently after Turkey’s announcement that its geological survey ship Oruc Reis had started seismic exploration activities in an area south of Castellorizo island, which Greece considers its exclusive economic zone. Sputnik talked to experts to discuss the political and legal sides of the issue. ‘Eastern Mediterranean is […]
ANKARA, Turkey — The official numbers are impressive. In President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s narrative, the number of Turkish defense industry programs rose from 62 in 2002 to 700 today. In the same period, the number of defense and aerospace companies rose from 56 to 1,500. The government was administering $5.5 […]
A video, showing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arguing that the US should rally behind the Turkish opposition, drew a huge backlash in Ankara, which denounced the remark as meddling in its internal affairs. The clip, which was filmed in December for a January episode of the New York Times’ […]