Tag: Turkey

Turkey’s crackdown on free speech is frightening with the highest number of journalist imprisoned in the world
- By Alaina
- . December 6, 2020
Turkey’s increasing disregard for human rights issues including freedom of press defines the increasingly authoritarian era of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. International Press Institute

Erdogan offends Macron again
- By Alaina
- . December 5, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to attack in an aggressive and offensive manner the French president Emmanuel Macron. On Friday, Erdogan argued that “Macron

The real reasons for Erdogan’s next visit to Azerbaijan
- By Alaina
- . December 5, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the Azerbaijan capital Baku on December 9, the Turkish presidency announced Thursday. Ankara has been Azerbaijan’s first supporter

Turkey Busts Gulen And Associates After Four Year Preparation
- By Alaina
- . December 2, 2020
Turkey has recently ordered the detention of 82 military personnel targeting supporters of the Muslim preacher who Ankara says was behind a failed coup in

Continued Turkish provocations undermine peace in Libya
- By Alaina
- . November 30, 2020
Turkish Defense Ministry spokesman Pinar Kara said publicly on Sunday that the Turkish army has trained 2,301 Libyan soldiers, and 264 people have received military

France is pushing for sanctions against Turkey over the deteriorating situation in the Mediterranean
- By Alaina
- . November 30, 2020
France is leading the push for EU sanctions on Turkey next month, a threat from the union in October, but has yet to receive support

Erdogan adopts overtly anti-Kurdish stand, despite denying the same
- By Alaina
- . November 28, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s overtly repressive policies towards the country’s Kurdish community could cost him peace and stability not only within Turkey but also

Erdogan lose another historic ally
- By Alaina
- . November 26, 2020
A long-time ally and political adviser of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his resignation on Tuesday, after politicians and media viciously attacked him

How Turkey-Han Omar ties could prove to be dangerous for America and impact its foreign policy
- By Alaina
- . November 26, 2020
Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Representative and a member of the progressive Squad in Congress soon became a national celebrity as she won seat in Minnesota

Tensions rise between Turkey and Germany as latter searches a Libya-bound Turkish ship under arms embargo provision
- By Alaina
- . November 24, 2020
A recent military check of a Libya-bound Turkish ship carried out by German forces, as part of European Union mission to implement arms embargo in