Sourced : Al Arabiya Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and is expected to also meet President Fuad Masum and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri. Iraqi television quoted al-Abadi confirming an agreement reached with Turkey on the withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern… Continue reading TURKEY AGREES TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
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CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND
Sourced : Kathimerini By Michele Kambas It is a dispute that has brought NATO partners Greece and Turkey to the brink of war and confounded generations of diplomats; but Geneva negotiations next week offer the best chance in decades of reuniting the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. On the face of it, the omens are… Continue reading CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND
TURKEY MAKES VEILED THREAT OVER INCIRLIK
Sourced : Military Times Turkey’s defense minister says a lack of support from Turkey’s NATO allies in its operation to clear the Islamic State group from a town in northern Syria is leading many to question the country’s permission for the U.S.-led coalition to use its air base. In the past few weeks, Turkey has… Continue reading TURKEY MAKES VEILED THREAT OVER INCIRLIK
ROYAL NAVY’S SUPPORT SHIP COMPLETES MARATHON MEDITERRANEAN MISSION
Home with just seven days to spare before Christmas Day are the sailors and Royal Marines on RFA Mounts Bay which has completed a marathon deployment in the Mediterranean. The amphibious support ship has been away from home for 349 days as one of the first vessels to deploy in 2016… and last to return.… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY’S SUPPORT SHIP COMPLETES MARATHON MEDITERRANEAN MISSION
TURKEY WILL DISPUTE ALL STIPULATIONS OF THE LAUSANNE TREATY
For one more time within a period of three months, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged the Lauzanne Treaty and made it official: Ankara should renegotiate the Treaty of Lauzanne of 1923 that marked the boundaries of modern Turkey. According to the Turkish President, “The Lausanne Treaty is not an indisputable text, it is not… Continue reading TURKEY WILL DISPUTE ALL STIPULATIONS OF THE LAUSANNE TREATY
TURKISH DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN SILOPI RELATED TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS
Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Işık has said the deployment of Turkish military units to Şırnak’s Silopi district, an area near the Iraqi border, is related to the fight against terrorism and developments in Iraq. The Turkish Army deployed to the region the 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the 4th Army Corp based at Mamak Ankara… Continue reading TURKISH DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN SILOPI RELATED TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS
TURKEY’S NEW MAPS ARE RECLAIMING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Nick Danforth Erdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, President Recep… Continue reading TURKEY’S NEW MAPS ARE RECLAIMING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
NO TURKISH AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA SINCE 22 OF OCTOBER AFTER THREAT BY THE SYRIAN REGIME
Sourced : Turkish Minute Turkey has halted its airstrikes in Syria because its air force has been unable to carry out aerial campaigns as part of Operation Euphrates Shield since Oct. 22, after the Syrian government activated its air defense systems against the flight of Turkish warplanes in its airspace. According to the Hurriyet Daily… Continue reading NO TURKISH AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA SINCE 22 OF OCTOBER AFTER THREAT BY THE SYRIAN REGIME
TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
Sourced : OANN By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold Turkey is seeking an end to NATO’s counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea and it is telling the U.S.-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to get to Greece means there is no longer a need for warships to patrol its coast. Turkish Defence… Continue reading TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK
Sourced : Defence One By Charles F. Wald Turkey’s Incirlik airbase has supported America’s most vital strategic needs for more than a half century, first during the Cold War and more recently in the fight against terrorists. Now, as its host country becomes less stable and less friendly to the United States, the best way… Continue reading GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK