Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) visited Turkey on Wednesday, concluding 10 agreements on energy, environment, finance and trade. That move was hailed as a “new chapter” in bilateral relations. The decision by Turkey and the United Arab […]
I have been covering President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s trip to New York, where he attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session, for the past three days. The General Assembly will follow the theme “Building resilience through hope […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been engaging in diplomacy on the situation in Afghanistan. Whereas governments elsewhere are still trying to get over the shock of the Taliban’s rapid return to Kabul, Erdoğan engages with fellow leaders to facilitate the formation of […]
The first step to solve the problems in Cyprus will be the recognition of the existence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the international arena Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Lefkoşa (Nicosia), the capital of the Turkish […]
Five years have passed since the inauspicious coup attempt in Turkey. That fateful night is when the Turkish people took charge of their future, too. Many events will take place this week to tell the epic story of a glorious […]
Turkey has been highly active in the international arena recently as all eyes were on the NATO summit and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with United States President Joe Biden. A high-level delegation, led by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, paid […]
Yesterday, one of the most significant summit meetings between Turkey and U.S. took place in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
All eyes are on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s June 14 meeting with United States President Joe Biden in Brussels, Belgium. Multiple times since the Biden administration took over, I have noted that Washington has become aware of Turkey’s active involvement […]
Turkey’s 2023 elections, which will take place on the republic’s centennial, will be the most critical election in the history of Turkish democracy. You may disagree with that statement, recalling that past elections have been described the same way. You may […]
The backlash over U.S. President Joe Biden’s statement on the so-called Armenian “genocide” continues. Deeming the Turkish government’s reaction insufficient, opposition leaders argued that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lacked “the courage to hang up on Biden.” Main opposition Republican People’s […]
President Joe Biden last Saturday in regards to the 1915 events has generated more tension in bilateral relations between Turkey and the US.
The civil war in Syria, which started a decade ago, is a symbol of humanity’s moral bankruptcy. That tragedy, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and forced 7 million people into exile, continues in front of the world’s very […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reciprocated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s earlier remarks about him being “a man of his word who would go all the way for his country.” He, too, described Putin as “someone who speaks his mind and keeps […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan conveyed a powerful message to European leaders, who will meet later this week, in reference to the Eastern Mediterranean. He called on the European Union to save itself from “strategic blindness” and not to let Greece […]
On Wednesday, I joined a distinguished group of speakers to discuss Turkish foreign policy at the TRT World Forum. Once again, on the occasion, I concluded that Ankara’s involvement in global flashpoints is being questioned on two bases: Turkey’s overreach […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled the framework for his administration’s reform agenda at the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) parliamentary meeting last week. That policy initiative seeks to promote more production, encourage new investments and create new jobs […]
The world’s eyes have been fixed on Nagorno-Karabakh, the rise of Islamophobia in Europe and the United States elections. As usual, all three battles have been fought with references to Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan is […]
People trying to put labels on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strong reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic provocations make plenty of accusations – all part of a broader, ideologically charged campaign to distort the truth. Critics accuse Erdoğan of […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is in a dangerous tailspin. His government not only turned a blind eye to offensive depictions of Prophet Muhammad, an insult against Muslims’ sacred values but projected them on public buildings in the name of free […]
Two news stories with completely opposite titles appeared in Western media last week. The first story was about Turkey allegedly provoking its NATO allies by testing the S-400 air defense system. The other related to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the new campus of Ibn Khaldun University – an amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman and Republican Turkish architecture. With a greater ratio of international students than any other institution in Turkey, currently 30%, Ibn Khaldun is […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed Parliament on the occasion of the beginning of the new legislative year. He provided a summary of Turkey’s international standing and foreign policy, and offered both criticism and fresh proposals to improve world politics and […]
Demokrat Senatör Bob Menendez, Ulusal Güvenlik Danışmanı Robert O’Brien’a Başkan Trump ile Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılması ve görüşme kayıtlarının 30 Eylül’e kadar belgelenmesi için resmi talepte bulundu.
The squabble between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and French President Emmanuel Macron continues. Upon Ankara’s determination to protect its interests in the Eastern Mediterranean, Macron convened the southern European countries in Corsica and said, “We must be tough with the […]
Turkey’s discovery of natural gas in the Black Sea looks to remain a hot topic for the foreseeable future. The country has finally made the kind of hydrocarbon discovery that it has craved throughout the Republican history. The field contains […]
Turkey’s most recent steps in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean raised questions in foreign capitals about that country’s international standing. As Americans grappled with President Donald Trump’s call to delay the 2020 elections, the European media went berzerk over the […]
After many years of waiting, Turkey’s Muslims rejoiced at the opportunity to perform their Friday and Eid prayers at the Hagia Sophia. That joy, to nobody’s surprise, went hand in hand with a war of words between Turkish politicians. Critics […]
The Hagia Sophia became a mosque once again following last week’s Friday prayer. I was pleased to witness that blessed day. That first Friday prayer in 89 years was very symbolic. The joy of hundreds of thousands of people merged […]
Hagia Sophia’s reinstatement as a mosque resulted in a sudden spike in Western media reports about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Needless to say, almost all of those stories were full of accusations and speculation about Turkey’s agenda. The French weekly […]
Congratulations to the Turkish people and the Muslim world on Hagia Sophia’s reinstatement as a mosque after long years of separation! Shortly after the Council of State annulled a 1934 decree that converted Hagia Sophia into a museum, President Recep […]
