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Turkey’s Growing Central Asian Influence Is an Opportunity for Joe Biden The role America hoped Turkey would have played in Central Asia after the fall of the Soviet Union is slowly becoming a reality. As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proudly watches his country’s premier drone, the Baykar TB2, on full display at a victory parade in Baku with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, talk of Azerbaijan’s accomplishment echoes in Central Asia in a common Turkic tongue. After thirty years of Russian-backed Armenian occupation and many failed attempts by the international communit...

Posted on February 26, 2021. While Turkey mourned its 13 fallen soldiers in Gara, the United States’ first statement about the incident was incredibly arrogant.* The U.S. announced it would issue a condemnation only if it could first verify that those who carried out the attack were members of the PKK terrorist organization. The American ambassador was then summoned by the Turkish Foreign Ministry to receive Turkey’s response. Afterward, the Turkish foreign minister and U.S. secretary of state spoke on the phone. The U.S. conveyed its condolences to Turkey and placed blame on the PKK. Is...

Prime Minister Dbeibah expresses gratitude for President Putin’s support during key talks in Moscow Updated 55 min 27 sec ago AFP AP April 17, 2021 01:01 MOSCOW: Russia has welcomed the prospect of renewed military cooperation with war-shattered Libya as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Libya has been gripped by chaos for almost a decade, since its leader Muammar Qaddafi was brought down and killed in a 2011 uprising. In February, Libya embarked on a new phase of its post-Qaddafi transition after interim leaders were selected to lead the country un...

Turkey on tenterhooks for Biden’s decision on Armenian genocide recognition Acknowledgment of 1915-1923 mass killing of Christian Armenians by Ottoman Turks would be the first by a US president Decision would be a setback for Turkish President Erdogan at a time of continuing friction in US-Turkey relations Updated 24 March 2021 March 23, 2021 22:29 DUBAI: The Biden administration is considering acknowledging the genocide of ethnic Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, Ian Bremner of GZero Media has reported in the lead-up to Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, April 24. In the event, Joe Biden w...

Israeli Settlements Obstacle to Normalized Ties, Turkey Says Bloomberg 1/18/2021 © Bloomberg Mevlut Cavusoglu (Bloomberg) -- Israel should forfeit its designs on land the Palestinians claim for a state if it wants to normalize ties with Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday, damping expectations that Ankara’s foreign-policy rethink will include mended ties with its former ally. “If Israel gives up its activities and aggression, such as illegal settlements or annexation, our relations will normalize,” Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara. “Let’s say we established ...