Prior to his departure on an official visit to Pakistan Prime Minister Erdoğan made a statement about the conflict going on in Gaza currently. He explained that Turkey was doing everything to to contribute and he hoped they would yield the desired result adding a cease-fire was imminent. Erdoğan also reminded that Israel was continuing to strike ruthlessly and the hope was something favorable would come out ...

In the conflict between Wikileaks and banking companies such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union and Bank of America regarding the arbitrary banking blockades against WikiLeaks the internet company seems to be one step ahead now. In fact, in a landmark decision the European Parliament has initiated the drafting of legislation that would stop such banking blockades against WikiLeaks and other organiza ...

It was announced by the Turkish Government that there were 120,147 Syrians currently staying in Turkey after having escaped from clashes in their country. AFAD made a written statement on Friday saying Turkey had made available 5 tent cities in Hatay, 2 in Sanliurfa, 3 in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis. AFAD also mentioned that Turkey took all ...

As the most recent crisis in the ME climbs, Israel has received the support of the Western world saying Israel has the right to protect its population against rocket attacks by Hamas. The western nations also expressed concern over casualties on both sides since Israel launched its latest operation against the Gaza Strip and added that Hamas had to halt the militant attacks into southern Israel. Turkey on t ...

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu condemned the Israeli strike on Gaza and criticized the indifferent approcah of the United Nations towards the conflict. Israel had conducted innumerable attacks on Gaza in the past as well putting the population there in an inhuman  situation. Davutoğlu spoke during his stay in Djibouti for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and was reported to comment as ...

It was announced by Turkey's defense minister  that  the country's armed forces would respond to an airspace breach by Syrian aircrafts. Mr. Ismet YILMAZ said to reporters; "Military engagement rules established by our government are still valid. Required response will be given to Syrian planes or helicopters in case of violation of our airspace”. It is known that Syrian war planes undertake breaches of Tur ...

It is reported that Barzani, head of the Iraqi Regional Administration  plans to come to Turkey. The news was announced by Falah Mustafa, who is in charge of foreign relations in the regional administration in North of Iraq. The news was released on the official internet site of the prime ministry office and informed that Mr. Barzani would pay a visit to Turkey as an officially invited guest of the “Atlanti ...

Barrack Hussein Obama has made history and become the second Democrat to win a second four-year White House term since World War II. Right after the victory Obama sent a message to his 22 million followers on Twitter saying.. "This happened because of you. Thank you" Obama already had 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 needed for the White House when he started jubilating his comfortable victory. Obama ...

Turkey has received strong criticism from UN human rights experts for unacceptable practices such as  often holding activists, lawyers and journalists for long pre-trial periods without access to a lawyer. The current government in power (AK Party) which has recently been warned by several int'l bodies in regards to incomplete/unfair legal practices as compared to EU standards had to face another criticism ...

The Turkish embassy in Berlin built with the inspiration of Seljuk and Ottoman architecture is the biggest Turkish embassy building in the world. Erdoğan who delivered a speech at the inauguration placed emphasis on Turkish-German friendship. He said the place where the new embassy stands was where the first Ottoman embassy was built in Berlin with the Ottomans' ambassador İbrahim Hakkı Pasha having taken o ...

Turkey continues to receive support from some sources in European Union. The most recent comment to support Turkey’s integration with EU has come from Amanda Paul, a Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels. Assessing Turkey-European Union relations, Ms Paul has made a comment which would be read as “the negative approach (and attitude) displayed by some EU member states against Turkey demot ...

Ankara has recently hosted an important convention again. Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu attended the convention held by the International Contact Group chaired by Germany's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Michael Koch and adressed the representatives of more than 50 countries and international organizations. Turkish FM said Afghanistan was the first and biggest test of the international comm ...

As the crisis in Syria does not take a break for a moment, involved parties keep trying to work out a solution to put an end to killings and turmoil in the region. Turkey is certainly the country with the most concerns as plenty of undesired casualties have been happening at the border between Syria and Turkey for quite a while. In addition to said efforts to bring a peaceful solution to the conflict, the O ...

The Syria conflict has been a real concern and a major source of worries for the western world, Turkey to be in the first row. In spite of all the expectations Assad would not be able to hold on under the prevailing conditions in said country, he has not taken a step back so far. Turkey on the other hand has been given a strong push by its allies US to be in the first row but has hardly felt the support fro ...

Among all the activities on his extremely busy agenda, it is reported that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended Turkey-Kazakhstan Trade and Investment Forum organized by Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) in Istanbul. The two countries are known to have developed their relations substantially in the last decade. At the forum, the  two countries signed several trade agre ...

Russian President Putin was scheduled to pay a visit to Turkey to Turkey and the arrangement was cancelled at the last moment due to the heavy program of the president. Now a statement from the Prime Ministry has been made announcing that Russian President Vladimir Putin is now scheduled to visit Turkey on December 3. The statement also made clear that the cancelled visit was actually postponed to December ...

It was reported that Davutoğlu had had a telephone conversation with Chinese FM Yang JIECHI to discuss views on Syria issue. China is known to be supporting Syria in the conflict prevailing in the ME region together with Russia and Iran - to be in the first place. It is reported that DAVUTOĞLU had briefed his counterpart about the most recent incidents in the region, to include Akçale event. Mr. Jiechi is r ...

As the conflict between Turkey and Syria keeps rising another incident took place on Monday where a Syrian Air plane was forced to land in Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport, by Turkish warplanes. It was claimed by official authorities that the plane was carrying military communication devices. An announcement made by Turkish Foreign Ministry said "Turkish jets have accompanied a Syrian civilian plane to Ankara's Es ...

Since the beginning of the conflict between Turkey and Syria NATO has extended its clear support for Turkey, for the first time. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Secretary General) said yesterday that Nato had its plans ready to protect Turkey (an ally member) in case of an aggression to come from Syria. Turkey had long been awaiting a statement of this kind, especially after the undesired  incidents in Akçakale whic ...

A novel by Luke Montgomery an expert researcher on Islam and the Middle east has been the focus of attention on Amazon recently. The story of the book is supposed to be based on Turkey and its politics. The story is built around a professor Ian O’Brien who purchases an old collection of letters and books, and unknowingly steps into the world of a shadowy organization. His family is soon caught up in a web o ...

President Abdullah Gül has said the worst-case scenarios are unfolding in Syria now. Gül said that the developments in Syria made an impact on Turkey and noted that the government was in constant touch with the General Staff for consultation. He said further that whatever was required was done by the government immediately and would continue to be done from now on as well and he stressed that the situation ...

The Syria resolution has been accepted at the Turkish Grand National Assembly by 320 votes against 129. The closed session, to debate and vote the motion on cross-border operations held by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, lasted three hours. Deputies of the ruling AK Party and opposition National Movement Party (MHP) voted for the motion, while Republican People's Party (CHP) and BDP members said "No". ...

The conflict in Syria and the violent and ruthless fight between 2 parties namely Assad forces and Free Syrian Army has eventually jumped to Turkey. Many opinion leaders have been commenting since the beginning of this conflict that the ultimate purpose is to stir up the whole balance in the ME region and start a chaos where regimes against the benefits of big Powers are sent home and even an intervention o ...