Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has come up with a proposal for the Persian Gulf states to sign a nonaggression pact in the wake of mounting tensions in the region. He voiced this initiative in Baghdad on May 25 as he met with the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ali al-Hakim. He also stressed Teheran’s aspirations for having the best ...
In total, citizens of 28 countries, including the United Kingdom who has not yet officially left the EU, will take part in the 2019 European elections. In total, 426 million voters are eligible to participate in the elections. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1131503956277039104 The ghost of Brexit The Brexit issue is one factor seriously complicating the EU elections. The UK has still not left ...
The role of the European Parliament The European Parliament, jointly with the EU Council, performs the functions of legislative power, participates in the adoption of the EU budget, exercises political control over the activities of other EU institutions, ratifies agreements on the admission of new members to the union, and has a deliberative right regarding any other issues. In addition, ...
The European elections will be held on May 26, 2019. They represent an important challenge for the social democrats and liberals of Europe. This is largely due to the rise of patriotic and Eurosceptic parties that reject Brussel’s policies and ideology. The traditional parties that have dominated the political spectrum in the European Union for some time may very well ...
Aylardır yerel seçimler ve ekonomik krizle uğraşan Türkiye’nin etrafı Doğu Akdeniz’de adeta kuşatılmış durumda. Son aylarda Akdeniz’e komşu ülkelerden İsrail, Mısır, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi ve Yunanistan’ın, ABD ve bazı Avrupa ülkelerinin de desteğini alarak petrol ve doğalgaz arama çalışmaları yapmaları suların gittikçe ısınmasına yol açıyor. Öte yandan, bölgeye sınırı olmamasına rağmen ABD, Rusya ve İngiltere ...
During an Iftar session in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, met with leading media representatives. The minister made a number of important statements on issues such as the threats Turkey faces in the region, the fight against terrorism, the country’s need for its own air defense system and the purchase of Russian S-400 systems. Below are the ...
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Milli Savunma Bakanı Hulisi Akar düzenlediği iftar yemeğinde medya kuruluşlarının Ankara temsilcileri ile bir araya geldi. Önemli açıklamalarda bulunan Akar, S-alımıyla ilgili ABD ile devam eden görüşmelerle ilgili olarak “ABD’liler ‘No deal is a done deal’(Hiçbir anlaşma bitmiş değildir) diyor. Bizde diyoruz ki ‘Done deal’(Anlaşma tamamlanmıştır). Önemli açıklamalarda bulunan Akar, Türkiye’nin ciddi hava ve füze tehdidi altında olduğunu belirterek, “82 ...
Building a wall along the U.S. southern border was one of Donald Trump’s key electoral promises. While making a speech on June 16, 2015, where he announced his plans to run for presidency, he said, “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a ...
The Trump Trade War What began with imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum is escalating into an all-out Trump Trade War. U.S. relations with the People’s Republic of China are approaching boiling point after President Trump’s declared a national emergency and outright forbade American companies from doing business with the Chinese tech giant, Huawei, last week. Although Trump ...
Turkey, which has been immersed in a situation of economic crisis ahead of its recent electoral race, has become surrounded on all sides in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Israel, Egypt, Cyprus and Greece, which, with the support of the United States and some European countries, have begun to explore recently discovered oil and gas fields, which has led to a ...