Today, the conflicts and problems in our region, especially the ones that Turkey is involved in, are not independent of the overall polarization in the world. This polarization has not changed since the Ataturk’s definitions of “tyrant and tyrannized nations” and Lenin’s definitions of “oppressing and oppressed nations”. There are a few nations that exploit the world’s resources, and there ...
On May 7 2020, Aydınlık revealed the details of French support and relations between the French Army and the Libyan National Army based on regional sources, showing them to be in violation of international law in Libya. At that time, about 60 French Armed Forces personnel provided training and intelligence support for Haftar. With the escalation of tensions between Turkey ...
The Ennahda party said it would reconsider its position against the coalition government of Tunisia over the alleged corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh. They have not made public details of what the party will do, but sources close to it have commented in the media that the party could suspend seven of its ministers, which would in fact ...
On July 7, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini arrived in Ankara to discuss defensive cooperation and the situation in Libya with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. This visit will be the second of a high-level Italian representative to Ankara related to the situation in Libya. On June 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey and Italy will cooperate ...
Today, after 108 years, Turkey is back in Libya. Despite the COVID 19 outbreak, Turkish warships have been flying their flags along Libya’s coast uninterrupted for the past four months. Since Turkey signed an MoU with Libya on November 27, 2019 to delimit the southwest portion of its Blue Homeland maritime border, the roughly 1000-mile zone between Marmaris/ Aksaz naval ...
After the Turkish-French incident off the Libyan coast, French President Emmanuelle Macron called the event further proof of “brain death” of NATO. He claims that Turkey’s line is incompatible with its status as a NATO country, accusing Ankara of a “dangerous game” in the region. “I believe today that Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya and is contravening ...
Diplomacy requires seeing an issue from the opposing side’s perspective and coming up with a reasonable offer well defending one’s own demands. Otherwise, the steps taken to ensure diplomacy is effective would not give the desired expectations, and the discourse would in effect remain a monologue. Diplomacy is the art of leaving a gap open for the other side to ...
The political agenda in Turkey last week included the march of the Bar Associations organized by lawyers,air strikes and field operations against the PKK by the Turkish Armed Forces, and new events in Libya. ELECTION PROTESTS OF THE JUDICIAL BAR ASSOCIATION The most striking topic of last week was a march from Istanbul to Ankara which was organized to protest ...
China-EU-USA: an attempt to reach an agreement Over the past week, Chinese and European diplomats have agreed on a joint video conference to cool tensions. After a string of accusations and scandals about the Coronavirus, this will be the first attempt at constructive negotiations. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European ...
The United States is paying increasing attention to the conflict in Libya. Although Washington is not currently a key external actor in the events, it is working hard to change that fact. The US Africa Command is becoming more active in Libya – both by exposing the alleged Russian supply of aircraft to the Libyan National Army and by agreeing ...