By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt There is no doubt that Cairo and Ankara have made great strides in strengthening their relations. The summit between Presidents Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave tremendous momentum, prompting some to talk about a new regional order in the Middle East. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine such a regional order in ...
The agenda in Türkiye was as packed as ever. Last week, Türkiye was shaken by the protest of 15 young people putting a hood on the head of a US soldier in the city of Izmir. Another prominent development was Türkiye’s application to join BRICS. And lastly, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Türkiye made headlines. Hood on the ...
By Islam Farag, reporting from Cairo, Egypt Last February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Egypt, a remarkable development given years of friction between the two countries. During his important visit, Cairo and Ankara signed several agreements in the fields of tourism, culture and education. At that time, the two presidents agreed to develop a working relationship on various issues, ...
Last week in Türkiye, the top agenda item was a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hamas leaders. The visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri to Türkiye, in connection with the hot agenda in the Middle East, was another agenda item. The credit agreement reached with the World Bank was also on the economic agenda. Meeting between Erdoğan ...
Israel continues committing genocide in Gaza. More than thirty thousand people have been killed so far. However, the responses of the states in the region to Israeli aggression have been limited, without a significant impact over the course of Israel’s actions. “Limited” moves against Israel Government officials in Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the first place, made statements targeting ...
By Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo gains its importance not only from the fact that it is the first to Egypt by a Turkish president in 12 years and after years of acute tension, but also from the fact that it comes at an extremely dangerous time in which fears ...
Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt It seems that normalizing relations between Cairo and Ankara has already been completed, according to the expression of Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan. There was a major breakthrough in relations between the two countries after years of tension, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which was held in Qatar in ...
By Andrew Korybko The global systemic transition to multipolarity, which predates Russia’s special operation but was unprecedentedly accelerated by it, is leading to increased stability in West Asia-North Africa despite Western fearmongering forecasts to the contrary. Far from regional fault lines worsening to the point of open warfare or at least an even more intense cold war between traditional pairs of ...
It seems that all the major players in the Middle East have come to the conviction that diplomacy and dialogue are the best ways to resolve the differences between them. They consider this approach a way to exclude chances for those who benefit from disputes among them. Egypt, Iran and Türkiye, among others, represent active and influential countries in their ...
Last week witnessed important developments in Türkiye’s electoral agenda and international relations. The candidates nominated by the Nation Alliance sparked controversy, especially within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) grassroots. Apart from the electoral agenda, the Turkish Navy fulfilled one of its most important projects. The launch of TCG Anadolu, the world’s first drone carrier ship, left its mark on the ...