As always, Türkiye had a packed agenda last week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s visit to Iran and the statements he made there topped the list. Pope Francis’ visit to Türkiye and his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was another major headline. The visit of Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani, linked to Türkiye’s ongoing “Terror-Free Türkiye” process also sparked ...
Last week in Türkiye, the process of talks with the imprisoned PKK terrorist organization’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, initiated by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader and AKP’s coalition partner Devlet Bahçeli, continues. US’s elected president Donald Trump made statements about Türkiye’s role in Syria. Another important topic of the week was the new wave of price hikes coming with the new ...
Turkish President Erdoğan claimed that Israel threatens Türkiye’s national security. The Turkish parliament held a closed session about the issue, where the government informed the parliamentarians on the confidentiality basis. We asked Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired Lieutenant-General of the Turkish Armed Forces and former Head of Intelligence at the Chief of Staff. Pekin described in which ways Israel could pose ...