by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 11, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would boycott US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass, holding him responsible for a US-Turkish row over the issuance of visas. During his visit to Belgrade, Erdogan said Turkey no longer regarded ambassador...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced on Tuesday that his country’s military operations in rebel-held Idlib in neighboring Syria are aimed at curbing the flow of refugees towards it. “The reason for our activities is to prepare the groundwork and prevent a...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara- Turkish reactions rejecting the referendum on the independence of Kurdistan region of Iraq, which is scheduled for next Monday, have continued. At a time when Ankara continued its warnings, hundreds of Turks and Turkmen demonstrated in Istanbul Sunday,...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday Kurdish President Masoud Barzani of going ahead with the independence referendum on September 25. He said in a television interview: “Barzani will clearly see how sensitive we are to the vote after the...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 10, 2017 | Business
Ankara- The Turkish government plans to establish mega industry bases in five regions, each of which is expected to have at least 3,000 hectares of land. Giant investments are expected to significantly reduce the country’s current account deficit, while...
