by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 23, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his call for a “terror-free zone” in the northern part of war-torn Syria on Saturday. He asserted that Turkey had a “goal” of forming “a 5,000-square-kilometer terror-free zone” surrounding Raqqa. Backed by...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 25, 2016 | Interviews
Ankara – Turkish former diplomat and current vice president of the Turkish Vatan (patriotic) Party, Ismail Haqqi Pekin, said that several meetings were held between Ankara and Damascus to normalize relations. In exclusive comments to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Pekin...
by Said Abdul Razzak Taha Abdul-Wahed and Adel AlSalmi | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara, Moscow, London-Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday that a solution to the Syrian crisis would come through the maintenance of the unity of Syrian territories and the participation of all Syrian people in determining the future of their...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Jul 27, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara-The Turkish government has approved a step to draft a new constitution in the wake of the recent failed coup. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim said that political parties had found enough common ground to draft a new constitution. In a press conference...