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The former head of Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency Hakan Fidan (C) standing in Ankara on December 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Turkey’s spy chief enters politics over Erdoğan’s protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2015 | World

Ankara, Bloomberg—Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s intelligence agency and a close confidante of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for more than a decade, has decided to enter politics in a move that Erdoğan said he opposed. Fidan’s resignation February 7...

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Former Istanbul’s chief of police, Huseyin Capkin (C-R), leaves after he was removed from office after overseeing a wave of high-profile bribery arrests this week, Istanbul, Turkey, 19 December 2013. Capkin is among several high-ranking police officers to be sacked in the aftermath of dawn raids that resulted in mass arrests, including the sons of three ministers, for alleged bribery involving public tenders as well as illegal dealings with the Iranian government to circumvent international sanctions. EPA/STR

Turkish prime minister says corruption raids “dirty operation”

by Thair Abbas | Dec 19, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the arrests of a number of people close to his government in a corruption inquiry amounted to a “dirty operation” against his government. A total of 52 people, including three...

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A handout picture made available by Iranian presidential official website shows Iranian president Hassan Rowhani (R) greeting Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the presidential office in Tehran, Iran, on 27 November 2013. (EPA)

Turkey, Iran reach common position on Syrian crisis

by Thair Abbas | Nov 28, 2013 | Middle East

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ankara and Tehran reached agreements on bilateral cooperation in several fields, including the Syrian crisis and Egypt, this week during Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s visit to the Iranian capital. In a joint press...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Turkey’s International Balances

by Samir Salha | Oct 23, 2013 | Opinion

We do not know if David Ignatius has been waiting patiently for over four years to avenge himself on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who walked off in anger from a panel that he was hosting at Davos in 2009. However, what we do know is that the famous US writer, and one of the...