Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again affirmed “everything is done” regarding Turkey’s moving forward with its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, despite persistent condemnations and threats from Washington. Echoing similar statements of the past weeks in the face of US ultimatums […]
Erdogan on Track to Lose Turkey’s Biggest Cities in Shock Poll Upset…
Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party was on track on Monday to lose control of Turkey’s two biggest cities, Istanbul and Ankara, in a stunning local election setback that could complicate the president’s plans to combat recession. While official vote tallies and Turkish broadcasters put the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidates ahead in both […]
Syria: Erdogan, Rouhani, Putin Attend Tripartite Summit to Discuss Syria…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin are attending a tripartite summit on Syria in the Russian city of Sochi, Deutsche Welle reported Feb. 14. While one stated purpose of the summit is to draft a post-conflict constitution for Syria, the three leaders will likely focus on Turkey’s […]
Turkey Detains More Than 700 Over Alleged Links to 2016 Coup Bid…
Turkish authorities detained 729 people in nationwide raids Tuesday over alleged links to a group blamed for a failed coup in 2016, the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said. Officials had sent to authorities in 75 provinces the names of 1,112 people under investigation over suspected ties to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen and his movement, […]
Venezuela’s Gold Diplomacy Gamble…
As Venezuela’s oil industry has plummeted with sanctions and economic collapse, President Nicolas Maduro has turned to his country’s other mineral wealth: gold…
1,200-Year-Old Bible Reportedly Recovered from Smugglers in Turkey…
Turkey officials found an ancient Bible believed to be 1,200 years old in a dramatic operation that was caught on camera. The ancient text is in a frail condition, made of leather with gold lettering, and religious symbols and motifs appear on the pages. Police recovered the ancient Bible as part of an anti-smuggling operation on […]
Mysterious Turkish Company Helped Maduro Sell $900 Million in Gold…
Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro sold off some 40% of Venezuela’s gold reserves last year as he struggled to keep his floundering government afloat, according to Bloomberg. But with the noose of US sanctions growing ever tighter, Maduro struggled to find buyers. Which is where a mysterious Turkish gold broker came into play. In a report […]
A Turkish ‘Security Zone’ in Northeast Syria Is a Bad Idea…
U.S. President Trump wants U.S. troops to leave northeast Syria. His National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to sabotage that move. Trump came up with idea to hand northeast Syria to Turkey, but soon was told that Turkey would fight the Kurdish YPK/PKK who the U.S. armed and used […]
Someone’s Finally Going to Jail Over the Panama Papers Leak: a Turkish Journalist Who Reported True Facts from Them…
A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Pelin Ünker to 13 months’ imprisonment for her participation in reporting the Panama Papers, a massive leak of documents from the tax-evasion enablers Mossack-Fonseca. Ünker published the true (and undisputed) facts about former Binali Yıldırım and his sons, whose ownership of Maltese companies was revealed in the leaks. Despite […]
Bank of England Boss: China’s Renminbi Will Rival the Dollar as Global Reserve Currency…
The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the greenback. Global tensions caused by economic sanctions and trade conflicts triggered by Washington have forced targeted countries […]
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