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Erdogan Threatens to 'Crush the Heads' of Kurdish Units in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to expand the operations against the Kurdish forces in Syria, as was the case against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Speaking at the parliamentary group meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Erdogan announced that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey's top diplomat to visit Israel on May 24 amid efforts to mend fences

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he will visit Israel on May 24 amid increasing efforts between the regional rivals to mend ties, four years after they expelled ambassadors.

Reuters

Turkey formally arrests journalist over posts on personal information leak

Turkish authorities jailed a journalist on Tuesday pending trial after he announced hackers had stolen personal information from government websites and shared some of it with him, including President Tayyip Erdogan's ID card, as proof, his lawyer said.

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Erdogan told Herzog he is "very upset" by injured or killed Palestinians

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he told his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog on Tuesday that he had been "very upset" by Palestinians injured or killed in the West Bank and Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Reuters

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party submits defence against 'political' case

Turkey's third-largest political party, the pro-Kurdish HDP, said on Tuesday the court case targeting it is the culmination of a political effort to break it up.

Reuters

Turkey says Erdogan, Israel's Herzog to speak after Jerusalem clashes

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will hold a phone call with Israel's President Isaac Herzog, after Israeli interventions on Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque last week, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia issues new surrender deadline for Mariupol as Ukrainians vow to fight on

Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a major offensive, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

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Turkey's Erdogan condemns Israeli 'intervention' at Al-Aqsa mosque

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he had told his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas that he condemned Israeli "intervention on worshippers" at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque and threats to its "status or spirit".

Reuters

Ankara earns new friends thanks to efforts to end Ukraine war

Ankara's support of Kyiv and diplomatic efforts to end the Ukrainian war has won plaudits from its western allies, including France, offering the hope of a reset of deeply strained relations.

Radio France Internationale

Turkey’s war with inflation: ‘Prices change daily and everyone is scared’

Erdoğan’s quixotic policies are putting pressure on prices, but now fallout from Ukraine is pushing the country towards crisis

The Guardian - UK

Trump, Putin and their kind: Going down

Old-guard autocrats like Trump, Putin and Erdogan can't control information — in the end, that will destroy them

Salon

The Age of The Strongman by Gideon Rachman review – a rogues gallery of autocrats

Putin is the archetype and role model for a generation of hardline populist leaders, from Bolsonaro to Trump

The Guardian - UK

Turkish women’s group targeted as Erdoğan fans flames of ‘culture war’

Attempt to close We Will Stop Femicide on moral grounds criticised as a ‘grotesque’ and divisive step as election looms

The Guardian - UK

How can Russia's invasion of Ukraine end? Here's how peace negotiations have worked in past wars

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unlikely to be resolved on the battlefield. An end to the bloodshed and destruction of Ukraine can be negotiated, but such negotiations need to be mediated carefully.

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Al Jazeera

Amid war fears, Ukraine stocked up on Turkish defence equipment

A report shows sales to Kyiv grew in January as analysts say Ankara’s position as a regional player is growing.

Al Jazeera

Are Turkish-Saudi relations set for a reset?

Signs of warming ties emerge amid Turkish diplomatic drive that coincides with major economic crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey's Current Account Deficit Reaches $5.15 Bln in February

Turkey's current account registered a deficit of $5.15 billion in February, more than double the amount in the same month last year, data from the central bank showed on Monday, as the soaring cost of energy imports widens the shortfall. Wiping out Turkey's chronic current account deficit, at $14.9 billion…

Reuters

U.S. says potential F-16 sale to Turkey would serve U.S. interests, NATO - letter

The Biden administration believes a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with U.S. national security interests and would also serve NATO's long-term unity, the State Department said in a letter to Congress that fell short of explicitly supporting the deal.

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Tunisia summons Turkish envoy after Erdogan’s comments

Turkish president criticised Tunisian counterpart for sacking parliament, calling it a ‘blow to the will of the people’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Calls Erdogan Comments on President’s Decree Unacceptable Interference

Tunisia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tunisia's leader dissolving parliament was "an unacceptable interference" in internal affairs. On Monday, Erdogan criticized President Kais Saied's decree dissolving parliament last week as a "smearing of democracy" and a blow to the will of the…

Reuters

Brazil denies extradition of opponent sought by Turkey's Erdogan

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an extradition request by Turkey for an opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and member of the Hizmet organization of cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Reuters

Tunisia calls Erdogan comments 'unacceptable interference' in internal affairs

Tunisia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on dissolving the Tunisian Parliament last week was "an unacceptable interference" in internal affairs, the state news agency reported.

The Guardian - UK

Selman Turk: the exiled businessman who gave Prince Andrew money

Turk, accused of embezzlement, was once in Turkey’s elite, but now lives in London due to association with Gülen movement

Reuters

Turkey, U.S. ready for attempt at fixing strained ties

Turkey and the United States announced the culmination of months of talks to set up a procedure for improving their strained ties, eyeing cooperation in the areas of economy and defence.

Reuters

Turkey's Erdogan says dissolving Tunisia'a parliament a smear on democracy

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed a move by Tunisia's leader to dissolve its parliament last week as a "smearing of democracy" and a blow to the will of the Tunisian people.

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