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Putin's political death or... Everything went down the drain? Erdogan supports Crimea
Although in March it voted for the United Nations General Assembly resolution demanding an end to Russian aggression, Turkey did not join the Western sanctions.
At the same time, however, it blocked the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles for the passage of Russian and other military ships into the Black Sea.
BIRN Fact-Check: Turkey Seen Missing Many of Erdogan’s 2023 Targets
With 2023 fast approaching, BIRN took a closer look at the targets President Erdogan set for Turkey in 2011, when the country was in a very different place both politically and economically.
Turkey’s Reichstag fire – Analysis
Explaining Erdogan’s long game
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Turkish Opposition to Run Joint Candidate Against President Erdogan
Leader of main opposition Republican People's Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C), candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party for Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas and Republican People's Party candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu greet their supporters in Ankara, April 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/STRINGER.
Turkey delivers shock rate cut despite inflation – Lira plunges
Central bank lowers benchmark after holding it since December – Economists expected no change, but Erdogan promised rate cuts
Israel, Turkey return to full normalization
Erdogan told a gathering of ambassadors in Ankara earlier that resuming full relations will “allow us to help our Palestinian brothers”
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Day 176 of the Invasion of Ukraine: At least 6 Killed in Russian Bombing of Kharkiv
Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:
Zelensky, Erdogan and Guterres will talk in Lviv
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Ukraine for a tripartite meeting. In a few hours in Lviv, he will meet with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey.
Turkey and Israel to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties
A Turkish Consulate employee outside its premises in Jerusalem, August 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/ATEF SAFADI
The two countries pledged to appoint ambassadors and consul generals, announcement that follows normalisation attempts by both sides in recent months involving high-level visits from senior officials.
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Greek footballers in Turkey gift jerseys to Ecumenical Patriarch – Turkish Nationalist leader Bahceli reacts (photos)
Erdogan’s government partner said that… “there is no ecumenical institution in Turkey”
Poles Raise Money to buy Bayraktar Drone for Ukraine
Ukrainian Ambassador to Lithuania Petro Beshta (L) and Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anusauskas attend the presentation of combat drone Bayraktar TB2 at Siauliai Airbase, Lithuania, 06 July 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/VALDA KALNINA.
Poles have so far raised about 14 of the 22.5 million zloty (4.6 million euros) needed to buy a Bayraktar TB-2 drone for Ukraine.