Normalization and Merkel's uphill battle

Turkey and Germany need each other more than ever to address and manage common threats such as trade wars, migration issues and security strategies, to name but a few pressing issues

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Normalization and Merkel's uphill battle
Turkey and Germany Strategic partnership in the making

Turkey and Germany: Strategic partnership in the making

If Ankara and Berlin can overcome the challenges of recent years, a new strategic partnership could be in the making

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Almost everyone agrees that there is a need for serious change in the structure of the U.N. However, there is no agreement on the nature and the direction of this change

Turkey’s vision of humanitarian aid is not about aid packages or vulnerable people waiting in line, says Emine Erdogan

resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be in New York this week to hold a large number of bilateral meetings and address the United Nations General Assembly. Provided that Erdoğan speaks right after U.S. President Donald Trump, it will be interesting to compare the two leaders' remarks.

If Russia and Turkey can make the Idlib deal work, their cooperation in Syria will mean the two countries have crossed a strategic threshold

Idlib crisis ends with major diplomatic victory for Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. .

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Idlib crisis ends with major diplomatic victory for Turkey
Fortifying and nourishing Turkish-Russian relations

Fortifying and nourishing Turkish-Russian relations

Talks on Syria have brought Ankara and Moscow closer together, and are helping in developments and collaboration on other bilateral issues such as nuclear energy, natural gas, tourism and trade

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Regime leader Assad wants to claim victory over Idlib to prove he has Syrian lands under his control, says analyst

The upcoming municipal elections are starting to attract attention in Turkey.

However, the latest crisis in Syria can actually help revive relations, but only if the U.S. and Turkey can establish a meaningful conversation, effective channels for dialogue and the intention to work together toward common objectives.

It is crucial that the international community concentrates on diplomatic efforts to revive the political process, and it must also put more pressure on Russia, Iran and the Assad regime to prevent the imminent military offensive against Idlib

Turkey has been discussing the possibilities and limitations of pre-electoral alliances in the local elections for awhile now.

The Tehran trilateral summit did not result in the best solution to the crisis in Idlib, but it was a good starting point for the peace process

Earlier this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan along with a large delegation, including myself. The top two items on the agenda were the economic integration of the Turkic world and the fight against the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ).

The strained atmosphere between Turkey and the U.S. is not likely to change until Trump stops being a bully

By making this new proposal, Macron's goal is to prevent Russian pressure on Europe and keep Turkey in the EU's corner without granting the Turks full membership

There was a time when you could have called Turkey's relationship with the U.S. a "strategic partnership."

Whether Trump gets impeached or not, the international community will have to deal with the negative side effects of the impeachment process

For the past five years, the Western media has engaged in an endless "discussion" on Turkey.

The Trump administration's policy of economic selfishness doesn't just make the U.S. look like a vulgar and isolated superpower, but at the same time encourages the world's leading economies to work more closely together