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The saga of Sweden’s membership bid to NATO is getting a few more chapters this and next week.
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The saga of Sweden’s membership bid to NATO is getting a few more chapters this and next week.
Russia, it would seem, is desperate to create any drama it can when it comes to the Ukraine crisis. Putin has lost perhaps as...
Turkey’s elections are over, and the scramble now begins to get Turkey to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership at the alliance’s Vilnius summit. U.S. President...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking ahead to another five-year term. Erdogan won 52.15% of the vote this month in Turkey’s presidential elections,...
At best, trading F-16s and F-16 upgrades to Turkey in exchange for Erdogan lifting his veto on Sweden would be a pyrrhic victory.
Thirty years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan explained his goals: “Democracy is not our final goal,” he declared, “but rather a means to restore the civilization...
History was just made in Turkey. Last week the Turkish Air Force accepted its first deliveries of locally upgraded F-16 aircraft. Born out of...
Turkey’s presidential election is heading for a run-off, but the fix is in. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will win a second term, solidifying his role at...
He consider elections valid only if he wins, and will do everything necessary to remain in power if he loses. The only question now is what the...
America’s relations with Turkey – or Türkiye, as is becoming a more common spelling nowadays – have been on rocky roads during the dictatorial...