Sol W. Sanders Whether Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan survives the current crisis, the legend of “The Turkish model” is dead. The implications of the loss of Turkey’s image abroad, particularly in the Islamic world, may be far more important than the explosion of corruption scandals which always cynical Turkish voters may take in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Turkey became the lead financier of Hamas. Israeli sources said Turkey replaced Iran as the leading financial backer of Hamas since 2012. The sources said the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has overseen the transfer of up to $250 million a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ANKARA — Turkey has been seen as withdrawing from NATO. Turkish analysts said the decision by Ankara to select a Chinese ballistic missile defense system marked a major step away from the Western alliance. They said Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was instead promoting Turkish relations with China and the Gulf Cooperation […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has played down the prospect of expanded energy cooperation with Iraq’s Kurdistan. Officials said Turkey has not yet completed energy agreements with the Kurdistan Regional Government. They said Ankara sought to involve the Baghdad government, which opposes KRG deals with third countries. The officials also said Baghdad tried to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — China, selected for the first major defense project in a NATO member, has long cooperated with Turkey in the development of ballistic missiles. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said Turkey, with the second largest military in NATO, has been working with Beijing for nearly 20 years on missile […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has urged Turkey to reopen a Christian school shut down more than 40 years ago. Congress has issued a call for Turkey to allow the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s theological school of Halki. The school was shut down in the aftermath of the military coup in […]
Sol W. Sanders Syria, like one of those mysterious black holes in space, is irrevocably sucking its neighbors and the major powers into an unknown vortex that could lead to regional war – or more. Historical analogies are rarely valid but one has to recall a royal assassination at Sarajevo, the Nazi Luftwaffe bombardment […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Turkey has been challenging Israel’s military throughout the Mediterranean. Military sources said Turkey has used its Navy and Air Force to disrupt Israeli operations around the Mediterranean. They said the Turkish Air Force and Navy harassed Israeli warplanes during patrols and exercises over the last six months. “They are […]
Sol W. Sanders The U.S. is transfixed by the Obama administration’s massively bungled attempt to nationalize one sixth of the economy, the health welfare system. But the rest of the world watches the slow motion unfolding of another debacle: the loss of post-World War II American leadership of the worldwide alliance for peace and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has been questioned over Turkey’s links to Al Qaida in Syria. The parliamentary opposition has formally submitted a request for the Erdogan government to detail alleged links with Al Qaida-aligned militias in Syria. The opposition has sought to determine whether the purported Turkish aid facilitated war […]