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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attended a meeting on Syria hosted by Saudi Arabia on Sunday. His counterparts from European countries, the Arab League and Syria’s new foreign minister were among the meeting participants in Riyadh. Before the main meeting of all ministers and representatives began, Fidan spoke at a meeting of Arab League ministers and highlighted that regional countries had a responsibility to steer the developments in Syria in the right direction. “As Türkiye, we are ready to help the people of Syria in this difficult path forward,” Fidan underlined. He also called for more international cooperation to achieve…
A presidential decree, published in the Official Gazette late Friday announced the appointment of several key positions within the Foreign Ministry, including deputy foreign minister and ambassadors. Zeki Levent Gümrükçü, Türkiye’s Permanent Representative to NATO, has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ahmet Rıza Demirer was named Director General of Bilateral Relations, while Tahsin Timur Söylemez will serve as Director General of International Mediation. Gülsun Erkul, previously a Foreign Policy Advisory Board member, was appointed as Director General of Energy, Environment, and Transboundary Waters. Refik Ali Onaner and Ali Rıza Güney were both assigned as Directors General of…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye has broken and dismantled the terrorist corridor that was being formed in northern Syria from four different points, as he warned the PKK/YPG to lay down their arms or face elimination. “Through our cross-border operations, We have broken and dismantled the terrorist corridor that was being formed in northern Syria from four different points,” Erdoğan told a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Aydın province on Friday. He noted that Türkiye has destroyed the terrorists at home and successfully established a wall to protect itself against attacks from the…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday promised to compensate for his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) unprecedented losses in last year’s local elections. “We will work wholeheartedly to make up for the road crash in the March 31 elections at the first possibility,” Erdoğan told supporters of the AK Party at a provincial congress in the western Denizli province. The party has held several conventions across Türkiye since October in an effort to promote Erdoğan’s postelection message that focused on “change” within the party, both in its cadres and policies. Several heads of the party’s local branches had…
More than 40 years of a campaign of terrorism by the PKK may come to a full stop if a new, ambitious plan suggested by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ally of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)-led People’s Alliance, succeeds. The “terror-free initiative,” as it is tentatively called by Bahçeli and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, aims to tackle the issue at a time of new regional opportunities and threats for Türkiye. The plan, at least for now, focuses on persuading the terrorist group to lay down arms while future steps will likely depend on…
Getting rid of terrorism in Syria will be among Türkiye’s key priorities in 2025, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday. “Türkiye has no intention of taking over any part of Syria,” Fidan told local and international media representatives in Istanbul. DETAILS TO FOLLOW…
Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to rekindle their fierce rivalry in a high-stakes El Clasico showdown for the Spanish Super Cup title on Sunday at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Having triumphed in the 2023 edition with a commanding 3-1 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona enter this year’s final seeking redemption for their crushing 4-1 defeat in 2024. In their earlier victory, goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski, and Pedri secured a memorable title in the post-Messi era. However, last year’s loss was marked by a Vinicius Jr. hat trick and a Rodrygo strike, leaving…
Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to rekindle their fierce rivalry in a high-stakes El Clasico showdown for the Spanish Super Cup title on Sunday at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Having triumphed in the 2023 edition with a commanding 3-1 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona enter this year’s final seeking redemption for their crushing 4-1 defeat in 2024. In their earlier victory, goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski, and Pedri secured a memorable title in the post-Messi era. However, last year’s loss was marked by a Vinicius Jr. hat trick and a Rodrygo strike, leaving…
Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will reportedly make his first foreign visit to neighboring Türkiye in the coming period. Al-Sharaa’s visit will be symbolic of the support Türkiye has given to Syria’s anti-regime forces during the revolution and he will be thanking President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to Iran’s Mehr News Agency. Neither Türkiye nor Syria has commented on the visit. Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan were the first to visit al-Sharaa in Damascus days after anti-regime forces led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took the capital and Bashar Assad fled to Moscow. Türkiye…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the importance of taking immediate action for the reconstruction of Syria, including lifting sanctions in the post-Assad period, as he spoke with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the phone on Thursday, the Presidential Communications Directorate said. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations, and regional, and global developments, including the Syria crisis. “Stressing the importance of taking action without delay to reconstruct Syria, President Erdoğan expressed his belief that lifting sanctions on Syria, along with Italy’s leadership in this matter, would benefit the process,” the directorate said in a statement.