Turkey

Jan 2, 2016, Finian Cunningham, Strategic Culture The year ended, appropriately, with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan flying to Riyadh to hold a summit with Saudi King Salman. The meeting had the air of two leaders closing ranks after a year of setbacks. As the old adage puts it, misery needs company. …

Nov 24, 2015, RT The video posted online shows armed men around an alleged Russian pilot who seems to be unconscious and immobile. His face is bruised and bloodied. The men seem to be happy and are praising Allah, with some regretting that they hadn’t burned him on the spot. …

  LIVE UPDATES HERE Nov 24, 2015, RT A Russian Su-24 fighter has been shot down in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding the plane hadn’t violated Turkish airspace and was flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters. “During the flight, the aircraft was flying within the borders of …

Oct 10, 2015, Dissident Voice [and In Gaza] [in Polish] -by Eva Bartlett Over the past five years, the increasingly ridiculous propaganda against President al-Assad and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has ranged from the scripted (OTPOR fomented -“revolution“) “peaceful protesters under fire” rhetoric, to other deceitful lexicon like “civil …

Aug 10, 2015, Dissident Voice It’s fairly obvious to keen observers that Turkey’s Recep Erdogan is not the moderate reformist he once pretended to be, back when Turkey harbored fantasies of joining a surging European Union. In the end, the EU’s temporizing about Turkey’s entry turned out to be a …

Aug 8, 2015, Strategic Culture At a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the White House on Aug. 4, US President Barack Obama stated that Syria needs a «realistic political process» to settle its internal armed conflict, which would «lead to a stabilizing of the country and a transition …

Aug 2, 2015, New Eastern Outlook It is late July 2015, and the media is abuzz with the news that Turkey will allow US jets to use its bases to bomb Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria. There is much talk about how this development is a “game-changer,” and how …

Jul 27, 2015, Taylor Report CLICK HERE to listen “Gowans comments on President Bashar Al-Assad’s July 27 speech that focuses on the Western massive and endless hypocrisy, for example: (1) The Western powers hiding behind the word “terrorism” when they are attacked, but changing the label to revolution, freedom or …

Jul 27, 2015, Press TV A Western official has confirmed the existence of clandestine business links between Takfiri ISIL terrorists and the Turkish government. In a report published on Sunday, The Guardian quoted an unnamed senior Western official as saying that evidence on direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking ISIL members …

Jul 24, 2015, Press TV, interview with Dan Welch Turkish Foreign Ministry says it has given the green light to the United States to use its air bases in the southern belt, for attacks against the ISIL terrorist group in Syria. The Turkish prime minister has defended the decision. Ankara …