A new edition of the US publication Time Magazine features a cover image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungarian Prime MInsiter Viktor Orban under the headline “Rise of the Strong Men”. While Time is trying to imply the worst of the leaders mentioned, […]
A bill has been introduced in the US Senate with support of both Republican and Democratic Senators which aims to block the sale of US made F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The move comes after US officials previously threatened to sanction Turkey if Ankara follows through with its plans to […]
One of the first casualties in the war between alt-media and mainstream media has been the death of rational thinking when it comes to condemning any and all kinds of terrorism. Objectively, the PKK and its allies have taken more lives in Turkey than all acts of terrorism that have […]
The Turkish government has made the dramatic move of repatriating all of its gold reserves that are currently housed in the US Federal Reserve in a move that President Erdogan says will pave the way for Turkey conducting bilateral international trade in gold rather than US Dollars. This comes shortly […]
During the Cold War, European nations were the de-facto locations for summits between Soviet and US leaders. In 1975, the Helsinki Accords were signed in the Finnish capital in a move which saw Leonid Brezhnev, Gerald Ford and other world leaders sign an agreement wherein each side agreed to respect […]
The curious episode earlier this week of President Erdogan rebuffing Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s request to return Afrin to Damascus’ control was nothing more than a brilliant display of perception management by the Moscow diplomat and confirms his reputation as being one of the most skillful practitioners of this art […]
Turkey’s President Erdogan has confirmed that he has spoken to the US President and will shortly speak with the Russian President in an attempt to de-escalate a situation regarding which which many including the UN’s Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura have suggested could lead to a wider global conflict. Erdgoan […]