MESOPOTAMIA NEWS Book review section of Middle East Policy, volume XXV, no. 2 (Summer 2018 – BY MIDDLE EAST POLICY COUNCIL
Turkey’s July 15th Coup: What Happened and Why, ed. by M. Hakan Yavuz and Bayram Balci. The University of Utah Press, 2018. 344 pages. $24.95,paperback.
Review by Michael M. Gunter, Tennessee Technological University
On the evening of July 15, 2016, elements of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the Turkish government of democratically-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (1954- ) whose roots were in political Islam. The coup perpetrators mobilized over 10,000 armed men, deployed tanks and soldiers on key bridges in Istanbul, seized the state television channel, took hostage the chief of the Turkish General Staff, employedaircraft to strike the Turkish parliament and several other government buildings, butfailed to capture Erdogan.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TODAYS QUOTATION : THE SULTAN’S WORDS
Why is it always George (American) and Hans (German)? “George and Hans cannot defeat us,” says Erdoğan http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/george-and-hans-cannot-defeat-us-says-erdogan-132506 … via @HDNER 28 May 2018
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ANOTHER MAJOR STEP ERDOGAN & PUTIN
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Russia and Turkey end dispute over terms of gas supplies | https://ahvalnews.com/node/15923 Another landmark agreement signed btw Russia and Turkey. www.mesop.de
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Aron Lund @aronlund 1 hour ago – 27 May 2018 – After years of screaming insults at the United States and spitting in the general direction of NATO, Erdogan is baffled to find that some American politicians no longer think it is unproblematic to sell top-modern military tech to Turkey. @JackDetsch_ALM: F-35 sale to Turkey runs into congressional buzz saw
Jack Detsch May 25, 2018
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Putin: Turkey has right to choose its military aircraft
MESOPOTAMIA : ERDOGAN BUYS PUTIN’S STUFF / FORGET ABOUT NATO
As member of NATO, Turkey decided to buy the best of its class with S-400 missile defense, says Russian leader
27 May 2018 – By Emre Gurkan Abay – ST. PETERSBURG – Anadolu Agency – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Turkey has the right to choose its own military aircraft, amid Ankara’s deal to buy missile-defense systems from Russia.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : PKK -Demo in Köln Polizei untersagt Auftritte türkischer Oppositionspolitiker
26.05.18, 14:18 Uhr
Demonstration von Kurden am Samstag den Auftritt zweier türkischer Oppositionspolitiker untersagt. Nach Angaben eines Sprechers hat der Versammlungsleiter das Verbot akzeptiert. Nordrhein-Westfalen setzt damit eine Vorgabe des Auswärtigen Amtes in Berlin durch. Demnach dürfen ausländische Amtsträger drei Monate vor Wahlen in ihrem Heimatland in Deutschland keinen Wahlkampf betreiben. Die Kurden wollten am Samstagnachmittag in Köln gegen den Militäreinsatz der Türkei in Nordsyrien protestieren.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE ORTHODOX UNORTHODOX ERDOGAN – The unorthodox theory behind Erdogan’s monetary policy
Marc Edward Hoffman May 25, 2018 – AL MONITOR – Article Summary – Economists and investors are not buying the controversial economic theory invoked by Turkey’s president to justify low interest rates in the face of high inflation and the lira’s collapse. Although international observers have come to decry Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, they have also tended to treat his rule as a boon to the economy based on the assumption that he is ultimately a pragmatist who guarantees more stability than the alternatives. For example, when the June 2015 election delivered a hung parliament and raised the specter of political deadlock, markets went into a tailspin and remained volatile until November, when snap elections returned a majority for Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS „TOTALER KURSVERFALL“ : Die Türkische Zentralbank kann die Lira nicht stützen
Von Christian Geinitz , Wien – FAZ – Aktualisiert am 25.05.2018-18:27
Eine abermalige Zinserhöhung der türkischen Notenbank ist verpufft. Die Landeswährung Lira verliert weiter an Wert. Das könnte den Wahlerfolg von Präsident Erdogan gefährden.Die Türkei hat an den Finanzmärkten derart viel Vertrauen verspielt, dass selbst hektische Rettungsversuche den Kapitalabzug nicht aufhalten können. Auf einer Krisensitzung am Mittwochabend hatte die Zentralbank den Zinssatz für Spätausleihungen (LLW) um 3 Prozentpunkte auf 16,5 Prozent erhöht, nachdem die Landeswährung Lira an den Tagen zuvor von einem Tiefstand zum nächsten gefallen war.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : GREATER ISRAEL WILL BE SOON COMING ! / TRUMPS NEXT GIANT GIFT
Exclusive: Israeli minister says U.S. may soon recognize Israel’s hold on Golan
Dan Williams – 23 Mai 2018 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is pressing the Trump administration to recognize its sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday, predicting U.S. assent could come within months. Interviewed by Reuters, Intelligence Minister Israel Katz described endorsement of Israel’s 51-year-old hold on the Golan as the proposal now “topping the agenda” in bilateral diplomatic talks with the United States.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : HOW FAR WILL ERDOGAN GO IN SYRIA-KURDISTAN
Turkey’s de-escalation efforts around Idlib come with risks
Metin Gurcan May 21, 2018 AL MONITOR – Article Summary – Turkey has erected its final observation post in the Idlib region, but many unknowns and potential hazards remain. Turkey completed its final Syrian de-escalation military outpost May 16, wrapping up the project in Jisr al-Shughur, a town that abuts Turkey’s Akcakale border crossing and that is notorious as the local hub for Salafists and jihadis from Central Asia and the Xinjiang region of China.
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