MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN IN UNITED KINGDOM
Erdogan visit cements Turkey as top strategic partner for UK @IBalkanNA
Erdogan visit cements Turkey as top strategic partner for UK /22 May 218
President Erdogans visit to the UK may have caused controversy with protesters condemning his …. balkaneu.com
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : EAST OF ALL THE WORDS ! – Turkey & Israel: Barking, biting, but still doing business
Cengiz Candar May 18, 2018 – AL MONITOR – Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Naeh holds his luggage as he prepares to leave Turkey, Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Turkey, May 16, 2018. While the recent diplomatic rift between Israel and Turkey indicates a further deterioration in relations, the Turkish government has avoided taking concrete steps that could directly hurt Israel, whereas the Israeli response to Turkey’s rhetoric was more detrimental and bitter.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN BUYS IN PUTIN’S SHOP – Turkey’s Russia Arms Deal Ratchets Up Tensions With US
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) – By John C.K. Daly – thearabweekly.com – 2018-05-20 15:21 GMT – Many Middle Eastern countries are also reassessing their dealings with Russia, none more so than Turkey, formerly a valued ally of the US within NATO.
Emblematic of the growing rift between Washington and Ankara is a loan agreement signed six months ago. Turkey agreed to buy four batteries of Russia’s S-400 advanced anti-aircraft missile system, with initial delivery of the systems planned for the first quarter of 2020.
Türkei – Roth zeigt Verständnis für Özil und Gündogan
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BUNDESTAGSCHEFIN & GRÜNE CLAUDIA ROTH PRO ERDOGAN
dpa, 20.05.2018 – 15:56 Uhr – Berlin – Bundestagsvizepräsidentin Claudia Roth hat Verständnis für den Auftritt der deutschen Fußball-Nationalspieler Mesut Özil und Ilkay Gündogan mit dem türkischen Staatschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan geäußert. Die Grünen-Politikerin bezeichnete die beiden Fußballprofis in einem Interview des Deutschlandsfunks als “mündige Bürger”. Özil und Gündogan hatten dem türkischen Staatspräsidenten Erdogan am vergangenen Sonntag in London Trikots ihrer Vereine FC Arsenal und Manchester City überreicht. Im Vorfeld des DFB-Pokalfinales hatten sich Özil und Gündogan mit Bundespräsident Steinmeier getroffen.
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : „UMSONST!“ – VIELE JAHRE LANG HATTE DIE KURDISCHE PKK SOWOHL CHAVEZ ALS AUCH MADURA HOFIERT
Türkei bereitet Freihandelsabkommen mit Venezuela vor: Maduro dankt auf ungewöhnliche Weise
RT Deutsch –20 Mai 2018 – Die Türkei und Venezuela haben ein Abkommen zur Förderung des bilateralen Handels unterzeichnet, das zu einem Freihandelsabkommen …
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DISTURBING BAD NEWS ! MADURO TO ERDOGAN
#Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro wishes success for #Erdogan in upcoming June 24 elections in #Turkey in a video conference that was released by Turkish state-run news agency. Maduro says June 24 is a historical day… 19 May 2018
#Erdoğan hat heute morgen #Maduro viel Erfolg für seine Präsidentschaftswahlen am 20. Mai in #Venezuela gewünscht und Maduro hat #Erdoğan einen Sieg bei seinen Wahlen am 24. Juni in der #Türkei gewünscht. #Freundschaft eben!
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN “NO PEACE TALKS WITH PKK”
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) – PKK peace talks not on Erdogan’s agenda, says spokesperson
By Rudaw 19 May 2018 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has no intention of re-opening peace talks with the PKK after elections, according to a comment from Turkey’s presidential spokesperson. “There is no such thing as a new peace process or an opening in the agenda of our president. The struggle of all of our citizens, including the Kurds, to overcome the persecution and oppression of the PKK terrorist organization, will continue with determination,” Ibrahim Kalin tweeted on Friday.
MESOPOTAMIIA NEWS : Congressional frustration with Turkey has reached a boiling point.
Congress puts US military sales to Turkey in jeopardy
Bryant Harris May 16, 2018 – AL MONITOR – Article Summary – Lawmakers in both chambers want to penalize the NATO ally for detaining an American pastor and signing arms deals with Russia. Congressional frustration with Turkey has reached a boiling point.After months of deferring to the Donald Trump administration and forgoing punitive measures for fear of worsening an already sour relationship with a NATO ally, lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands.House legislators last week attached a provision to a must-pass defense bill that would curtail major arms sales to Turkey over its impending purchase of the S-400 Russian missile defense system. Their Senate counterparts are gearing up to attach an even more severe weapons ban to their version of the bill.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE BREXIT TO ANKARA !
Turkey, UK aim for $20 billion in trade volume, Erdoğan says
13 May 2018 / Daily Sabah – “Trade has always been a locomotive in our bilateral relations, in the last 15 years the U.K. has invested over $15 billion in Turkey, that is a sign of trust,” Erdoğan said, with a joint goal of increasing trade volume from $16 billion to $20 billion and a potential free trade agreement in the works. He cited British-Turkish cooperation in defence industries as an example for more new ventures.
https://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2018/05/13/turkey-uk-aim-for-20-billion-in-trade-volume-erdogan-says
US pullout from Iran deal rattles Turkey’s Syria agenda
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TODAYS COMMENTARY BY SEMIH IDIZ
Semih Idiz May 15, 2018 AL MONITOR – Article Summary – Ankara faces a navigational nightmare in Syria as each new regional development seems to push its divergent objectives further apart. US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal has added new complications for Turkey’s two overriding quests in Syria: to see the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) defeated and President Bashar al-Assad and his regime ousted. These two aims were already headed toward incompatibility in the crosscurrents that have shaped this crisis.
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