MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NUCLEAR ERDOGAN EN MARCHE – Putin In Ankara In First Foreign Trip Since Election Win
April 03, 2018 07:32 GMT – RFE/RL – RADIO FREE EUROPE – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Ankara and is set to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of his first trip abroad since winning reelection last month.The Kremlin said that Putin and Erdogan would follow a groundbreaking ceremony for Turkey’s first nuclear power plant via video conference on April 3. The facility is being built with Russian collaboration.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : PUTIN / ERDOGAN = DIE NEUE ACHSE SÜDOSTEN
Spannungen mit dem Westen schweißen Putin und Erdogan zusammen
Handelsblatt – 3 April 2018 – Die Türkei und Russland haben ihre traditionelle Rivalität und die Differenzen über regionale Angelegenheiten beiseite geschoben und ihre wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen belebt. Im Dezember verabschiedeten sie ein Dokument, mit dem die Türkei das russische Langstrecken-Raketen-Abwehrsystem …
Treffen in Ankara: Russland und Türkei rücken enger zusammen – t-online.de
Erdogans „rote Linie“: Territoriale Integrität der Türkei im Visier des Westens? – Sputnik Deutschland
Putin zu zweitägigem Staatsbesuch in der Türkei eingetroffen – DIE WELT
Putin in Ankara Ahead of Meeting on Syria
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TOP OF THE AGENDA / IMPORTANT MEETING !
3 April 2018 – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in Ankara, where they will follow the ground-breaking ceremony for Turkey’s first nuclear power plant (RFE/RL), built with Russian support, over video conference, the Kremlin said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will join the pair on Wednesday to discuss trilateral efforts to negotiate an end to the Syrian conflict (Hurriyet).
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS: ERDOGAN’S “MIT” OPERIERT NUN OFFEN IN EUROPA / VERSCHLEPPUNG VON GUELEN ANHÄNGERN
Kommandoaktion gegen Gülen-Anhänger im Kosovo Erdogans Geheimdienst ergreift Gegner in Europa
02.04.2018, 17:48 Uhr – – Susanne Güsten – TAGESSPIEGEL BERLIN – Der türkische Präsident Erdogan lässt Gegner jetzt auch durch den eigenen Geheimdienst im europäischen Ausland verfolgen. Wie gefährlich leben sie hier?
Türkische Sicherheitskräfte haben erstmals in einem europäischen Land mutmaßliche Regierungsgegner festgenommen und in die Türkei gebracht. Bei einer Kommandoaktion des Geheimdienstes MIT im Kosovo griffen sich türkische Agenten sechs Mitglieder der Bewegung des Predigers Fethullah Gülen. Der Fall dürfte weit über den Kosovo hinaus Schockwellen auslösen: Ankara ist wegen der aus türkischer Sicht mangelnden Kooperationsbereitschaft der Europäer offenbar entschlossen, europäische Regierungen zu umgehen und notfalls illegale Wege einzuschlagen, wenn es um die Bekämpfung der Gülen-Bewegung geht.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE END OF THE MOHICANS – Turkey’s only Kurdish newspaper forced to end print edition
2 April 2018 – AHVAL – Turkey’s single remaining Kurdish-language newspaper is closing its print edition and moving all of its content online.
The decision by Rojnameya Welat, comes in the aftermath of police raids to the offices of the pro-Kurdish Ozgurlukcu Demokrasi newspaper and its Gun Printing House on March 28.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DER GROSSE FLÜCHLINGSBLUFF – EU BARES FÜR NOTHING
EU-Türkei-Deal Der große Bluff
Die EU verkauft den Flüchtlingspakt mit der Türkei als Erfolg. Bei der Umsetzung jedoch hakt es. Projekte liegen brach, Partner werden von der Türkei schikaniert.
Von Sebnem Arsu, Craig Shaw, Maximilian Popp und Zeynep Sentek – DER SPIEGEL – Samstag, 31.03.2018 17:15 Uhr
Mehrere Stunden lang stritten Spitzenvertreter der EU und der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan am vergangenen Montag im bulgarischen Warna über Pressefreiheit, Rechtsstaatlichkeit, den Krieg in Syrien. Lösungen, das bekannte EU-Ratspräsident Donald Tusk, brachte der Gipfel keine. Nur bei einem Thema waren sich beide Parteien, wie üblich, erstaunlich einig: dem Flüchtlingsdeal.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN’S MANN BEDANKT SICH BEI PUTIN / DIE KOSTEN FÜR DAS RIESIGE PKK OFFICE IN MOSKAU HABEN SICH NICHT AMORTISIERT
31 March 2018 – #Erdoğan-Berater İlnur Çevik: Wenn Russland den Luftraum nicht geöffnet hätte, wäre es für uns nicht möglich gewesen #alBab und #Afrin zu betreten, oder auch Drohnen einzusetzen.
Erdoğan’ın Başdanışmanı İlnur Çevik: Rusya hava sahasını açmasaydı insansız hava aracı bile uçuramazdık – Cumhurbaşkanlığı başdanışmanı İlnur Çevik, Türkiye’nin Fırat Kalkanı operasyonu ve Zeytin Dalı Harekatını Rusya’nın desteği sayesinde yaptığını söyledi. Çevik “Rusya hava sahasını açmasaydı bırakın El Bab’a ve Afrin’e girmeyi, insansız hava aracı bile uçuramazdık” dedi.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS RECOMMENDATION : “THE GERMAN SPIRIT!” ! – Soon to be released: Studien zum modernen Orient, vol. 30
This book explores the roots of the German-Ottoman Alliance in the run-up to WWI in papers and wartime activities of the very influential key figures Ahmed Emin and Ernst Jäckh.
Moreover, the author describes the construction of the »German spirit« and how German nationalism was adopted by Turkish nationalist thinking. Sevil Özçalık – Promoting an Alliance, Furthering Nationalism / Ernst Jäckh and Ahmed Emin in the Time of the First World War
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ENTGEGEN ALLEN EXPERTEN-VORHERSAGEN ! Türkei meldet 7,4 Prozent Wirtschaftswachstum –
SPIEGEL ONLINE – 29 März 2018
Nach einer Wachstumsdelle wegen des Putschversuches 2016 hat sich die türkische Volkswirtschaft im vergangenen Jahr extrem dynamisch entwickelt. Das türkische Statistikamt gab das Wachstum im Jahr 2017 mit 7,4 Prozent an. Zum Vergleich: China hat für das abgelaufene Jahr ein Wachstum von …
Mehr als 7 Prozent Wirtschaftswachstum in der Türkei – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Offiziell boomt die Türkei – Deutsche Welle
Wirtschaft in der Türkei wächst stärker als erwartet – Handelsblatt
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : JAMES MATTIS US & TINA KAIDANOW – NEW US POLICY WITH ERDOGAN ?
Mattis: PKK has killed innocent Turks
By Rudaw 28 March 2018 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — US Secretary of Defense James Mattis made it clear where the Defense Department stands with regards to the PKK, whether in Turkey, Syria, or Iraq.
“The PKK, as you know, is a designated terrorist organization by the United States. They have killed innocent Turks,” Mattis said during a press conference on Tuesday.”There a threat against the PKK elements up in the Sinjar area. Now, this is across the border [from Syria], up in way north, north Iraq,” acknowledged Mattis.
This week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the country should not harbor foreign fighters. He also said the PKK has left Shingal, and local PKK-affiliated groups are to be absorbed into the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF).A large convoy of Iraqi Army forces arrived in Shingal on Tuesday in a bid to replace the withdrawing PKK.On Wednesday morning, the Shingal division of the Peshmerga and Ezidkhan Protection Units, composed of local Yezidis, began a standoff with the Iraqi Army and Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitaries over their insistence on entering a Yezidi holy shrine.
The Yezidi forces blocked the Iraqi Army and Hashd forces, which are trying to enter the shrine under the pretext of protecting it. The shrine is considered the second most holy Yezidi site. Turkey considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to be the Syrian offshoot of the PKK, which both groups deny. The YPG formed the backbone of the US-led international coalition’s ground partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), liberating “nearly 100 percent” of the lands ISIS once controlled in Syria.
“But bottom line is, right now, we have open dialogue with the Turkish government right now. We’re working it and we’re working it forward. We’re not stuck on anything right now. And, so far, as you’ve noticed, there’s been no move on Manbij,” said Mattis.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the United States reneged on an agreement to remove YPG elements from Manbij. He has also threatened to go to Manbij, where the US military has a visible presence, after Turkey finishes its assault on the Kurdish canton of Afrin.
“In the Afrin area, the Turkish forces are consolidating. There have been reports of looting in the town by some of the elements that came in to Afrin, in Afrin city itself, and a lot of people made refuge there. There has been no move against Manbij, and we continue our dialogue with the Turkish authorities about how do we sort this out,” said Mattis.
The US State Department, currently in a transition period until current CIA head Mike Pompeo is confirmed by the senate and without a permanent ambassador in Turkey, sent Ambassador Tina Kaidanow to the Middle East on Wednesday. Kaidanow is the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs and will visit Ankara and Baghdad for a week.
Erdogan will host a summit with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 3-4. Kaidanow will discuss bilateral defense trade and security cooperation, according to the office of the State Department spokesperson.
“She will meet with representatives from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, and the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries to share US perspectives on bilateral and regional security issues as part of the US-Turkey Defense Trade Dialogue, and will hold a roundtable discussion with representatives from major US and Turkish defense manufacturers,” read the statement.
In Baghdad, Kaidanow will meet with Iraqi officials to discuss regional security issues and US security assistance programs. “These programs reflect our continued commitment to helping Iraq improve its security, maintain its sovereignty, and continue the fight against remaining ISIS terrorists, while supporting the long-term development of modern, accountable, and professional Iraqi security forces capable of defending Iraq and its borders,” added the statement.The US, by supporting the ISF, including the Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region, and the SDF in Syria, have effective control of most of the Iraq-Syria border, in addition to support from their Jordanian partners in the south.
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