MESOP MIDEAST WATCH With F-16 deal in limbo, Erdogan-Biden meeting postponed to Glasgow

Following a diplomatic row this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters Tuesday he would seek to confirm a divisive F-16 deal with US counterpart Joe Biden at the COP26 conference in Glasgow. weiterlesen / click to continue

MESOP MIDEAST WATCH :Turkish media erupts with news of Iran spy arrests — three weeks late

The victorious headlines ran in all the pro-government print news media, which are in desperate need of good news amid the deepening economic crisis.

Pinar TremblayOctober 26, 2021 AL MONITOR All pro-government news stations in Turkey simultaneously aired the same story

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Die Türkei – Machtpoker vs. Frankreich – ohne Sieger – Von Ronja Kempin*

In: integration 3/2021, Jg. 44, September 2021, S. 177-188

In the summer of 2020, Franco-Turkish relations deteriorated dramatically. Since then, Paris has accused Ankara of deliberately influencing the Turkish diaspora in France in order to undermine the values of the French Republic.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:  quo vadis ERDOGAN?

24Oct: Some believe President Erdoğan’s decision to expel 10 western ambassadors lays the groundwork for a snap general election. Others say a referendum is imminent. A reminder to those in the latter camp: the government has neither the seats nor obvious partners to call a referendum.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH : ‘RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS’ VITAL TO ‘RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE’

In rebuke, US demands Israel explain terror listing for Palestinian NGOs

State Department says it was not informed of move ahead of time, appears to join others casting doubt on Jerusalem’s stance that rights organizations served as fronts for terror

By JACOB MAGID 22 October 2021, TIMES OF ISRAEL –

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MESOP NEWS “TIMES OF ISRAEL DEBATE” – PM: YIGAL AMIR, NOT THE RIGHT OR RELIGIOUS, MURDERED RABIN

Lapid: Rabin assassin’s ‘ideological heirs’ are serving in Knesset today

At parliament memorial for slain PM, FM swipes at Netanyahu, who brokered the deal that made a Kahanist an MK; opposition chair responds that left is abusing Rabin’s memory

By TOI STAFF18 October 2021,

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: ERDOGAN’S GUN BOATS

19-102021 – Mitsotakis referred to Turkey’s harassment against the Nautical Geo research ship and the illegal drilling by Turkey in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone as incidents that “leave no room for misinterpretation of Ankara’s intentions”. #EastMed

 

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Mitsotakis’ with Sisi and Anastasiadis: Turkey’s gunboat diplomacy doesn’t belong in the 21st century greekcitytimes.com/2021/10/19/mit

#greece #greek #greekcitytimes

 

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:Turkey’s spy bust escalates rivalry with Iran -Iran and Turkey are increasingly rivals in the Caucasus and in Iraq.

Fehim TastekinOctober 18, 2021 AL MONITOR –

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:Coalition commander says ISIS still a threat in meeting with Kurdistan PM

The US general also “reiterated that ISIS still poses a real threat in Iraq and Syria.”  Kurdistan 24 17.10.2021  Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani during a meeting with the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, Maj. Gen. John Brennan on Oct. 17, 2021.

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MESOP MIDEAST: „MEINE FREUNDIN… DIE TEURE KANZLERIN! (ERDOGAN)

17.10.2021 DIE WELT-“Aus diesem Grund ist für uns als deutsche Regierung eine enge, konstruktive und vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit mit der Türkei wichtig.” Sagt Steffen Seibert zum letzten Besuch Merkels in der Türkei. Kein Wort zur Unterdrückung, Repression, Verfolgung.

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