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The recent Turkey–Africa Cooperation Summit in 2008 marks the latest stage in Turkey's keen interest in developing relations with Africa, and should be seen as a turning point. [220] Turkey since its involvement in Somalia in 2011, is eager to be considered as a political actor in the continent.
Turkey has been building relations with its neighbors (including Iran and Syria), under a doctrine called 'zero troubles with neighbors'. These developments worried some Western observers that Turkey, [ 3 ] frustrated by its stalled EU accession drive among other things, is seeking to recalibrate its foreign policy, not just by moving closer to ...
After pivoting Turkey away from Western allies, President Tayyip Erdogan has changed tack with moves that have pleased the U.S. and upset Russia, a turnaround seen aimed partly at reversing his ...
The conflict between the Turkish government the Gülen movement is a major Turkey–United States relations issue. Gülen movement's possible involvement in the Ergenekon plot (trials) is controversial. [113] The investigation claimed to study an organization compared to Counter-Guerrilla. Accused were claimed to be the "deep state."
Turkey has taken no concrete steps towards meeting its stated desire to join the BRICS group of emerging economies but "a process is underway", the spokesperson for the country's ruling party said ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Monday stepped back from a threat to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western nations over their support for a jailed activist, defusing a potential ...
Until the latter half of the 1930s, Soviet–Turkish relations were cordial and somewhat fraternal. At the request of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Vladimir Lenin provided crucial military and financial aid to the Turkish National Movement in its struggle against the Ottoman monarchy and Western occupiers; two million gold Imperial rubles, 60,000 rifles, and 100 artillery pieces were sent in the ...
Erdogan, whose ruling party has roots in Turkey’s Islamic movement, has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians since coming into office in 2003. Show comments ...