Turkey

On October 29, 2019, the United States House of Representatives voted 405 – 11 to recognize the Armenian Genocide of April 24, 1915. This act will have repercussions, in particular for United States – Turkish relations, and for the future ...

The current JAP (Joint-Action Plan) pertaining to the readmission of irregular migrants to Turkey has raised several debates among experts. Many of them claimed that the plan is a “dead duck” and it is futile to take further steps. However, both the EU and Turkish ...

urkey has defied warnings from Russia, Iran and their local allies in Syria by seeking a deal with the United States and continuing to support insurgents as they clashed with government forces in the restive northwestern province of Idlib. A ...

Erdogan – The once-great strategist he was when it comes to power struggles in the domestic scene is now having troubles finding the balance between his personal political gains and the sacrifices he has made in order to make such ...

Tensions between the United States and two key allies in NATO , Germany and Turkey, threw a chill on Wednesday’s celebrations of the Alliance’s 70th anniversary, despite calls for “unity” in the face of the Russian “threat”. However, everything had ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on 27th of March that “the time has come” for the former Basilica of Saint Sophia in Istanbul to become again “a mosque”, considering that its transformation into a museum had been a “very ...

YoungDiplomats decided to publish an interview of Roland Lombardi specialist on the Middle-East. Columnist: Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from Syria. Russia will therefore be the main force in this particularly troubled region. Will it be ...

This October, Turkey’s first ever drilling vessel was dispatched 60 nautical miles off Antalya. The main purpose of the expedition was to look for potential hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean. While giving an official statement, Turkish energy minister Fatih ...

The Turkish president is threatening to mount a new incursion into northern Syria, accusing the United States of failing to tackle the security threats Turkey faces in the region. Turkish commando units were deploying Friday to the border with northeastern ...

Things are not going well for Riyad, accused of killing Jamal Khashoggi, an exiled columnist in Turkey. YoungDiplomats gathered you quick information you need to know about this diplomatic issue. The facts : Jamal Khashoggi is a columnist who wrote ...