A case of never letting a “good crisis go to waste” often attributed to Winston Churchill It’s quite a stretch to make this claim but it plays on a long implanted narrative Gallier2 gallier2says: December 24, 2022 at 12:06 pm•Edit Paris, today. Kurdes are a little bit upset. The latest ‘The murder of Kurds in […]
Tag: Turkey
First, a trip down memory lane. Years back I’d hoped for this type of an outcome with regard to Syria. Yup, I wanted to see Turkey, Syria and Iran work this out, for themselves. If Russia was going to help, that was okay with me. Turkey and Syria should be good neighbours, the neighbours they […]
https://web.archive.org/web/20190127013159/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/russiaturkeysyria-2019-adana-agreement.html https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russia-positive-on-turkeys-plans-to-secure-its-borders-fm-cavusoglu-140741 I’ve written about and mentioned the Adana agreement on more then one occasion here at the blog- One extensive post on the topic, from 2016, will be re-linked at the bottom of this report. Cavusoglu is suggesting the 1998 Adana Agreement was discussed at the Erdogan(Turkey) – Putin (Russia) talks. Russia positive on […]
“Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first to call for a return to the agreement during his meeting with his Turkish counterpart” Yes, he did! Years ago. Covered at my big tech censored site way back. But those previous reports will be brought forth here. This region of the world has always fascinated me. Centered […]
Can pretty much always count on this man for a good read! November 28 2022 The series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Syria by Turkish jets in the past week come amid heightened concerns over Ankara’s threat to launch a ground operation. Such actions are not without precedent, yet have thus far achieved little in […]
an oped from Andrew Korbyko at Rio Times Worth reading. The New Cold War that the US provoked has suddenly taken an unexpected turn whereby that declining unipolar hegemon is now backstabbing its Turkish mutual defense ally as punishment for its leadership’s independent foreign policy. The US is actively waging a Hybrid War of Terror […]
Turkey has begun retaliatory strikes against PKK targets in northern Syria. The media is treading carefully on the reporting. However, it’s clear that Turkey struck a military base in occupied Syria. One of the many military bases the US shares with it’s PKK counterparts Turkey carries out deadly strike on base used by Kurdish group […]
The deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, was set to expire on Saturday, and will now continue for at least another 120 days. This deal applies to Russian and Ukrainian grain, fertilizer etc., Legacy western media only addresses one side of the deal. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he welcomed the agreement by […]
Including only the most relevant information. The rift is a chasm. And has been for a good long while now Spectator UK However, the standoff has also fueled a deepening divide between the country and the West, as Erdogan regularly accuses the US of supporting the Marxist PKK. Last year, he blasted President Joe Biden’s […]
Reuters Talks between Russia and the United States took place in Ankara on Monday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/kremlin-says-us-russian-spy-chiefs-meeting-in-turkish-capital-held-at-request-of-us/2737899 The undisclosed meeting of the heads of the CIA and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service was held in the Turkish capital Ankara at the request of the US, the Kremlin […]