Turkey – Page 26 – Asia Times

A still from the Steven Spielberg movie 'The Post' that was released in 2018. Photo: Courtesy Fox Movies

AT Finance, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, Vietnam, World

A free press serves the governed, not governments

by Saikat Datta February 14, 2018

Turkish banknotes. Photo: iStock

European Union, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, World

Japanese investment on the rise in Turkey

by Altay Atli February 13, 2018

A Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighter. Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Assad quietly aids Kurds as Afrin mess drags on

by Asia Times staff February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

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China will not fall into the ‘Thucydides Trap’ with India

by Pepe Escobar February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018, at Hassa, in Hatay province. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Uneasy quest for Turkish-US compromise on Syrian Kurds

by Emanuele Scimia February 9, 2018

Children from the"Orang Rimba" tribe -- whose name translates as "jungle people", who have been converted to Islam and given up their nomadic ways, wearing Islamic skullcaps and hijabs as they gather to recite the Koran, in the Batang Hari district of Jambi province.
Photo: AFP/Goh Chai Hin

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What’s in a name in Indonesia?

by Aisyah Llewellyn February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A still image obtained from social media shows the wreckage from a Russian military plane shot down by rebel forces near Idlib, Syria, on February 3. Photo via Reuters

Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russian-Turkish axis in Syria faces meltdown

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump applauds during his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Pool

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After a year of Donald Trump: good news and bad news

by Norman A. Bailey February 6, 2018

Deep inside the Catacombs of Paris. Photo: iStock

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Guidance from the Ghost of Richelieu

by Spengler February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Kurdish fighters in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Photo: Reuters / Khalil Ashawi

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A Turkish war of America’s making

by Barak Barfi February 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Hong Kong's Philippine Consulate is located at the United Center Building in Admiralty. Photo: Google Maps

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Filipina maids warned against recruiters in Turkey, Russia

by Asia Times staff February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Source: Bloomberg

Iran, Middle East, Turkey

Turkey’s trade deficit balloons 64% in December

by David P. Goldman February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army members hold flags on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Turkey, Kurds play king of Syrian hill

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

A screen shows stock market prices inside a brokerage in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: Reuters / Pichi Chuang

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Emerging markets head different ways on central bank headlines

by David P. Goldman January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. Photo: Retuers/Eric Vidal

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Pentagon’s new strategy at odds with Trumplomacy

by Emanuele Scimia January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

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Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US forces could be caught in the crossfire if Turkish President Recep Erdoğan makes good on his vow to attack Kurdish forces in Manbij. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US blinks under Turkish pressure in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose

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Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

America’s Syrian humiliation is worse than it looks

by David P. Goldman January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018, at Hassa, in Hatay province. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

US sends mixed signals after Turkish move on Syrian Kurds

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reviews a guard of honour as he arrives at a meeting in Kutahya, Turkey, on January 20, 2018. Photo: Kayhan Ozer / Presidential Palace / Handout via Reuters

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Dilemma for the US as Turkey attempts Kurdish squeeze

by John Burton January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers in a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, with flame cutters breaking parts of a shipwreck. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

Shipbreaking in Asia: profit at a price

by Alan Boyd January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The curtain has gone up on the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, World

When it comes to Davos, it’s inequality, stupid

by Pepe Escobar January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends the funeral ceremony, in Ankara, of Musa Ozalkan, a Turkish soldier who was killed during the operation against Syrian Kurds in Afrin region. Photo: Kayhan Ozer / Presidential Palace / handout via Reuters, January 23, 2018

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey re-enters Syrian endgame with ‘smart power’

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Turkish soldiers and tanks are pictured in a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey, on January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Osman Orsal

Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey’s moves against Kurds in Syria give Putin a new headache

by Asia Times staff January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

People hold flags and carry a banner reading 'We condemn and denounce the attacks of the Turkish government against our people in Afrin' during a protest against Turkish attacks on Afrin, in Hasaka, Syria, on January 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Rodi Said

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Russia faces complex choices on how to play the Kurdish card

by Khalid Ibn Muneer January 22, 2018

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Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Reservoir Dogs in Syria

by David P. Goldman January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) in Singapore in s file photo Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey

Golden era for Malaysia-Singapore ties

by Nile Bowie January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

An LNG terminal in Yangkou Port in Nantong city, which is in China's Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

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‘Make Trade, Not War’ is China’s daring plan in the Middle East

by Pepe Escobar January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, wearing a military uniform, gestures as he delivers a speech on November 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, European Union, France, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

Duterte reaches for unlimited, unending power

by Jason Castaneda January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

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