Tag: Turkey
Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump, and Assassination
The Jamal Khashoggi debacle exposes the covert and diabolical activities of the United States and Saudi Arabia. What we are seeing here is that Trump is once again part of the Deep State, the very diabolical entity he presumably or superficially sought to destroy.
Can Russia, Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria form a counter NATO...
Jim W. Dean - VT readers know how much time we have spent watching Turkey with its roller coaster policy of supporting Syria.
NEO – Is the US Beheading the Turkish Economy as an...
The US continues to play its poker game of “Economic Show Down” with a growing list of unhappy countries.
Sanction “THIS”! – Qatar pledges $15bn of direct investments in Turkey
Jim W. Dean - Fifteen billion is nothing to sneeze at, as it is way more than Saudi Arabia ever did for Egypt during its financial crunches
NEO – Can America’s Neo-Manifest Destiny be Opposed by a Bigger...
Unilateralism, which the US champions, is an outdated way of conducting global politics.
NEO – Is Turkey fighting the European Union?
“The biggest mistake is that the Turkish military is not coordinating its operations with President Assad.”
Strange: Turkey Moving Against Israel in East Jerusalem
Investing in organizations and institutions based in East Jerusalem reportedly remains among Turkey's efforts to increase its influence in the city.
NYT bias and hypocrisy on display in Turkey election “analysis”
In the wake of Erdogan's predictable victory, the NYT should be apologizing for its delusional projection of a likely Ince win.
‘Turkey’s choice’ is not only Turkey’s
Israel and the US want a puppet in Ankara, one that will join against both Russia and Iran. Turkey's strategic position gives them considerable sway in regional relations.
Erdogan: Those Who Possess 15,000 Nukes are now Threatening the World
It seems Turkey may well have awakened, and now recognizes that playing it safe by hanging out with the US and Israel isn't going to work.
UPDATED: Intel Drop: After warning from VT, Turkey arrests Israeli trained...
This latest mass sacking of Turkish officers is a body blow to a military that lost a large number of officers and personnel in the wake of the 2016 coup attempt.
Exclusive: Israeli Assassins in Turkey Now, Erdogan Targeted
The US now believes that it cannot attack Iran without killing Erdogan first and that Putin, without Erdogan at his side, will back away from supporting Assad or offering further arms sales to Iran.
Turkey recalls ambassadors from US, Israel after 60 Palestinians killed in...
Turkish government also declared three days of mourning on Monday for over 60 Palestinians killed on the Israel-Gaza border.
VT Turkey: Adnan Octar Interview May 10,2018
Accused of conspiracy theories, having dancing girls on his television shows, and being real power behind throne in Turkey, Adnan Octar rolls on!
Turkish Army Jailing, Torturing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Afrin
The Turkish Army has arrested a sum of 3,000 civilians in Afrin ever since it occupied the city in Northwestern Aleppo.
Top diplomats reject military option as solution for Syria crisis
Syria, and its negotiating partners Russia, Turkey, and Iran, have an interest in solving the crisis peacefully.
Turkey will hand over Afrin to new Syrian government following elections
Turkey still holding NE Syria as a anti-terrorist buffer zone?
Erdogan calls Netanyahu ‘terrorist, occupier’ over Gaza carnage
Erdogan might be painting himself into a corner by going after Israel as an occupier.
Erdogan’s Turkey: When Knives Cut Both Ways
While Erdogan continues to play a dangerous international game between Russia and the NATO/ Israeli/ US alliance, his biggest future enemy walks the streets of his realm… the Turkish people. And he knows it.
Turkey will lay siege to Syria’s Afrin in coming days —...
Jim W. Dean - The Kurds have made another move on the North Syria chessboard in what appears to be a challenge to Damascus that, "we will get to Afrin before you do."
Commando Op underway at crash site to trace MANPAD rocket origin...
Jim W. Dean - it seems that being able to prove where the manpad came from has been voted a top Syrian-Russian priority that would justify risking the commando team to get it.
Kurdish Forces Use NATO Weapons Against Turkey
The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) launched a big counter-assault in the northwestern countryside of the Afrin region against the Turkish backed rebels in...
Turkey Launched Afrin Op to Bolster Its Role in Geneva, Sochi...
Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch is aimed to reach the objectives Ankara failed to achieve in the course of the Euphrates Shield campaign, Iraqi military...
Turkey wins showdown with US over Syrian Kurds
... by Press TV, Tehran
- First published ... January, 27, 2018 -
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says US military forces need to immediately withdraw...
Breaking: U.S. and Turkey Agreed on the Assassination of Kurdish Politicians...
... by Firas Samuri for VT
After Turkey had unleashed a military operation in the north of Syria it became clear that Erdogan is ready...
Manbij next, says Erdogan as Turkey warplanes bomb Syria’s Afrin
Editor's note: Turks serving in their own army have to tire of changing into terrorist uniforms to follow their ever changing foreign policy, this...
Turkey Should Not Point Fingers
Health Editor Note: I find it interesting that Ankara, clearly in Turkey, would report pollution in Iran reaching such unhealthy levels that schools had...
To the Muslim Puppet Leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran...
Now that unstable Trump has designated Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel, unfortunately there will be more violence and chaos. This unnecessary action is a slap in the face to all Muslims
Erdogan’s insomnia and NATO’s H-Bombs in Turkey
Recently, Pravda newspaper of Russia has reported that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been suffering from serious sleep deprivation and that he was yawning...
Turkey: “SDF Never Existed,” Arms all Went to Kurdish Terror Groups...
The revelations come amid repeated calls on Washington by senior Turkish officials, insisting on the cessation of weapons deliveries to the Syrian Kurds, which...
Breaking: Turkey issues arrest warrant for former CIA official Graham Fuller...
Jim W. Dean - Turkey has definitely raised the stakes of the game with this move. Don’t be surprised if we see arrest warrants issued for some Turkish folks due to this, like maybe those involved in marketing ISIS stolen oil from Syria,
Syria May Construct Railway Line to China, Turkey – Transport Minister
The Syrian Minister of Transport spoke with Sputnik about the extent of damage done to Syria's infrastructure and what future transport projects are lined...
Presidents of Iran, Russia, Turkey hold Syria talks in Sochi
Jim W. Dean - The post ISIS-defeat shadow-boxing continues to crank up with the latest Sochi meeting of the Syrian guarantors' ceasefire, absent the US of course, due to its blatant undermining of all those it had previously been a part of.
Updated: Two Generals One Coup, Original Story about Turkish Coup
There is something going on, that no one seems to be wanting a Secular Turkey. Does it tie in with Flynn and the Republicans?...
Ex-Trump aide Flynn plotted to kidnap Turkish dissident
Jim W. Dean - VT beat the Wall Street Journal on this story, and everybody else really, about Flynn being "in play", where senior retired generals and top security people have become more aggressive at cashing in on their government service.
Mueller Investigation has enough evidence to charge Michael Flynn
Jim W. Dean - These leaks of impending charges leaking out of the Mueller investigation could provide Trump a convenient reason to dismiss him on the grounds of not being able to control his investigators. So who do the leaks really benefit?
Turkey agrees to ‘only deal with Baghdad’ over oil exports
Jim W. Dean - As I watched the Kurdish people dance in the streets with joy, I was astounded to see the unconcern over losing their oil export revenue or control of their airspace and borders, even for imports.
Erdogan – Turkey will close border with Iraqi Kurdish region
Jim W. Dean - What I have been posing in my interviews over the last few days, that with only Israel supporting the Iraqi Kurdish separatist move, there will be no international group to oppose the sanctions that will be coming down on Kurdistan.
Iraqi Kurdistan vote poses direct threat to Turkish national security
Jim W. Dean - Turkey's main concern is seeing the referendum trigger an uprising in its own unhappy Kurdish regions, when it already has serious concerns with a Kurdish independent state being carved out on its southern border with Syria.
Russia, Iran & Turkey agree on final de-escalation zone in Idlib,...
Jim W. Dean - This was good but expected news from Astana, where all three guarantors are aboard the deconfliction arrangement not only by agreeing to it, but also manning checkpoints to layout and enforce the borders between the designated jihadis and "opposition" groups.