Turkey
Sunday 18 April 2021
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Courage Foundation
Activist organization
“It is now well established that some senior inspectors involved with the investigation, one of whom played a central role, reject how the investigation derived its conclusions …”
Read more...An alleged coverup by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons regarding Syria’s chemical attack at Douma was debunked in 2020. -
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The relevant authorities in the Kingdom took all possible measures within our legal system to ensure that these individuals were properly investigated and to ensure that justice was served.”
Read more...The Saudi trial in the Khashoggi murder case was conducted in secrecy. Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman has not been held accountable. -
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Suleyman Soylu
Turkish Interior Minister
“It is blatantly clear the United States is behind July 15. It was FETO [Gulen organization] who carried it out on their orders.”
Read more...There is no evidence the United States was behind the 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan. The U.S. condemned the coup. -
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Daily Sabah
Turkish pro-government daily
“Meanwhile, while sanctioning the Assad regime, the U.S. continued its massive financial support for the YPG terrorists in 2020.”
Read more...The U.S. supported the Kurdish YPG's fight against ISIS terrorists. Washington distinguishes between Syria-based YPG, and the PKK that operates in Turkey -
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TASS
Russian state news agency
"Recognizing the important role of the United States and its capability to solve regional issues, Syria and Russia have offered the US side to use the Damascus platform ... The answer was no and there was unfounded criticism of those who are really contributing to returning Syrian citizens back home.”
Read more...The U.S. has little on-the-ground presence in Syria now, and many Syrian refugees fear returning to Assad regime-controlled territory. -
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Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
“We abide by international law. We respect international law. We did not take revenge on civilians, we will never take revenge on civilians.”
Read more...While Azerbaijan’s president claims Armenia committed war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh, the evidence shows both sides ran afoul of international law. -
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Turkish Foreign Ministry
“As a matter of fact, it is known that there is no such a movement called ’Grey Wolves‘, whose dissolution was announced today by the French Government.”
Read more...The Grey Wolves is affiliated with Turkey’s right-wing Nationalist Movement Party and its existence is well-documented. -
![Hikmet Hajiyev]()
Hikmet Hajiyev
Advisor to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
“Armenia's kamikadze dron[e] was successfully destroyed by Azerbaijan's air defence forces. Dron[e] was whirling around civilian area. More civilian lives saved. Armenia's state terror continues.”
Read more...The drone appears to be a HAROP, an Israeli-made model used by Azerbaijan’s forces, not those of Armenia. -
![Hikmet Hajiyev]()
Hikmet Hajiyev
Adviser to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
“Rumors of militants from Syria allegedly being redeployed to Azerbaijan is another provocation by the Armenian side and complete nonsense.”
Read more...There is some evidence that Syrian fighters are in Azerbaijan, although the numbers cited by Armenian sources are questionable. -
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Turkish Foreign Ministry
"We categorically reject both the baseless allegations of human rights violations claimed against the Syrian opposition … as well as the groundless criticisms by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights leveled against Turkey …”
Read more...The U.N.’s detailed report identifies specific Turkish-backed units for alleged atrocities. Contradicting Turkey, it also faults Kurdish forces. -
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Global Times
Chinese Communist Party newspaper
"Xinjiang has rid itself of chaos, and people have been living a normal and stable life. This is reality. The vocational education and training centers have contributed to the situation, which is not hard to understand. But the political and opinion elites in the US and the West refuse to face up to the reality.”
Read more...China’s mass detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang “re-education camps” sparked a backlash over Disney’s “Mulan.” Reuters says China banned coverage of the film. -
![Mahmut Gul]()
Mahmut Gul
Vice Chair of Yeni Refah Partisi (New or Re-Welfare Party)
"[T]he countries belonging to the Western culture do not sign the convention for moral reasons and those who signed it keep on withdrawing from it."
Read more...45 countries and the EU signed the EU Convention on protecting women against violence, and 34 of them ratified it. None have withdrawn from it, but Turkey and Poland are considering doing so.
