Turkey
Tuesday 31 January 2023
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“There is neither a political discussion, nor a battle of ideas, nor a struggle for service.”
A political ban on Erdogan’s top political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, has direct impact on Turkish politics -
“The LPD-802 is capable of neutralizing any drone, regardless of the brand and firmware.”
Media hype is running strong about Russia’s supposed new answer to Ukraine's military drones. -
“Ukraine's 'hunger relief' for Africa goes to rich countries instead. … Why did all of East Africa only get one ship if they are so desperate for food?”
As of August 27, four ships carrying 154,640 tons of wheat had left Ukraine for Africa. Top recipients of wheat are Egypt, Indonesia and Bangladesh. -
“The two leaders emphasized their strong commitment to Libya’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national unity.”
Russia and Turkey, which back rival governments in Libya, have increased violence and destabilized the country. -
Iraq found evidence of artillery like that used by the Turkish forces nearby. The attack killed nine and injured 20.
“This [attack] is similar to normal terror moves of the [PKK]. We are not strangers to this. It is not possible for Turkey to do something like this.” -
“NATO is a security organization. We cannot accept that it includes terrorist organizations. These countries host the PKK and the YPG.”
Turkey’s opposition to Swedish, Finnish membership could leverage U.S. fighter jets, EU money for refugees, and a political boost. -
“There is law in this country, there is a judiciary in this country, and this judiciary has made and will make this decision in line with what it believes and knows so that what is right will prevail.”
Since the 2016 failed military coup, Turkey has restructured its judicial system to favor Erdogan’s ruling party. -
“The attempts to misrepresent the events that happened a century ago and politicize the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ are unacceptable.”
The Armenian genocide remains a stubborn, horrific historical reality that Azerbaijan and Turkey continue to downplay. -
“I wish success for our heroic soldiers involved in this operation, which we are carrying out in close cooperation with the central Iraqi government and the regional administration.”
In fact, Iraq’s government denounced the Turkish military operation against Kurdish militants. -
“Mr. President will run for the second time … President Erdogan’s candidacy is in question for the second time, not the third time.”
Turkey’s constitution limits Erdogan to two terms. But that doesn’t count terms served before he changed the constitution. -
“We have started a historic transformation in the economy by launching a process of growth in our country on the basis of investment, employment, production, exporting and current account surplus.”
Erdogan’s economic policies shook markets, shrank Turkey’s currency and drove inflation to a 19-year high by the end of 2021. -
“We have stood by women in their struggle for rights in every field, and we will continue to do so in the future. Hopefully, we will completely eliminate violence against women by strengthening our humanitarian and moral values.”
Rights watchdogs say Erdogan’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention to stop gender discrimination encourages abusers.