Tag: tragger
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Russian and Arab Money Won’t Save Erdoğan, Turkish Economist Says, mid-August 2022
The Turkish internet news site, DEMOCRAT HABER, on August 14, 2022, posted the remarks in a transcript format of a YouTube program during which one of the discussants maintained that the influx of money from Russia and/or Saudi Arabia could not overcome the effects of the current inflationary cycle in the Turkish economy. The remarks,…
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Sochi Economic Agreement Provides Life Support for Both Putin, Erdoğan, mid-August 2022 Greek report
My Comment: It turns out that strongmen, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, are in need of each other’s help in order maintain a facade of bravado in the face of the dire financial shortcomings in their economies. In the case of Russia, more than 30 years after the fall…
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Russia Agrees to Take Rubles for Natural Gas Deliveries to Türkiye, Early August 2022
The Greek language internet site News Break, on August 11, 2022 carried the following news item that describes an agreement reached between Moscow and Ankara to allow Türkiye to pay rubles for a certain portion of Russian natural gas imports. The article also mentions the two countries’ plan to significantly increase bilateral trade turnover. The…
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In Tense Atmosphere, German and Turkish Ministers of Foreign Affairs’ Discussion Reflects Turkiye’s Perception of Unfair Treatment by Greater European Community, late July 2022
This article was featured on the Greek language page of the internet news site, Euronews on July 29, 2022. Germany’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock was visiting the two neighboring countries of Greece and Turkey, which have conflicting interests in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far as natural gas drilling rights are concerned,…
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Following Zaho Attack, Baghdad Demands Turkiye Withdraw Troops from Iraq, Ankara Maintains Right to Defend Against Terrorism, late July 2022
The Turkish page of the German news provider, Deutsche Welle (DW), published an internet article on July 27, 2022, after the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting to address the July 20 artillery attack by as yet unknown perpetrators on the village of Perex, a northern Iraq tourist destination.[1] According to the DW report,…
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Attack in northern Iraq: Turkiye Points to the PKK, Baghdad Accuses Ankara
euronews Last updated: 21/07/2022 In the aftermath of an artillery barrage inflicted on a tourist location in northern Iraq by unknown perpetrators on July 20, 2022, the Turkish language page of the internet news site, euronews, carried a report of the incident, the last updated version of which was the following day and the one…
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Turkish Gambit and Kurdish Pawns; Turkiye’s Sudden Acquiescence of its “Unbending” Positions to Add Instability to Several Regions
Moscow, July 8, 2022, Institute RUSSTRAT Turkiye has opened a Pandora’s Box of issues by reneging on its declared intent to block the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO until those two countries extradited the Kurdish terrorists who had allegedly sought asylum there. This was the opinion of the Russtrat Institute, a conservative think…
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NATO, Finland, Sweden happy; Kurds, worried
This report was written by Brussels-based journalist Maria Psara for the internet news service, Euronews, and published on the site’s Greek language page on June 30, 2022, following the June 28 trilateral security agreement that was agreed to by Finland, Sweden, and Turkiye (as Turkey is now called). With security assurances in place regarding the…
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Turkish Citizens Seeking Refugee Status in Europe Spiked in Aftermath of July 15, 2016, Coup Attempt against Turkish President Erdoğan
While looking into the question concerning how many citizens of Turkey had received refugee status in EU countries over the 14-year span of 2008-2021, the publication Euronews on June 10, 2022, revealed that those numbers rose sharply after the attempted coup on the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 15, 2016. The investigative report,…
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Russian Thinktank Claims Ukraine Takeover First Move To Reintegrate Former USSR, Realign Geopolitical Spheres of Influence, late-March 2022
Although it was my endeavor to summarize as succinctly as possible, because of the length of the original piece, this post is somewhat lengthy. Hopefully, the length will not overwhelm the reader, nor the information, underwhelm! In my opinion, this article offers an opportunity to peer “behind the veil” and view, virtually, the thought processes…
The Dragon is Slain 