Turkey and Iran carried out a joint operation against militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, said according to state-owned media. “We started carrying out an operation with Iran against the PKK on our eastern border this morning (and) will announce the result,” news agency Anadolu quoted… Continua a leggere
The failed coup in Turkey in 2016 transformed its internal politics and EU relations. But two and half years later, evidence is trickling out to support what the EU initially suspected – that president Recep Tayyip Erdogan knew what was going to happen and let it go ahead as a pretext to create one-man rule.… Continua a leggere
The European Union should formally suspend Turkey’s negotiations to join the bloc, EU lawmakers said on Wednesday in a symbolic rebuke of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who Western governments accuse of widespread abuses of human rights, reported Reuters Forging a common European Parliament position on Turkey’s long-stalled EU bid, lawmakers voted 370 in favor and… Continua a leggere
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused a women’s march in central Istanbul on Friday of disrespecting Islam by booing the Islamic call to prayer, reported Reuters. Thousands of women had gathered in central Istanbul on Friday evening for a march to celebrate International Women’s Day but police fired tear gas to disperse them.… Continua a leggere
Istanbul police fired tear gas at thousands of women who took to the city’s central avenue on International Women’s Day on Friday in defiance of a protest ban to demand greater rights and denounce violence, reported AFP. Security forces in riot gear pushed the crowds of women — some wearing colourful wigs and masks —… Continua a leggere
Turkey cannot become a member of the European Union, said Manfred Weber, the European Peoples Party’s (EPP) lead candidate for the upcoming European elections, adding that he would end accession talks if he becomes European Commission president, reported Reuters. Turkey says EU membership remains one of its top strategic goals even though accession talks, formally… Continua a leggere
Suleyman Soylu, Turkish Interior Minister told a rally of supporters that the Turks were the grandchildren of a great civilization, adding “we are not just Turkey,” and referring to other cities and countries in the Arab world, as he made a campaign stop in the southeastern Kurdish city of Diyarbakir to shore up support for… Continua a leggere
Statements made by Souad Sbai, president of Moroccan Women’s Association in Italy (ACMID): “I see with concern and apprehension what is happening in Algeria, where the protests blows up and where there has already been the first death. The Algerian people are exhausted; they have suffered the oppression of both, the Bouteflika’s authoritarian regime and… Continua a leggere
By Souad Sbai The Government of change does not change, in the sense that it continues to not change anything, even in relation to foreign and security policy, where Italy continues to follow its pro-Islamist drift. In the Report on Italy’s participation in the EU that was registered in Parliament, Conte shows the intention… Continua a leggere
Fethullah Gulen accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of destroying the Turkish democracy by achieving a stronghold on the country, confiscating major companies, and rewarding his “co-conspirators.” In an article published in the French daily US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen says: “Erdogan has destroyed [Turkish] democracy, which was good news for Turkey, by having… Continua a leggere
Turkish police on Monday launched operations to detain 110 more individuals, mostly soldiers, suspected of ties to the group blamed for the 2016 coup attempt, the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said. Tens of thousands of people have been held over alleged ties to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen since the failed coup while over 140,000… Continua a leggere
By Souad Sbai “The mosques are our barracks, the minarets are our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers”. These are the words that Recep Tayyip Erdogan preached a few years ago as Prime Minister, before succeeding in the assault on the Turkish presidency. It is a formula devised in 1912 by the Turkish Islamic nationalist… Continua a leggere
Aguila Saleh Issa, is a Libyan jurist and politician who is President of the Libyan House of Representatives since 5 August 2014. He is also a representative of the town of Al Qubbah, in the east of the country. Aguila Saleh, the speaker of Libya’s eastern parliament accused Turkey of supporting what he called terrorists… Continua a leggere
By Souad Sbai There are rumors about the possible breakdown of the marriage between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Egyptian members of the Muslim Brotherhood who found a safe haven in Turkey where they escaped to the anti-terrorist campaign carried out from Cairo. According to opposition sources based in Ankara and Istanbul, the recent extradition… Continua a leggere
Turkish police on Tuesday launched raids to detain over 300 people, including military personnel, suspected of ties to a group blamed for a 2016 coup bid, State media reported. Prosecutors in Turkey’s three biggest provinces – Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir – issued arrest warrants for 324 people as part of different probes into followers of… Continua a leggere
