The Sultan 2.0 will heavily tilt east

It's not that Erdogan has a scheme to head east at the west's expense. It's just that the world's grandest infrastructure, development, and geopolitical projects are all in the east today.

Russia-Ukraine grain agreement set to expire: Turkiye

The agreement was initially renewed in March for an extended duration of 60 days

Washington investigates possible Turkish attack on US military in Iraq

The US personnel were accompanying Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leader Mazloum Abdi, whose convoy was attacked in a possible assassination attempt in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Charlie Hebdo under criticism over cartoon mocking earthquake in Syria, Turkiye

The cartoon illustrated damaged buildings, rubble, and a toppled car, captioned, 'No need to send tanks'

Turkiye torpedoes trilateral meeting with Sweden, Finland

In response to the indefinite postponement, the Swedish PM stressed his country wants to 'restart dialogue' with Turkiye in order to ratify their NATO bid

Turkiye cancels Swedish minister’s visit over Quran burning protest

The visit was aimed at addressing Turkey's objection to Sweden's bid to join NATO

Large deployment of Syrian troops, Turkish-backed militants at contact line

Following talks between Turkiye and Syria in Moscow, Turkish-backed militants have attempted to unite their forces and launch joint attacks against Syrian army positions

Turkiye denies sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

Turkiye initially sent US-designed cluster bombs to Ukraine in fall 2022, however, the allegations are denied by Turkiye and Ukraine

US ready to move forward with multi-billion warplane sale to Turkiye: Report

Turkish diplomatic efforts are being hailed for their 'effectiveness' in allowing the arms deal to go through

SDF resumes joint operations with US forces in northern Syria

SDF placed all joint-operations with US forces on pause after Turkiye shelled Syria's northern region for several weeks

Turkish-aligned factions plan for ground operation against SDF

While negotiations with Russia are ongoing, Turkish airstrikes have significantly decreased in recent days

US lawmaker accuses Turkish president of ‘wanting to annex’ northern Cyprus

Senator Bob Menendez says he will block a pending F-16 sale to Ankara over its attempts to annex Northern Cyprus

Turkey optimistic about US congress approval of new F-16 sale

Ankara taunted the US with the possibility of purchasing Russian Su-35 jets if congress didn't approve its purchase of F-16 fighters

Moscow offers to mediate talks between Erdogan and Assad: Turkish presidency

Syrian officials previously denied establishing contact with Turkey, which occupies large swathes of northern Syria with the help of extremist armed groups

Turkey, Israel to negotiate transport of gas to EU: Presidency

Chevron, Israel's NewMed Energy, and Ratio Oil are looking to increase natural gas production in the Leviathan gas field from 12 billion cubic meters to 21 billion cubic meters annually

Syrian FM denies mending ties with Turkey

Turkey is one of the main backers of various militant groups since the conflict started in 2011, and began its own direct military intervention in 2016

Erdogan will attend talks with NATO and Nordic representatives ahead of Madrid summit

Despite the upcoming talks between Turkish, Finnish, and Swedish delegations, Turkish presidential spokesman claims that Ankara's position will not change

Turkey bombs northern Syria, including positions held by US coalition

The bombardment came just hours after the Turkish president said his troops 'will clean up Tel Rifaat and Manbij'

The twists and turns of Erdogan’s foreign policy

A deeply NATO-entrenched Turkey is heading east, but not in the way you think. Erdogan's 'Asia Anew' strategy is all about Turkic primacy, and will likely be at odds with Chinese and Russian-driven integration plans

A silent Turkish-Russian standoff in Kazakhstan

Turkey's dream of a common army for Turkic countries may have been dashed by the quick Russian-led CSTO operation to subdue violent unrest in Kazakhstan early this year.