TR Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

[Kartal1]

President Erdoğan welcomed Iranian President İbrahim Reisi with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan also attended the welcoming ceremony held for the President. President Erdoğan had a one-on-one meeting with his Iranian counterpart Reisi.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1750161838904398195

 

[Kartal1]

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa​

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning​

Mahmut Geldi |13.03.2022 - Update : 14.03.2022

ISTANBUL

Yemen on Sunday condemned “in strongest terms” the attack against the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial carried out by Houthi elements in the capital Sanaa.

In a statement, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said the action cannot harm the “fraternal relations between the brotherly countries of Yemen and Turkey.”

On Saturday morning, Houthi elements in Yemen attempted to demolish the memorial in the war-torn country's capital, according to local media.

The memorial was opened in 2011 by former Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who came to Yemen on an official visit.

It was built on the former site of an Ottoman barracks, memorializing the empire's soldiers who lost their lives in Yemen for 400 years.

Source below:

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

 

[Ryder]

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa​

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning​

Mahmut Geldi |13.03.2022 - Update : 14.03.2022

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ISTANBUL

Yemen on Sunday condemned “in strongest terms” the attack against the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial carried out by Houthi elements in the capital Sanaa.

In a statement, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said the action cannot harm the “fraternal relations between the brotherly countries of Yemen and Turkey.”

On Saturday morning, Houthi elements in Yemen attempted to demolish the memorial in the war-torn country's capital, according to local media.

The memorial was opened in 2011 by former Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who came to Yemen on an official visit.

It was built on the former site of an Ottoman barracks, memorializing the empire's soldiers who lost their lives in Yemen for 400 years.

Source below:

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

Houthis are Zaidi shias the Zaidis fought the Ottomans numerous times.

So im not surprised with this.

 

[Afif]

Interestingly, some of the Ottoman empire's former territories seems to cherish that part of their history. Also, the interesting use of language like 'friendly and brotherly country' is noticable. While with british we......

It also shows the empire was unique and different compared to other European colonial powers.

I think there should have been a state institution in Turkey capitalizing on soft power & Historical ties to advance common foreign goals and shared interests. (With close coordination with the foreign & trade ministries) Something like British Commonwealth? We could call it...let's say, 'common heritage foundation/association' or some other fancy name like that. You get my point. It may seem only symbolic and not very significant in practice, but these things are built over the years and still matters.

I wonder if anybody thought about it. Or is it not feasible within Contemporary political setting and institutional arrangement in Turkey? Maybe sounds too revisionist politically that State wouldn't want to get involved in?

 

[B_A]

I know this is off-topic, but I can't help saying two things about this east-west belonging: We are not Europeans. Even though we established states and sovereignties in Europe continent before most European civilizations even emerged. We are no longer Asians, even though our origins are Asian and we have deep traces, empires, orders in almost all parts of the continent. These modern Turks west of the Caspian, in the Black Sea and Mediterranean basin, are everything in between these two civilization blocks. Turks are in fact first and foremost one of the heirs of the intermediate zone and the element that sustains this phenomenon. We are not only the heirs of the Turkish state lineage, but also the heirs of all the past civilizations in our lands, which the west ignores, but the bloodline is in our society. We are a continuation of intermediate zone state order, and everything we stand for and everything that forms the strong foundations of our state orders derives from this.

It is not for nothing that 19th century European modern historiography based its entire civilization on a silly constructs, which today turns out to be mostly bullshit. Asia Minor, the entire Anatolian, Levant and Black Sea basin civilizations, starting even before the Hittites, are completely ignored. Even the scientific advances attributed to whole European civilization in history are a mass of plagiarism, stolen from a vast geography, from Andalusia in the west to Egypt and Asia Minor in the east to the Asiatic empires, if you extend the time span to the Enlightenment.

This lands there to be plundered for both blocs. The lives of their people do not matter and their states must be subjugated. For this, their history must be denied, their state kept on the brink. Because, history has repeatedly shown that these places, where everything is born, have the potential to completely reverse the roles when they reach a strong and independent order.

We were Asian in classical era terms,which meant Anatolian, Levant and middle asia.

But since Far East civilizations and Indian subcontinent and SE asian civilizations also join the Asian.

There are no longer typcal Asian.

We should using the term of Turkic/Turan civilization.

 

[Rodeo]

Interestingly, some of the Ottoman empire's former territories seems to cherish that part of their history. Also, the interesting use of language like 'friendly and brotherly country' is noticable. While with british we......

It also shows the empire was unique and different compared to other European colonial powers.

I think there should have been a state institution in Turkey capitalizing on soft power & Historical ties to advance common foreign goals and shared interests. (With close coordination with the foreign & trade ministries) Something like British Commonwealth? We could call it...let's say, 'common heritage foundation/association' or some other fancy name like that. You get my point. It may seem only symbolic and not very significant in practice, but these things are built over the years and still matters.

I wonder if anybody thought about it. Or is it not feasible within Contemporary political setting and institutional arrangement in Turkey? Maybe sounds too revisionist politically that State wouldn't want to get involved in?

Read some about TİKA and their works

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Afif]

Read some about TİKA and their works

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks, that is actually great. Something like that needs to evolve into an international
accociation/cooperation with direct participation of friendly sovereign states. Hopefully, we will see that one day.

 

[Scott Summers]

Mos

Interestingly, some of the Ottoman empire's former territories seems to cherish that part of their history. Also, the interesting use of language like 'friendly and brotherly country' is noticable. While with british we......

It also shows the empire was unique and different compared to other European colonial powers.

I think there should have been a state institution in Turkey capitalizing on soft power & Historical ties to advance common foreign goals and shared interests. (With close coordination with the foreign & trade ministries) Something like British Commonwealth? We could call it...let's say, 'common heritage foundation/association' or some other fancy name like that. You get my point. It may seem only symbolic and not very significant in practice, but these things are built over the years and still matters.

I wonder if anybody thought about it. Or is it not feasible within Contemporary political setting and institutional arrangement in Turkey? Maybe sounds too revisionist politically that State wouldn't want to get involved in?

I always advocated for this. Turkey lacks a oldboys network or servant infrastructure in their former territories/colonies like the Brittish and French still have.

France and UK really keep the lines short between theirselves and the former colonies.

Turkey instead is like the Netherlands, they hate their foreign territories and never established a network there.

 

[Scott Summers]

Iran, Turkey sign 10 cooperation documents

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Iran and Turkey inked 10 cooperation documents with the aim of increasing investment and economic cooperation and in relation to regional issues, especially the situation in Gaza.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raeisi in Ankara on Wednesday.

In the presence of the two presidents, Iranian and Turkish high-ranking officials including ministers signed 10 cooperation documents.

These documents of cooperation were inked in the field of railways, energy exchange, and establishment of joint commercial and communication zones.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/211272/Iran-Turkey-sign-10-cooperation-documents

 

[Anastasius]

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa​

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning​

Mahmut Geldi |13.03.2022 - Update : 14.03.2022

View attachment 65024

ISTANBUL

Yemen on Sunday condemned “in strongest terms” the attack against the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial carried out by Houthi elements in the capital Sanaa.

In a statement, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said the action cannot harm the “fraternal relations between the brotherly countries of Yemen and Turkey.”

On Saturday morning, Houthi elements in Yemen attempted to demolish the memorial in the war-torn country's capital, according to local media.

The memorial was opened in 2011 by former Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who came to Yemen on an official visit.

It was built on the former site of an Ottoman barracks, memorializing the empire's soldiers who lost their lives in Yemen for 400 years.

Source below:

Yemen 'strongly' condemns Houthis’ attack on Turkish memorial in Sanaa

Houthi elements attempted to demolish memorial in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday morning - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

Wait, why does it say "built on the former site of an Ottoman barracks"? That building is still there, it's the general staff HQ of the Yemeni army IIRC.

 

[B_A]

Wait, why does it say "built on the former site of an Ottoman barracks"? That building is still there, it's the general staff HQ of the Yemeni army IIRC.

Didn’t it built in the empty ground space of the barrack?

 

[Kartal1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1750822919209374119

 

[Strong AI]

Exclusive: Canada to re-start Turkey arms exports after Sweden NATO backing -sources​

ISTANBUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada and Turkey have reached a deal to restart Canadian exports of drone parts in exchange for more transparency on where they are used, and it would take effect after Ankara completes its ratification of Sweden's NATO bid, two sources told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-re-start-turkey-arms-exports-after-sweden-nato-backing-sources-2024-01-26/

 

[BaburKhan]

Exclusive: Canada to re-start Turkey arms exports after Sweden NATO backing -sources​

ISTANBUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada and Turkey have reached a deal to restart Canadian exports of drone parts in exchange for more transparency on where they are used, and it would take effect after Ankara completes its ratification of Sweden's NATO bid, two sources told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-re-start-turkey-arms-exports-after-sweden-nato-backing-sources-2024-01-26/

Meanwhile turkish Companies Produce Engines, FLIR that fit on tactical Drones with high Resolution. For what Turkey need their Components ?

Maybe Canada need the Tech from Turkey!

 

[Asena_great]

@Zafer i read your post about Atatürk statue in Kazakhstan what is your problem dude ???

 

[Zafer]

@Zafer i read your post about Atatürk statue in Kazakhstan what is your problem dude ???

I don't want some one to be bossing around with the Turkish nation, totally unacceptable.

 

[Asena_great]

I don't want some one to be bossing around with the Turkish nation, totally unacceptable.

elaborate

 

[Zafer]

elaborate

I won't be dwelling on this right now as it is not productive.

But you should know that placing large images in signatures is not allowed.

 

[Asena_great]

I won't be dwelling on this right now as it is not productive.

well i was curious to why did you write that that's all but you said something about bossing etc that's why i asked you to elaborate since it confuse me on who do you meaning to when you said bossing Turkish nation since it had nothing to do with your original post

But you should know that placing large images in signatures is not allowed.

irrelevant don't go off topic

 

[Strong AI]

Report on Plans in Germany

Concerns about a Possible Branch of the AKP

According to a media report, there are efforts by the Erdogan-led AKP party to establish a branch in Germany, initially with the aim of participating in the European elections. Politicians from several parties have expressed alarm.

Politicians from several parties in Germany have raised concerns about the potential establishment of a branch of the Turkish AKP party for the upcoming European elections. The background is a report by Bild am Sonntag (BamS) about the formation of a "Turkish-Islamist party" named DAVA (Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Renewal).

SPD leader Saskia Esken stated on Welt-TV that it is important to "make it clear to our Turkish fellow citizens in Germany that Germany belongs together, that we are one people." She emphasized the need to prevent both right-wing extremists who want to "deport migrants" and "the divisive tendencies of Recep Tayyip Erdogan" from playing a role in Germany.

Özdemir: "The last thing we need"

Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir (Green Party) wrote on Sunday on the platform X: "An Erdogan offshoot participating in elections here is the last thing we need."

Four lead candidates allegedly identified

According to BamS, the declaration of establishment is available. Four men are named as lead candidates for the European elections, who are said to have previously worked for the Islamic-conservative ruling party AKP of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or its affiliated organizations. Jens Spahn, deputy leader of the Union parliamentary group (CDU), warned on platform X that an Erdogan-AKP offshoot in Germany would be "another extreme party in the country."

CDU internal affairs expert Christoph de Vries told BamS that the federal government should "by no means take this party establishment lightly." It is urgently necessary for security authorities to closely monitor all activities of this party and its connections to the Turkish government and intervene if there is any direct influence from the Turkish government.

Besorgnis über möglichen Ableger der AKP in Deutschland

Einem Medienbericht zufolge gibt es Bestrebungen der Erdogan-Partei AKP, einen Ableger in Deutschland zu gründen - um zunächst bei der Europawahl antreten zu können. Politiker mehrerer Parteien zeigten sich alarmiert.

www.tagesschau.de