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  • Europe’s tense standoffs with Turkey and Russia

    It’s in the Aegean where tensions are nearing a boiling point. France and Italy joined Greece and Cyprus in military exercises this week — naval drills that were seen as a riposte to Turkey’s own maneuvers against Greece and Cyprus over maritime claims.

  • Iraq fumes against Turkey over deadly drone attack

    Iraqi officials called the attack a "blatant Turkish drone attack" in the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, where Turkey's military has for weeks raided positions of fighters it considers "terrorists".

  • Egypt, Greece sign maritime deal to counter Libya-Turkey one

    Egypt and Greece on Thursday signed a maritime deal that sets the sea boundary between the two countries and demarcates an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights. The deal is a response to a similar agreement between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli-based government last year that has spiked tensions in the East Mediterranean region. The Turkey-Libya deal was widely dismissed by Egypt, Cyprus and Greece as an infringement on their economic rights in the oil-rich sea. The European Union says it’s a violation of intentional law that threatens stability in the region.

  • Turkey’s MPs vote to tighten grip on social media

    The law requires social media firms with more than a million Turkish users to set up local offices and comply with requests to remove content. If companies refuse, they face fines and may have data speeds cut.

  • Turkey Warns Egypt Over Libya, Lashes Out at Macron’s Role

    Turkey warned Egypt against any deployment of forces in the Libyan civil war and sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s role, highlighting the threat of escalating violence and geopolitical rivalries in the oil-rich country. The remarks by Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, come days after Egypt’s parliament gave the green light for possible military intervention in Libya to support eastern commander Khalifa Haftar. Turkey backs the internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli.

  • Turkey shifts fight against Kurdish militants deeper into Iraq

    Turkey is taking its decades-old conflict with Kurdish militants deep into northern Iraq, establishing military bases and deploying armed military drones against the fighters in their mountain strongholds.

  • Foreign investors flee Turkey, Ankra’s isolation grows

    An exodus of foreign investors has aggravated Turkey’s economic woes and could prove disastrous for the AKP’s political future.

  • Russia fails at U.N. in bid to cut Turkey border aid access to Syria

    A Russian bid to halve access for humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey to just one border crossing failed at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, garnering just four votes in favor from the 15-member body.

  • Saudi Arabia overtakes Turkey in mobile games consumer spend amid Covid-19

    The country has seven times more average revenue per user than China, highest in the world, Tamatem COO says

  • Trial of 20 Saudis in Jamal Khashoggi Killing Opens in Turkey

    Turkey opened a trial into the death of the Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on Friday, charging 20 Saudi citizens in absentia, in a case that friends and human rights officials welcomed as an important step in advancing the search for justice in his killing.