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Recep Erdoğan
Erdoğan and his party may lose power for the first time since 2002
ANKARA (Realist English). On the eve of the elections, Turkish society remains deeply divided, even when it comes to such...
Erdogan’s rule is under real threat
ANKARA (Realist English). There are less than 10 days left before the presidential elections in Turkey. There, for the first...
The Kurds have enough reasons to vote against Erdoğan
ANKARA (Realist English). In the upcoming early elections, the current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can hardly count on the...
Turkish presidential election: Erdoğan will not give up power peacefully
ANKARA (Realist English). For Turkish President Erdoğan, the early elections on May 14 are of great historical significance. His main...
Erdoğan does not want to leave, even if he loses the election
ANKARA (Realist English). On February 3, in his speech at the Board of the Migration Department with the participation of...
Rule of law or NATO’s primacy? Sweden rejected Erdogan’s latest demand
STOCKHOLM (Realist English). Sweden believes that Turkey demands the impossible in exchange for the permission to join NATO — for...
Erdoğan‘s main opponent in the elections was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Opposition politician and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has been sentenced to two years, seven months and fifteen...
The French Senate called on Macron to freeze the assets of Aliyev and his entourage, as well as to recognize the independence of Artsakh
PARIS (Realist English). On November 15, the French Senate almost unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the government of Emmanuel...
Turkey under Erdoğan has lost the ability to pursue a rational foreign policy
ANKARA (Realist English). Since the 2010s, Turkey has moved away from rational foundations in its foreign policy and cannot look...
Russia moves to tighten migration health controls and enforcement
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s State Duma is preparing a package of legislative initiatives aimed at tightening and recalibrating the country’s...
Turkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Iran faces mounting internal unrest as U.S. pressure intensifies after Venezuela operation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is confronting a widening convergence of internal unrest and external pressure as protests linked to a...
U.S. to receive up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer between 30 million and 50...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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