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Turkey watches Iran protests warily, prioritising stability over regime change
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is closely monitoring the ongoing protests in Iran, wary that prolonged unrest could destabilise a key...
Erdogan urges Turks to have more children, warns of looming demographic crisis
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again stressed the need to boost the country’s population, warning that...
Imprisoned Turkish opposition leader vows to challenge Erdogan from jail
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, has declared that his imprisonment...
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...
Turkey seeks to deploy radar systems in Syria, Western intelligence sources say
AZAZ (Realist English). Turkey has been attempting in recent weeks to deploy radar systems on Syrian territory, according to two...
Libya’s army chief killed in plane crash shortly after takeoff from Ankara
ANKARA (Realist English). A business jet carrying Libya’s chief of the general staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, crashed in Turkey...
Israel–Turkey relations unlikely to improve while Erdogan remains in power, former Israeli PM adviser says
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Relations between Israel and Turkey have little chance of improving in the foreseeable future and are...
Turkey asks Russia to take back S-400 system as F-35 talks with US advance
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has asked Russia to take back the S-400 air defence system, marking a significant shift in...
Turkey extends Russian gas contracts for one year, explores investment in U.S. production
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has finalised a one-year extension of its expiring natural gas import contracts with Russia, totalling 22...
Trump unveils new 10% global tariff after Supreme Court curbs emergency powers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said he would immediately impose a new 10% global tariff and pursue alternative...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
White House urges Iran to strike deal as Trump again signals possible military action
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House on Wednesday warned that Iran would be “wise” to reach an agreement with the...
U.S. envoy cites “substantial progress” after first day of Ukraine talks in Geneva
GENEVA (Realist English). U.S. President’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff said there had been “substantial progress” in efforts to reach a...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
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...
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