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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...
Turkish Interior Minister threatens US: Get your “dirty hands” off us
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu called on the US ambassador in Ankara to "get dirty hands" off...
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...
Russia has asked Turkey to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatiana Moskalkova, appealed to the chairman of the...
Turkey agrees to withdraw troops from Syria: Al-Watan
DAMASCUS (Realist English). After the Moscow meeting of the defense ministers of Turkey, Syria and Russia, Turkey agreed to withdraw...
Azerbaijan and Turkey are conducting large-scale exercises with the participation of different branches of the armed forces
YEREVAN (Realist English). A unified Turkish army is already a reality, analyst Rachya Arzumanyan believes. "The Ground forces, the Air...
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...
US barred Türkiye from carrying out military operation in Syria: Kurdish military commander
LONDON (Realist English). The United States has barred Turkey from conducting a ground military operation in Syria. This was stated...
Turkey has supported the G7 sanctions against Russia, blocking the Bosphorus for tankers with oil more expensive than $60 per barrel
ISTANBUL (Realist English). After the introduction of the oil price caps for Russian crude, a traffic jam of oil tankers...
Iran says armed terror cells dismantled as unrest turns deadly
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian security and judicial authorities say they have dismantled several armed terror cells and arrested dozens of...
China and African Union call for respect for sovereignty after U.S. raid on Venezuela
ADDIS ABABA (Realist English). China and the African Union issued a joint call on Thursday for strict adherence to international...
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...
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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