Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and akin to a “death penalty” imposed in a crisis that has reverberated across the Middle East and beyond. Erdogan’s comments marked the strongest intervention yet by a powerful regional[…]
Moscow has dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark tension between Qatar and its former allies, as the growing Gulf crisis pulled the Kremlin and White House into its orbit. US officials believed hackers were responsible for the false news story on the state-owned Qatar News Agency last week which[…]
International aid organisations are operating in an escalating climate of fear in south Turkey, as Ankara suspends operating licenses, arrests and deports workers and complicates already labyrinthine government regulations. International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in south Turkey have “come to a standstill”, according to one aid worker interviewed by MEE. The[…]
The presidents of Russia and Turkey are pushing for the creation of safe-zones in war-torn Syria as talks were expected to resume on Thursday in Kazakhstan between the government and opposition. Meeting in the Russian resort town of Sochi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin expressed hope on Wednesday the[…]
The validity of Turkey’s historic referendum result remained in doubt 48 hours after unofficial results were declared, as the main opposition party submitted its official appeal to the election overseer, and a European Council observer suggested irregularities with more than two million votes. The European Commission on Tuesday called on[…]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the “Yes” vote in the referendum to amend Turkey’s constitution and grant the country’s presidential office new executive powers. “We have been attacked by other nations of the world. You have seen how the West attacked us,” Erdogan told cheering supporters in Istanbul on[…]
The number of people fleeing Syria’s civil war to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt has passed the five million mark, data from the UN refugee agency showed today. Syrians have poured across their borders since anti-government protests in 2011 spiralled into a full-blown conflict between rebels, government troops and[…]
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Netherlands’ top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was “disproportionate” use of force against demonstrators in a protest that ensued. The Ministry said the Dutch Embassy’s charge[…]
This is the third in a series of articles by Yaseen Kippie, following his recent trip the Syria-Turkey border. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in conjunction with the Darul Islam Zakah and Relief Funds (DAIZAF) and IHH Humanitarian Foundation embarked on a relief trip from the 19th to 26th February[…]
This is the second in a series of articles by VOC reporter Yaseen Kippie, reflecting on his recent trip to the Syria-Turkey border From its roots in the popular Arab uprisings in 2011, the Syrian war has been going on for the past 6 years, as citizens launched a peaceful[…]
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