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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Turkish Defence Minister pledges support to Azerbaijan in conflict with Armenia
14 August 2020
Hulusi Akar arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday evening (12 August) to observe the end of the first phase of military exercises between the armies and air forces of Turkey and Azerbaijan which have been taking place in recent days.
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Tensions rise in Eastern Mediterranean
10 August 2020
In a terse statement issued in Brussels on Sunday evening (9 August) EU Foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell described the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean as "extremely worrying".
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Putin and Erdogan want to stabilise the Caucasus
28 July 2020
The two presidents on Monday (27 July) held a phone conversation to discuss the latest incidents on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
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Opinion: Erdogan's folly
13 July 2020
The modern-day sultan now also wants to be the modern-day caliph, but the decision to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque is a pyrrhic victory that divides rather than unites, writes Dennis Sammut in this op-ed
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Borrell: The situation between Turkey and the EU is far from ideal
7 July 2020
The head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell calls for a more comprehensive approach and more intensive dialogue with Turkey after meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara
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Opinion: Turkey and Egypt eye each other across the Libyan desert
5 July 2020
Egypt is now the second country after Turkey to consider military operations in Libya. In this op-ed, Noman Ahmed discusses the reasons, and the implications for the Europe's neighbourhood
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New Turkish president of UN General Assembly
23 June 2020
Former Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkır, last week was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly uncontested
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Muslims celebrate Eid at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan
24 May 2020
In Mecca strict social distancing rules were observed at the Grand Mosque, but in other parts of the world there were big differences in how worshipers behaved.
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Opinion - Conflict in Libya: Turkey, Russia, and the need for a united EU policy
17 May 2020
EU should not accept even tacitly a Turkey-Russia hegemonic role in North Africa and the Arab Levant argues Noman Ahmed in this commentary for commonspace.eu