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27May

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Syria, Turkey

Turkey Shoots Itself in the Foot by Providing Syrian “Opposition” with Advanced Weapons

NOVANEWS By Ahmad Al Khaled The Syrian government’s offensive in northwestern provinces of Hama and Lattakia that began almost a month ago fell short of expectations. Having briefly established control over a number of areas, the Syrian army units were forced to retreat due to fierce counter-attacks by the armed opposition factions. After that the campaign transformed into a prolonged stand-off framed by sporadic clashes and mutual shelling. The robust defense of the opposition forces is rooted into two key factors. First, the armed factions that previously existed in a state of a permanent internal struggle managed to join their ranks and reinforced the front lines with additional troops. The attacks of the Syrian army are currently being repelled by fighters of the National...

31Mar

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Turkey

Solidarity with TKP for the upcoming municipal elections

NOVANEWS By Party for Socialism and Liberation The Party for Socialism and Liberation sends revolutionary greetings to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and extends its best wishes for the utmost success in their electoral campaign for upcoming municipal elections on March 31, 2019. As the party of the working class, TKP is the only revolutionary force in the elections that is putting forth the class struggle against the rule of capitalists. We are following with excitement and inspiration the electoral campaign that TKP is conducting with the slogans “Against the reign of capital, the people have TKP” and “We are not in the same boat”. All the bourgeois parties in the municipal elections, whether on the left or right, see the municipalities as institutions for plunder of public resou...

12Sep

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Turkey, ZIO-NAZI

Zionist regime, Turkey Hold Secret Talks in United Arab Emirates

NOVANEWS Israel, Turkey Hold Secret Talks in United Arab Emirates It is not known exactly what will be discussed by the two parties, but if the secret talks prove successful they are expected to return their respective ambassadors in early October. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and the new Israeli Ambassador Eitan Naeh shake hands after Naeh has presented his letter of credentials, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/AP) By Middle East Monitor Israeli and Turkish envoys yesterday flew to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold secret backchannel talks on restoring diplomatic relations. According to a Hebrew language report by Ynet, “an Israeli executive jet and a Turkish government executive plane took off at 09:00 [GMT]...

15Jul

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Turkey

Erdogan wins elections for Presidency of Turkey

NOVANEWS By Liberation Staff Erdogan wins elections for Presidency of Turkey while his AK Party loses parliamentary majority: The struggle continues 3410 Anti-government protest in Turkey. Photo: soL Following the double elections held on June 24 in Turkey for the presidency and the parliament, the current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the presidential election in the first round with 52.5 percent of the votes. In the parliamentary elections, while Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its absolute majority in the parliamentary elections with 42.5 percent of the vote and 295 seats in a 600 member parliament, they will still be able to retain power through a coalition with its junior partner — the fascist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which secu...

21Jun

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Turkey

‘Turkey’s choice’ is not only Turkey’s

NOVANEWS By: Gordon Duff, Senior Editor VT Bureau Chief Nahed al Husaini in Istanbul with MHP party leaders June 22, 2018 The questions seen in the West, Turkey’s role in the refugee crisis, their continued participation in NATO and their relationship with Iran and Russia, their closest economic partners, is paramount. For Turkey, it is domestic issues, the economy, and security issues tied to the Kurdish minority and political parties deemed terrorist by Ankara. Israel and the US want a puppet in Ankara, one that will join against both Russia and Iran. Turkey’s strategic position give them considerable sway in regional relations. From Pravda: Turkey is gearing up for an important election that is going to take place on June 24th. Turks will choose their new President who will be...

8Apr

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Turkey

Turkey Publishes the Whereabouts of Five Secret Military Bases in Syria that Belong to France

NOVANEWS By Voltaire Network Global Research The Turkish Press Agency, Anadolu Agency, has published a map of five secret military bases in Syria belonging to France (see above part of the map pinpointing with the French flag four of these bases). One of these bases is the cement factory of the transnational group, Lafarge-Holcim, which is currently under a French judicial inquiry for financing terrorist groups. The Agency specifically states that the first RPIMa (the Parachutist Regiment of the Navy’s Infantry) is deployed on Syrian soil. Furthermore, an additional 30 French soldiers are already in Raqqa and 70 at other sites in Syria. Under international law, France’s military presence in Syria is illegal. This publication of this information by the Turkish Agency constitut...

24Oct

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Turkey

Turkey to Establish Eight Military Bases in Syria’s Idlib Province

NOVANEWS By: South Front The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) are going to establish 8 military bases in Syria’s Idlib province, according to the conservative Turkish daily newspaper Yeni Şafak. “The Taftanaz Air Base and the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase [in Syria’s Idlib province] are also two separate points that the TAF uses,” the daily writes. According to the daily, the Syrian Arab Army’s largest garrison in the vicinity of the Deif region is now controlled by Turkish forces. The TAF entered Syria’s Idlib province under a pretext of implemeting the de-escalation zones agreement reached by Tehran, Ankara and Moscow in the Astana talks on the Syrian conflict. The Turkish military announced that it established the first observation post on October 13. Considering that no cla...

17Jun

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Middle East, Turkey

UAE paid $3bn to finance coup attempt in Turkey

NOVANEWS The United Arab Emirates financed a high-profile coup attempt last year in Turkey and paid about three billion dollars to the putschists, a columnist in a Turkish daily has claimed. Mehmet Acet, a columnist for Yeni Safak daily, said on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meant the United Arab Emirates when he recently hinted at a Muslim country that spent billions to topple the Turkish government in the coup in July 2016. Cavusoglu said in recent remarks that a foreign country funneled money to the putschists while making efforts to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We know that a country provided $3 billion in financial support for the coup attempt in Turkey and exerted efforts to topple the government in illegal ways. On top of that, it is a Muslim country...

27Mar

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Turkey

In Erdogan’s Turkey, an Artist Gets Jailed for Painting Reality

NOVANEWS The painting which has landed the artists and journalist in jail | Photo: Twitter: @peterslemani. Turkey is becoming a totalitarian state. A Turkish court has handed down a two-year, nine-month and 22-day jail sentence to a Kurdish artist because of her painting of a Kurdish village being razed by Turkish security forces. RELATED: Turkey's Erdogan Lashes Out at EU for Crusade Against Islam Zehra Doğan, an ethnic Kurd from Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey, was given the sentence by the Second High Criminal Court of the Mardin province after having been arrested last July. The painting in question shows the destroyed cityscape of Nusaybin, with Turkish flags draped across blown-out buildings. Close to the border with Syria, Nusaybin is home to a large Kurdish...

5Mar

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Syria, Turkey

Five reasons Turkish forces must leave Syria

NOVANEWS By Adam Garrie | The Duran Turkey’s presence in Syria is not welcome, not legal and not moral. Ali Haidar, Syria’s Minister for National Reconciliation, recently talked to Sputnik where he condemned Turkey’s continued illegal presence in Syria. With some many world-powers complicit in looking the other way at Turkey’s illegal war on Syria. Here are five reasons that Turkey must leave. International Law The first and foremost reason that Turkey should not be in Syria is that legally, Turkey cannot be in Syria. The Syrian Arab Republic is a sovereign state and Turkish presence is not welcomed by the Syrian government nor does Turkey have any sanction for their invasion by the United Nations. Ali Haidar said quite clearly, “Our stance on the presence of Turkish military for...