Showing posts with label Erdogan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erdogan. Show all posts

Friday, November 15, 2019

Turkish media paints White House visit as Erdoğan triumph over Trump | TheHill

Turkish media are seizing on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments that President Trump had “no reaction” to his returning the American leader’s notorious letter to him, saying it shows a clear victory over Trump. A headline in Sabah Daily, a pro-government media outlet, said that international media were reporting that Erdoğan returned the “scandalous” letter to Trump and the American president was “silent.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/470559-turkish-media-paints-white-house-visit-as-erdogan-triumph-over-trump

Monday, October 14, 2019

How the US has betrayed the Kurds throughout history - CNN

By removing US troops from Northern Syria, President Donald Trump apparently gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the go-ahead to proceed with his long-planned move against Kurdish fighters who make up part of the Syrian Defense Forces and who lost thousands of men fighting with the US against ISIS.....
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/10/10/kurds-turkey-syria-betrayal-us-trump-erdogan-arwa-damon-vpx.cnn

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Reminder: Trump Has a Massive Conflict of Interest in Turkey - Mother Jones

Late Sunday night, the Trump administration announced that US troops would be pulling back from their positions northern Syria, allowing Turkey to move into a region controlled by Kurdish forces that had fought with the US against ISIS. Trump's announcement is a big win for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and it has already enraged many in American national security circles—including Trump allies—who say it reverses years of US policy. Kurdish leaders are being more blunt, saying it qualifies as a betrayal....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/reminder-trump-has-a-massive-conflict-of-interest-in-turkey/

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Dunking on Erdogan with Enes Kanter (Crooked Media, Pod Save he World podcast)

Police crack down as protests escalate to new heights in Hong Kong. An explosion involving a nuclear reactor in Russia kills at least a half dozen people. Boris Johnson tries to negotiate a U.S.-U.K. trade deal ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union. A scary report in the New York Times sheds light on what’s driving the spread of right wing extremism around the globe. And Ben Rhodes shares the story behind his recent reporting for The Atlantic on Aung San Suu Kyi. Then Enes Kanter, a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics, joins Ben in the studio to talk about human rights and the politics of his home country, Turkey – and why President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put out a warrant for his arrest and banned him from coming home.
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/dunking-on-erdogan-with-enes-kanter/







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