Tag Archives: Turkey
By Jamal Ali In an etiological analogy, Somalia’s current state-building detractors resemble like the mythical Medusa’s head. It appears that Perseus had cut them all off exhaustingly, except his blade slashed the last head before it hid in a ruble. … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Columnist, East Africa, Jamal Ali, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Ankara, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Mogadishu, Somalia, Somaliland, Turkey
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President of the autonomous region of Somaliland Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo in the second round of talks mediated by Turkey in capital Ankara. Davutoglu met Somali … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Ahmet Davutoğlu, Ankara, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul, President, Somalia, Somaliland, Turkey
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey has hosted direct talks between the presidents of Somalia and the breakaway Somaliland region to encourage dialogue between the two. No statement was released after Saturday’s meeting between Somalia’s Hassan Sheik Mohamud and Ahmed Silanyo of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Somali
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Tagged Ankara, Development aid, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Silanyo, Somalia, Somaliland, Turkey
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The scenario has changed with Turkish involvement in Somalia, in a way that prompts me to ask what it is that the Turks have done differently, to win over the hearts of the people of Somalia. The battle of Mogadishu … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, Mogadishu, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somali, Somalia, Turkey, United States, vietnam war
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The Flying Eagles will be one of the four African representatives to the World Cup. Saturday’s 3-1 victory recorded by Nigeria’s Flying Eagles over their DR Congo counterparts did not only see them qualify for the semi final of the … read more »
Posted in Ghana, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Egypt, Flying Eagles, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Obuh, Mali, Nigeria, Nigeria national under-20 football team, Turkey, World cup
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“More than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. The world is competing for resources and global markets.” John Kerry By Abukar Arman Considering the positive trend of the past eighteen months, Somalia is en route to recovery, and, in due … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Mogadishu, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Sundance Film Festival, Turkey, United States
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Nicolas Anelka is set to join Juventus on a short-term deal, according to the club’s director general Giuseppe Marotta. Anelka will reportedly undergo a medical on Monday to allow the Shanghai Shenhua striker to sign a five-month deal, coinciding with … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Antonio Conte, FA Cup, Giuseppe Marotta, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Juventus F.C., Nicolas Anelka, Real Madrid C.F, Shanghai Shenhua F.C., Turkey
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press release Greece is seriously failing to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and migrants, Amnesty International warned in a briefing published today. Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa cross … read more »
Number of jailed journalists sets global record Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Associated Press, Azadiya Welat, China, Committee to Protect Journalists, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Mehmet Ali Birand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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Igor IGNATCHENKO This September the British Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired … read more »
Nairobi/Istanbul/Brussels,As a new Somali government is established, Turkey’s engagement in the war-ravaged country must be thoughtful and carefully coordinated so as not to lead to yet another failed international intervention. Assessing Turkey’s Role in Somalia, the latest briefing from the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Africa Horn, Ankara, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Crisis Group, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Turkey
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By: JTW By Büşra Şener One of the top leaders of Iraq, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, was convicted of forming death squads and sentenced to death in absentia in a trial conducted on Sunday. On Monday, he stated his … read more »
Dmitriy SEDOV Recent developments in the Middle East had a considerable impact on the standing of Turkey, a country deeply involved in the unfolding Syrian tragedy. It currently appears that Turkey’s neighbors – Iran and Iraq – are growing allergic … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Dmitriy SEDOV, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Ankara, Assad, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iraq, Kurd, Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey
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More than 2,000 people fled violence in Syria to reach neighbouring Turkey in the past two days, bringing the total number of Syrians who have sought refuge there to more than 50,000, Turkish authorities said on Thursday. The rate of … read more »
Turkey already has troops in Syria and has threatened military action to protect the site they guard. A 1921 agreement between Ottoman Turkey and France (the Treaty of Ankara), the latter at the time the colonial administrator of Syria, guaranteed … read more »
Andrey ARESHEV After a stop in the Bosphorus a NATO naval group weighed anchor and sailed on to the Eastern Mediterranean nearing the Syrian shore in early July. Formally the mission (no US Navy ships in the composition of the … read more »
Joseph Puder In a recent interview with RT (Russian TV) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, while in Beijing, called on Iran and Turkey to be includedin the upcoming international meeting dedicated to ending the Syrian crisis. It is obviously clear … read more »
Two heavily armed regional powers — Turkey and Syria — are inching toward military conflict following the downing by Syria of an unarmed reconnaissance jet in international waters last week and the subsequent firing on rescue planes by Syria dispatched … read more »
Igor IGNATCHENKO In late 2011 Frederic C. Hof, one of the State Department`s point man on Syrian policy, equaled the Assad regime to ‘a dead man walking’. At the end of December, 2011, Hof joined a special secret committee set … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Kurdish, Kurdistan, Middle East, NATO, Syria, Turkey
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The title of the Istanbul II conference – “Preparing Somalia’s future: Goals for 2015” – carries an inspiring and appealing vision. What is not clear is if the Istanbul II conference will engender a common vision for a new direction … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, African news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, TFG, Transitional Federal Government, Turkey
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Key Documents of the 2nd Istanbul International Conference on Somalia Istanbul, Turkey, 31 May – 01 June 2012 I. Statement by the Chairperson of the AU Commission Excellency Rt. Hon. Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Excellency Sheikh … read more »
Posted in Documents, Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Turkey, United Nations
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, participated in the 2nd Istanbul International Conference on Somalia, which took place on 31 May and 01 June 2012, in Istanbul, Turkey, under the theme: “Preparing Somalia’s Future Goals … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged African Union, Ban Ki-moon, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul, Somali people, Somalia, Turkey, United Nations, United Nations Secretary General
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Vladislav GULEVICH The presidential elections in France will open on April 22, and the candidates’ campaigning explainably holds the attention of watchers in Ankara. The immediate future of the ties between Turkey and France largely depends on the outcome of … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Ankara, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ottoman Empire, Paris, Turkey, Turkish
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Andrei SHERIKHOV | Last March, at the peak of the pressure on Syria and Iran, the Syrian Kurds boldly declared the independence of West Kurdistan, with the city of Afrin as the capital. The territory thus claimed lies in the … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish, Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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Nigeria skipper, Joseph Ikpo Yobo and his Fenerbahce teammates have been told to beat rivals, Galatasaray in Sunday’s Turkish League championship play-off encounter and pocket bonuses worth two million Turkish Liras. According to Hurriyet Daily News, matches involving both Istanbul … read more »
Posted in Nigeria
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Didier Zokora, Fenerbahce, Fenerbahçe S.K., Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Istanbul, Nigeria soccer news, Sunday, Süper Lig, Trabzonspor, travel to africa, Turkey
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Wayne MADSEN There is one thing certain about U.S. Pentagon strategy: it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. And using an old trick from Operation Desert Storm, establishing a humanitarian, NATO-protected no-fly salient in northern Iraq’s Kurdish area, … read more »
Posted in America, Columnist, Global Issues, Middle East, Wayne MADSEN
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bashar Al-Assad, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Middle East, NATO, Saddam Hussein, Syria, Turkey, United States
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By Wayne MADSEN There is one thing certain about U.S. Pentagon strategy: it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. And using an old trick from Operation Desert Storm, establishing a humanitarian, NATO-protected no-fly salient in northern Iraq’s Kurdish … read more »
Posted in America, Columnist, Global Issues, Wayne MADSEN
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bashar Al-Assad, Farid Ghadry, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Middle East, NATO, Saddam Hussein, Syria, Turkey
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Nigerian international and Spartak Moscow’s point man Emmanuel Emenike is attracting huge interest from some of the elite clubs in the English Premiership, according to Turkey’s most influential daily, Milliyet. Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in doing business … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Emmanuel Emenike, FC Cape Town, FC Spartak Moscow, Fenerbahçe S.K., IndepthAfrica, Karabükspor, Nigeria, Spartak Moscow, Turkey
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Wayne MADSEN There is no question that after Western- and Gulf Arab-backed Sunni Salafist radicals take complete control of Syria or become a significant part of a post-Bashar al-Assad Syrian government, Syria’s minority Alawite community will seek refuge in a … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues, News
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Tagged Alawite, Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, Hatay, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, Turkish
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By Yilma Bekele The Syrian regime is killing its own people to save the country from terrorists (Ashebari). The world is watching and keeping score. Thanks to social media such as Twitter and Facebook we are all witnessing this display … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Assad, Derg, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Libya, Russia, Syria, Syrian people, Turkey
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