The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
October 9, 2017
Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for a US consulate worker, (click here) the second in a week, media reports say.
The detention of a member of staff, a Turkish national, in Istanbul last week triggered a diplomatic row, prompting both sides to halt most visa services.
The first worker was held over alleged links to a cleric blamed for the failed 2016 Turkish coup, but no reason has been given for the latest warrant.
The row has driven down Turkey's currency and stocks.
Turkey has asked Washington to review its decision to suspend all non-immigrant visa services, taken on Sunday in response to last week's arrest.
On Monday Turkey's foreign ministry said the suspension was causing "unnecessary tensions".
Turkey has also suspended "all visa services".
I don't know how much anyone can believe "Sputnik" anymore, but, the fact is clear; Turkey is moving closer to Russia.
"Apparently, (click here) the final agreement on this issue [situation in Idlib] was reached during a meeting in Ankara between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. We can now say that all military actions are being coordinated by these two parties," Oytun Orhan, an expert on the Middle East, told Sputnik Turkey.
Ankara should be cautious in it's approach to Russia. Originally, under President Obama, it was the three countries; Turkey, Russia and the USA; working together to stabilize Syria. Then Turkey shot down a Russian jet and now Moscow has moved in to secure Turkey so it won't happen again.
This is my particular point of view, but, the cooperation between Turkey and the northern Iraqi Kurds is astounding. It wasn't the USA that found a basis for that cooperation. I think relations between the Kurds and Turkey has to be settled with a peace for both sides, but, for it to move as quickly as it did, is a curiosity.
If Turkey gets too cozy with Russia it can slip into an unintended war with the USA backed rebels and the Assad forces. What side will Turkey take and what will be the outcomes for all countries involved?
I think the USA is sliding into an identity crisis, as one that cannot be trusted and apparently Ankara feels safe with Putin.
I don't know how much anyone can believe "Sputnik" anymore, but, the fact is clear; Turkey is moving closer to Russia.
"Apparently, (click here) the final agreement on this issue [situation in Idlib] was reached during a meeting in Ankara between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. We can now say that all military actions are being coordinated by these two parties," Oytun Orhan, an expert on the Middle East, told Sputnik Turkey.
Ankara should be cautious in it's approach to Russia. Originally, under President Obama, it was the three countries; Turkey, Russia and the USA; working together to stabilize Syria. Then Turkey shot down a Russian jet and now Moscow has moved in to secure Turkey so it won't happen again.
This is my particular point of view, but, the cooperation between Turkey and the northern Iraqi Kurds is astounding. It wasn't the USA that found a basis for that cooperation. I think relations between the Kurds and Turkey has to be settled with a peace for both sides, but, for it to move as quickly as it did, is a curiosity.
If Turkey gets too cozy with Russia it can slip into an unintended war with the USA backed rebels and the Assad forces. What side will Turkey take and what will be the outcomes for all countries involved?
I think the USA is sliding into an identity crisis, as one that cannot be trusted and apparently Ankara feels safe with Putin.
President given sweeping powers, (click here) with ability to enact laws by decree and dismiss parliament
...The decision has become, in effect, a referendum on Erdogan and the Turkey he has moulded in his image - fiercely nationalist, conservative and beset by problems.
This previously stable corner of the region has become consumed by terror attacks - once-rapid economic growth has stalled.
Dozens of journalists are in jail. Three million, mostly Syrian, refugees have poured into the country.
Tens of thousands of people have been arrested or dismissed following the failed coup. The country's hope of EU membership is evaporating. And Turkey is arguably more politically polarised than ever.
But at the same time, Turkey has gone from a financial basket-case at the turn of the century into one of the world's top 20 economies.
The middle-class has hugely expanded. Millions of impoverished Turks have been economically emboldened under Erdogan's leadership.
Schools, hospitals, roads and giant infrastructure projects have transformed daily life. Pious Turks, who long felt excluded by an old secular elite, have been empowered. And Turkey has freed itself from the grip of a once omnipotent military....
