North Korea threatens the interest of United States in the region. Officials in the United States increasingly wary of N. Korea's space programme at Sohae (west coast of the country). As of today,...

Chen Mner, Chongqing Party secretety, might be the next Chinese President following Xi Jinping's term expiration in 2022. Various sources have been reporting that he may be be elected as a member...

Kirkuk Province Council has approved the Kurdish Independence Referendum against the Central Iraq Govrnment, Turkmen and Arap groups opposition to take place on 25 September 2017. This approval is...

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IMF has revised up the global growth for 2017 and 2018 projections. The last published source emhapsizes that growth in European Area, Japan and China will be increasing during 2017 and 2018 which...

Including 2 reporters arrested on 31/08/2017 in Antalya airport in relation to July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, the number of German citizens arrested tolled up to 12 in relation to coup attempt....

Arbil has resoluted longstanding arbitration cases with energy firms to 2,3 billion USD. With this agreement, Erbil agrees to pay 1 billion USD to companies immediately. Where as remaining 1,3 billion...

Uzbekistani Som has lost 48% of its value on 04 September. The announcement followed by another announcement that country will not be tied with US Dollar. We believe that country intends to target the...

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Do you waat Kurdish Region and Kurdistani areas outside the administration of the Region to become an Independent State? That would be the question to be voted on 25 September 2017 in Kurdish...

EU Finance Minister has stated 'We should no longer accept that these companies do business in Europe while paying minimal amounts of tax to our treasuries,'. For some time, EC is concerned...

US government has decided to ban Kaspersky programme to be used in federal agencies due to growing espionage concerns. Following the allegations of Russian cyber terror activities linked by Russian...

An average electric vehicle needs 30 kWh of electricity to power the vehicle for 100 miles (160.9km). Imagining we reach 100 miles in 2 hours with 80km/r. That means we can use 15 kW for 80 km. If you...

Rosatom (Russian State Atom Corporation Organization) has started the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey. The initial agreement was signed in 2010. The Plant will produce...

We have shared the economic dynamics of Northern Iraq in our first part of the article. We will continue with it and provide more details of it. It is paid attention that there are great number...

Kurdistan referendum is big problem in the region. It is not only a concern to its neighbourhood like Iran and Turkey but also to global powers such as United States of America, United Kingdom and...

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President Erdogan to visit Iran on 4 October. Two countries likley to discuss regional problems as well as economic cooperations. It is worth attention that General Staff of two countries had met...

Former Iraqi President and PUK (Oatriotic union of Kurdistan) died in Berlin. He suffered heart surgery in 2008 in US and went to Germany in 2012. He was an important figure in Kurdish Independence...

The United States Embassy in Ankara stated in effect that they are suspending all non-immigrant visa at its all diplocatic facilities in Turkey. It is mainly due to the arrest of Turkish citizen US...

Turkish – American relations were commenced following II. WW due to Turkish need for economic and military assistance. The Soviets demands on Turkish Straits, Middle East and East Europe...

In the recent referendum, Turkey's relatively urban cities including Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir as well as the cities south-east region with large Kurdish population, largely voted against...

Meral Aksener, former party member of Nationalist party, has set up a new political name 'Good Party' in Turkey. The party will be in Center right flank of Turkish political life. It is likely...

Saudi Arabia decided to build a 26 5000 km2 megacity project namely 'NEOM' (NOE for new and M for Mostaqbal) costinig 500 billion USD. It will be allocated near by Red Sea location. It is...

Turkish Welfare Company representatives seek for 5 billion USD credit from ICBC. Turkey is also interested to attrach fund from Gulf States such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia. On the other hand side, it...

The new elected Krygyz President, Almazek Atambaev, criticized Kazakhstan for the dealys at the border when Kazak custom officers increased the border checks.Krygyz President Atambaev blames...

If you are the opposition party leader for the last 8 years in a country and cannot make a significant change in the mind of the people since the votes do not change dramatically, you cannot be deemed...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK), which was described as a project to re-imagine the historical Silk Road, the first train started working. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham...

The Israeli Air Force reportedly attacked a Syrian weapons depot in Hasia, Homs. The Syrian army fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli fighter jets. No loss is reported by Israeli Air Force. Last...

Turkish – US relations are not in good conditions like it was in Cold War. Since the ISIS crisis started in the Middle East, Turkish – US relations deterred. Turkey and US have...

What about possible scenarios? What might be the options? What is left on table? US and Turkey reached a deal and US soldiers are positioned in Syrian Oil Reserves to protect them from ISIS...

While Turkish economy tries to recover from the 2018 Branson crisis (or currency) and currency depreciation (which only 14% depreciated since January 2020), the coronavirus induced recession could not...

The economy of Warsaw is the sixth largest in the European Union (EU) and the largest among the former Eastern Bloc members of the EU. Since 1990, Poland has pursued a policy of economic...

If a country decides to intervene, it is expected that it has the 'exit strategy' in their mind. Some scholars argue that preparing to exit a conflict is a distraction from what's really...

An analysis of the development of the epidemic in individual European countries emphasizes that the effects of pandemic has been similar in the beginning. However, some countries have successfully...