Ali Özkök

@Ozkok_A

Eurasia-Analyst, especially Balkans, Turkey, Middle East and Turkic World.

Joined February 2015

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    summit: • Macron attacking Turkey for fighting YPG > FR fears loss of influence • France losing in Sahel, Africa, vs islamists • Macron: Turkey bought S400, should be kicked out of Nato • Same time he demands normalization with Russia • FR wants EU to focus Sahel

  2. Apart from Macron's criticism, NATO held to Turkey. Turkey dropped its veto on the defence plan of Poland and the Baltic States Erdogan met with Merkel, Johnson and Macron to co-opt in Syria.

  3. 2019 Reading competence, mathematics, natural sciences: : 479, 488, 478 : 476, 487, 468 : -, 481, 483 : 470, 463, 462 : 466, 454, 468 : 466, 453, 469 : 413, 384, 404 Arabia: 399, 373, 386

  4. Thanks to rising scores, Turkey reached the 40th spot in terms of reading skills, 42nd in mathematics and 39th in science, closer to the OECD average.

  5. The wall of on the US border with seems to be no real obstacle ...

  6. VIDEO: 's Trudeau, 's Boris Johnson & 's Macron caught scoffing at on hot mic at summit sidelines

  7. Turkish army to receive first Hürküs-B training aircrafts in 2020 according to TAI Temel Kotil: - The project started in 2006 - First flight for the B version was in 2017 Via

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    What was the price? NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg says Turkey agreed to approve the defense plan for the Baltics + Poland.

  9. President Vladimir Putin argued that Bulgaria has deliberately slowed down the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. Putin: "If does not want to carry out the project, we will find different ways to realize our opportunities in Southern Europe”

  10. PKK continues to carry out car bomb attacks against civilians, this time detonating a car bomb in central Ras al-Ayn's and injuring a large number of innocent civilians with children among them.

  11. Turkey and Greece discuss Cyprus and Libya conflict at

  12. The memorandum between Turkey and Libya on maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will be sent to parliament "very soon," Turkey’s deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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  13. Serbia President Vucic praises ties with Russia in Sochi: “We have already bought many important and necessary things. When we were at the military parade dedicated to Victory Day, President Putin advised us to buy something. I obeyed this advice"

  14. Turkey plans new oil and gas exploration and production studies in its maritime jurisdiction area in line with the recently inked memorandum of understanding between Turkey and Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA)

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  15. US President Trump is not in the mood for further press conferences at the NATO summit - and declines his participation in the closing statement. Previously, he had been upset about apparent revelations from Justin Trudeau.

  16. Turkey President Erdogan meets the leader of Spain, Turkey's most loyal European ally.

  17. URGENT: cancels final press conference

  18. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she could discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the expulsion of Russian diplomats in connection with the investigation into the murder of a Georgian citizen in Berlin in August.

  19. Moscow considers unacceptable a politicized approach to investigating the murder of a Georgian citizen in Berlin - Russian Foreign Ministry

  20. expels two diplomats because of the murder of the former Chechen-Georgian fighter Zalimkhan .

  21. CHINA SUMMONS U.S. EMBASSY OFFICIAL OVER XINJIANG BILL

  22. The argues for more European support for in the French War. is completely overwhelmed and Macron is ready to question . Here a graphic of all French military bases in 3 African countries: • Link:

  23. supporter arrested in : The German Lorin I. is said to have supported the terrorist militia "Islamic State", most recently she was in deportation detention in Turkey. Now she landed with four children at the Frankfurt airport.

  24. Turkish security forces received the 54. ATAK combat helicopter. TAI starts Phase 2 of ATAK in 2020. Via

  25. 's foreign minister rejected the rumors about his resignation: If I had resigned, I were not here. Via

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    Syrian National Army FSA fighters in Ras al-Ayn singing the Nasheed "Ghuraba".

  27. The Hungarian government welcomed Erdoğan's announcement of the opening of a Turkish state bank branch in Budapest.

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    France: A former soldier and informer was indicted in the investigation of the Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks. Suspected of having provided the weapon to the terrorist, he ensures on the contrary to have alerted on Radouane Lakdim's radicalization.

  29. In the first nine months of this year, Turkish exports to Qatar were recorded at $838 million, while imports from the Gulf nation reached $205 million.

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  30. " will continue to invest in not only in the banking sector but also in the real estate sector. Some 35% of the $10 billion that Qatar has committed has been invested, and there is another $7 billion to flow into Turkey."

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  31. Then kick out Greece first! Greece owns the S-300... How is it possible to be a member of the NATO alliance, and to buy S-400 missiles from ? "Technically, it is not possible," says .

  32. Turkey President Erdogan and Saudi King Selman had a phone call.

  33. The same terror problem like France in Mali has Turkey in Syria with YPG.

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    Turkish army to receive first AKSUNGUR armed drone till the end of this year, TAI CEO Temel Kotil announced.

  35. The has detained a businessman following a request from the regime, after an Emirati diplomat praised Assad's "wise leadership".

  36. The NATO states have apparently agreed on the text for the Summit's final declaration. China should be mentioned as a potential new threat.

  37. wants to achieve normalization with Russia in order to use the EU and its resources even more in the African Sahel region. tries to sideline , because for him Turkish influence in and is an obstacle for French power projection.