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Has Erdogan's partnership with Putin on Syria come to an end?

Jan 31

Erdogan for months was silent about the Russian assaults. Now, he blames Moscow for Idlib catastrophe. Why? • Multiple ceasefire attempts failed • Russia constantly misleads the Turks • “Russia declares a ceasefire, and violates it in 2 days”

Russia and Assad's relentless bombardment of Idlib has got Turkey in a bind and left it with few options

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The military says it is still targeting Assad forces as part of “legitimate right of defence”. The military vows to avenge the death and injured, and respond to the future attacks in the strongest terms

BREAKING — Two additional Turkish soldiers died of wounds due to a Syrian regime attack in Idlib yesterday, Turkish Defense Ministry says. Death toll now is 6.

Turkish reliance on Russia: • Tourism: 7 million Russians visited Turkey, top of the chart • Nuclear cooperation: Akkuyu nuclear reactor built by Russians • Turkish stream pipeline • Turkish exports reaching to $3 billion • Turkey imports 40% of its gas from Russia

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Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian and Turkish military are in contact, and evacuation measures for wounded Turkish citizens have been coordinated

NEW — Russia says Turkey didn’t inform Moscow about the movement of its troops in Idlib and that’s why Turkish soldiers were targeted. It also says Turkish aircraft didn’t breach Syrian airspace and no Turkish airstrike was registered — Sputnik

Obaida Hitto

@ObaidaHitto

Russian jets targeted a van evacuating civilians from Rahal in rural #Aleppo killing everyone on board including 3 women and 3 children.

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Erdogan says Turkish defense and foreign ministers along with intel chief will talk to their Russian counterparts about the incident. “If needed, I will call [Putin] and point out the seriousness of this issue. Russian and Turkish generals in Idlib coordinate the current op”

Erdogan now says as of 6:15am local time, Turkey hit 46 Syrian regime targets by 122 rounds of howitzer and 100 rounds of mortar fires

NEW — Turkey hit 40 Syrian regime targets and killed 30-35 regime fighters, Erdogan says. “Our artillery and F-16s continue to retaliate”, he says in response to the killing of 4 Turkish soldiers in Idlib. “We told Russians that they aren’t the targets”

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The footage reportedly shows Turkish retaliation last night against Assad forces in response to the killing of 4 Turkish soldiers in Idlib

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NEW — Two senior Erdoğan aides, Altun and Kalin, vow that Turkey will avenge the killing of Turkish soldiers by Syrian regime. “Our state will make [those responsible] pay for this heinous attack”, Altun says

NEW — Heavy Syrian artillery has killed 4 Turkish soldiers, wounded 9 others in Idlib, Turkish Defense Ministry says. 1 soldier’s state is critical. Turkey retaliated, damaged regime positions. “Reinforcement units were coordinated prior to their deployment [with Russians]”

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Feb 2

If the fight in Idlib gets out of control and Turkey goes after Russia, would so-called NATO allies back Ankara? Since 2016, there has been a habit to criticise Turkey for its partnership with Russia. If that ends, would EU countries and the US show solidarity? Hmm No.

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Hüseyin Aktürk

@Huseyin_Akturk

10 yıl anadili İngilizce olan ülkelerde yaşadım, benim de dilim sürçer, hata da yaparım, kelimeler aklıma da gelmez. 1 haftadır Brüksel'de toplantıdayım, dinlediğim hiçbir AB vatandaşı Avrokrat mükemmel İngilizce konuşmuyor ki Sayın Kaymakcı'nın dili gayet iyidir +++

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Cumhuriyet

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· Feb 1

Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı ve Avrupa Birliği Türkiye Başkanı Faruk Kaymakcı'nın İngilizce konuştuğu video sosyal medyada gündem oldu cumhuriyet.com.tr/video/video/17

Greatest Middle East joke of the year

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Neri Zilber

@NeriZilber

· Feb 1

Haaretz, per Arab diplomat: Oman, Bahrain, UAE ambassadors present at WH for peace plan launch weren’t briefed on entire plan. After seeing full details these 3 states supported unanimous Arab League position rejecting Trump proposal

İlker Sezer

@Ilkersezerrr

Aksanlı İngilizce konuşmak ayıp bir şey degildir; dünyanın her yerinde aksan normal karşılanır. Altyazı Friends ile İngilizce öğrenen tayfa biraz BM oturumlarını, uluslararası konferansları açıp izleyebilir mi?

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Zeliha Eliacik

@zelihaeliacik

İngilizce telaffuzu sorunlu/Türkçe aksanı var diye insanların liyakatini sorgulamak ancak kompleksle açıklanabilir. Kompleksi benzerleriyle değil de Avrupalılarla oturup kalkarlarsa aksanın sorun olmadığını görürler.Türklerin İng. öğrenememesinin bir sebebi de aksan takıntısı.

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Bunu neden yazdım? Faruk Kaymakçı lincinden dolayı yazdım. “Önündeki kağıdı okuyamıyor” demiş biri. Bir kelimeye bazen insanın dili dönmez. Sonrasını da Türk aksanıyla okuyor. Bu da Fransız Başkan Macron’un birkaç kez hazırlanarak yaptığı konuşması

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