Turkey: Raging Fires Threaten Tourism
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL (TURKISH JOURNAL) – Raging fires since Wednesday are threatening to derail Turkey’s tourism sector, wreaking havoc in touristic areas as well as destroying entire villages. Scorching heat, a drought and strong winds have contributed to the wildfires rapidly spreading across Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal More...
Eye on Libya: Haftar Remains A Specter In Libya’s End-Game
By Janet Ekstract NEW YORK (TURKISH JOURNAL) – The controversy over fully opening the Misrata-Sirte coastal road will most certainly end up being one deciding factor in Libya’s future since the infamous More...
EYE ON LIBYA: High Hopes For Withdrawal of Foreign Forces After Second Berlin Conference
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL- The second Berlin Conference on Libya brought together dignitaries from 17 countries with high hopes of resolving the issue of foreign forces in Libya as well as bringing major players More...
Turkey, U.S. Meeting On Turkish Role In Protecting Kabul Airport
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL-Ankara was the meeting point on Thursday for U.S. and Turkish military officials to hash out plans on whether Turkish troops will continue to keep Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International More...
EYE TO LIBYA: Mediterranean Coastal Highway Reopening Lauded by U.S. Embassy In Libya
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL- Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah expressed his enthusiasm as his nation’s Mediterranean Coastal Highway was reopened by Libya’s interim authorities after being shut down More...
EYE ON ISRAEL: Israel Attacks Gaza Strip After March Offends Palestinians
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL- Israeli military launched attacks on Hamas armed compounds in Gaza Strip, Wednesday. Israel’s new government headed by new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the attacks are in More...
Biden-Putin Summit: A Pragmatic Approach Forging Areas of Mutual Interest
By Janet Ekstract GENEVA (TURKISH JOURNAL) – On Wednesday in Geneva after his three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden opened his press conference by explaining More...
Eye on Libya: UN, Germany Hosting Second Berlin Conference In June
By Janet Ekstract ISTANBUL – On Tuesday, Germany announced it will host a conference in Berlin on June 23 to discuss how to create a more sustainable stability in the North African nation. A statement More...
Biden-Putin Geneva Summit: White House Seeks Stable US-Russia Relations
By Janet Ekstract GENEVA- The highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking place today. Biden is known for being a long-time skeptic of the Russian More...
EYE ON LIBYA: Libya Focus for Biden, Erdogan at NATO Summit
By Janet Ekstract BRÜKSEL (TURKISH JOURNAL) – Libya will be the focus of talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO Summit on Monday in Brussels. More...
