Tag Archives: Turkey

Former Lebanese minister and a leading personality on Lebanese television, Wiam Wahhab, said that Turkey’s President Erdogan sought refuge for one night in a Russian air base on Syria’s coast during the recent coup in Turkey.  Wahhab also criticised the ...

So the Turks have crossed into Syria.  This everybody agrees upon.  What remains completely obscure are the real goals of this operation. I won’t give the answer here simply because I don’t have it.  But let me share a few ...

Note by the Saker: the following was sent to me by a person I know but who decided to write under an alias. When I asked my contact how sure he was of his info, he replied: “Well the source ...

An enormous fire erupted near a NATO base in western Turkey. Authorities are investigating the fire as a possible act of anti-American sabotage. The inferno started on Sunday evening in western Turkey. The fire blew through the grassy wooded area ...

When I first heard that a coup was in progress in Turkey my first thought was that it was the USA’s way to punish Erdogan for his sudden apology to Russia.  Yes, sure, I realized that there were many other ...

Andrew Korybko left a link to his latest Turkish analysis in our comments section. I have copied the article in full here. I communicated with Saker and it was decided that the article should be published under commenter’s corner for ...

A failed military coup has left scores dead throughout Turkey including 60 civilian protesters who heeded the call of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resist the attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government. UPDATE: According to NTV, Erdogan’s residence in ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport in a bid to address the nation and reestablish control over the government after a coup attempt was unleashed on the country during his vacation. An aircraft carrying President ...