Ragıp Soylu
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Turkey Bureau Chief @middleeasteye E-mail: [email protected] Türkçe için: @ragipsoyluTR Signal: ragipsoylu.99
Joined May 2010
NEW: Turkey eyes second-hand Eurofighter jets from Qatar • Sources say Ankara close to securing a deal as Turkey’s defence minister visits Doha With @leventkemaI
https://t.co/gkq0t9IeYM
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Sources say Ankara close to securing a deal as Turkey’s defence minister visits Doha
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What the heck. Items found in the suitcases of some Congolese people arriving at Istanbul Airport: • Bug-infested raw meat. • Dried fish. • Dried meat. • Dried insects.
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Zei Squirrel is a Putin, Xi Jinping and Assad apologist. I don’t find anything genuine in her so-called “work” on Gaza. Just another front to preach “the cause” to the masses
Israel just killed his third son. This is a reminder of how the axis mob treated him
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As I said: “From that moment, on December 26, 2024 it was clear to me that the only way that the Gaza war would come to an end is when President Trump makes the decision that it has to end.”
October 9, 2025 A first short note on some thoughts this morning. Gershon Baskin This is definitely a morning for celebration. The war is ending. The killing and destruction will stop. The Israeli hostages will be coming home – the living and the deceased. For Palestinians,
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Oh come on Vucic. You have almost excellent ties with Turkey and we all know that you try to deflect your administration from the domestic instability by distracting the public with Erdogan and Turkey. A day later that’s why you retracted your statement
I am appalled by Türkiye's behaviour and the brutal violation of the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244, as well as the continued arming of the authorities in Pristina. It is now completely clear that Türkiye does not want stability in the Western Balkans and is
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BREAKING — Turkey will participate in Gaza task force and closely monitor whether the parties comply with the agreement, Erdogan says He also adds that Turkey will partake in reconstruction process
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NEW: Turkey will take part in a joint task force - alongside Israel, the United States, Qatar and Egypt - that will be established to locate the bodies of deceased hostages in Gaza whose locations are unknown, a senior Turkish official said on Thursday. — Reuters
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Turkey, along with Qatar and Egypt, could have convinced Hamas for a hostage deal in late 2023. But Netanyahu wasn’t interested in a deal at the time. And then Erdogan lost his patience with him, deteriorating relations
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Netanyahu: “A great day for Israel. Tomorrow I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.”
יום גדול לישראל. אכנס מחר את הממשלה כדי לאשר את ההסכם ולהחזיר את כל חטופינו היקרים הביתה. אני מודה לחיילי צה״ל הגיבורים ולכל כוחות הביטחון שבזכות אומץ ליבם והקרבתם הגענו ליום הזה. אני מודה מעומק ליבי לנשיא טראמפ ולצוותו על התגייסותם למשימה קדושה זו של שחרור חטופינו. בעזרת
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Reports say all hostages alive would be released on Saturday. The deal would be formally signed noon today.
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Simple formula. If US president wants peace, it happens. It was true for Biden, it was true for Trump for the last 10 months. It is just a matter of will. But indeed, blessed are the peacemakers
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Reports that Israel and Hamas have reached a deal. Turkish Intel Chief Kalin appears to be in the room with others like Witkoff
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We already reported last week that Turkey considers deploying troops to Gaza but Israel would oppose it. Hamas on the other hand would be keen. It apparently what happened per @SeanPmathews sources. Israel opposed it. https://t.co/QDQhBSeA7I
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'Maximum pressure' is now being applied to Hamas to accept the deal, despite its clear shortcomings, sources tell MEE
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Mr. @realDonaldTrump, the distorted question from that Israeli reporter represents a very small minority in Israel. As reflected in every poll, the overwhelming majority of Israelis want a hostage deal, an end to the war, and a better, more stable future for the region - in the
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A first in history: During the excavations carried out in Turkey’s 12.000 -year-old Karahantepe, a T-shaped obelisk depicting a human face was uncovered for the first time. For the context, pyramids are 4700-year-old, Stonehenge is 5000-year-old
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Multiple eye witness accounts say Israeli military ridiculed Greta Thunberg by forcing on her the Israeli flag. Another person said she was forced to kiss the flag
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Japan is a beautiful country, no doubt. Polished streets, polite people. Orderly city life. But it is stuck in 90s. You don’t get the sense of a society which lives with “cutting edge” tech. Banking tells you a lot. Maybe incoming PM is right to invest in AI, semiconductors
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Axios report basically confirms what I wrote. Erdogan used his leverage to convince Hamas, per Trump statement. A US official also confirms Turkish efforts were crucial
Trump phones Erdogan today and discusses Gaza peace plan with him. Trump probably wants Erdogan to convince Hamas for the deal.
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Randomly bumped into Israeli tourists in Tokyo. Guess they increasingly avoid Europe.
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Trump phones Erdogan today and discusses Gaza peace plan with him. Trump probably wants Erdogan to convince Hamas for the deal.
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