Last Updated On: Dec 23 2020 11:00 Gmt+3
As of December, Turkey faces sanctions both from the European Union and the United States, following various warnings in the last months. Actually, these are warnings of sanctions since Turkey still is given a chance to change policies and avoid the proclaimed deterrents.
Turkey has the options to decide not to use the S-400 air defence system supplied by Russia, the main U.S. demand, and to stop drilling within Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, the main EU demand, to avert the cost of their punitive measures. The EU has given the Turkish government a time allowance until March 2021 to prove its shift in attitude, and the United States seems ready to be satisfied with a simple assurance by Turkey that it will not activate the S-400.
Iran lambasts Erdoğan for feeding fears of Turkic nationalism ahvalnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ahvalnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last Updated On: Dec 16 2020 01:33 Gmt+3
Turkey and Iran are experiencing a new level of tension following remarks by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Tehran accuses of undermining its territorial integrity.
Erdoğan travelled to Azerbaijan last week for a military parade celebrating the recapture of large chunks of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia. There he delivered a speech that included recitation of a poem that lamented the separation of the Azeri people.
“They separated the Aras River and filled it with rocks and rods. I will not be separated from you. They have separated us forcibly,” read the line from the poem. To many Iranian leaders, Erdoğan’s reading of this line triggered outrage for stoking separatism in their country.