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Just another lie. 40 Kurds linked to PKK tried to enter today 1killed, 3 wounded. At a protest camp set my Kurdish and some turkish artists a Kurdish activist got killed


Kurds are getting killed by the day, just the other day a Kurdish politician got lynched by turks in Ankara. The Kurdish football player Deniz Naki has fled back to Germany after had been attacked by a group of turks when he was going to buy food. For what u ask? For showing support for Kobane and Shingal on FB.
BBC News - Footballer Deniz Naki flees Turkey for Germany after attack
That my iranian friend is the average turk. yet the turks in here they come screamin at me for some soldier who was shot while shopping with his wife. god knwos how many kurds have been killed so far.
is the peshmerga and fsa that entered ayn al arab through Turkey not enough?
it's so laughable to see pkk/pyd at the mercy of Turkey vis a vis ayn al arab. anyway, no matter how many pkk/pyd clowns you pour in, without US air support they will be minced meat soon. watch and taste terrorism, maybe you will become humane and stop supporting pkk/pyd.

your pkk/pyd lot started vandalizing and killing last month in the first place, which btw hurt the Kurdish community in Turkey since most damage and killing is done there, but when someone retaliates its cry cry cry. i have noticed on several occasions you suffering from short memory loss, check a doc. learn to behave like civilized people instead of rioting at the first given chance. you're at fault, yet act like you're right. if anything, this isis chapter has shown how pathetic, ungrateful and weak peshmerga, pkk/pyd in reality is while your men are safely rioting in Turkey or fleeing from isis in ayn al arab in women clothes and the women are send to the front as propaganda tool. hyper-inflated delusional clowns.
 
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Turkmenistan, Turkey to mull aspects of bilateral relations

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Nov. 1

By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to Turkmenistan is scheduled for Nov. 6-7, the Turkmen government said in a message Nov. 1.

The message said the issue of preparation for the visit was discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

“The agenda of the upcoming Turkmen-Turkish high level talks will include the key areas in traditionally friendly bilateral relations. Following the talks, it is planned to sign a number of documents,” the message said.

The message also quoted Turkmenistan’s president as saying, “the Turkmenistan-Turkey relations, which have a history going back to distant ages, have in modern times got a decent continuation.”

Turkey is one of the largest trade and economic partners of Turkmenistan. Its local market has over 600 Turkish companies.

Previously, it was reported that in 2013 the foreign trade turnover of Turkmenistan and Turkey stood at about $4.746 billion, some 38 percent higher than in 2012.
 
Just another lie. 40 Kurds linked to PKK tried to enter today 1killed, 3 wounded. At a protest camp set my Kurdish and some turkish artists a Kurdish activist got killed

I have an idea, why don't you all start protesting(rioting) in europe like how you did in Turkey, or are you only good as europa's and *looking to a certain nation in the middle east* toys
 
Didnt just 150 Pesmerga entered Kobane throught Turkey ungrateful human being?

There's no point in arguing with bigots. Al-PKK hates Turks and that's why he believes anything negative about us without even thinking. He's irrational.

Arguing with him just gives his garbage opinions more attention. Maybe the mods should start applying the forum rules and ban him for his overt racism against Turks:

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Republican victory in US Congress benefits Turkey

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A Republican-led Congress will be on Turkey's side, particularly in its positions on the Syrian crisis and Armenian claims regarding 1915 incidents

The Republican victory in the U.S. midterm elections is likely to contribute positively to Turkish-American relations as they share Turkey's view on the Syrian crisis and Armenian claims regarding 1915 incidents, experts have said.

All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 out of the 100 seats in the Senate were contested in the Nov. 4 midterm elections.

The Republicans won a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The result will most probably deepen the division in American politics as executive power is in the hands of a Democrat President while both chambers of legislative power are now under Republican control.

There are not only several domestic policy issues on which President Barack Obama will face resistance from Congress, but he will also face opposition on issues of foreign policy as Republicans are not happy with the White House's foreign policy moves and have been particularly critical of Obama’s vision for the Middle East.

The Obama administration has been negotiating with Iran on their nuclear program, a course of action which has frustrated a majority of Republican congressmen.

They will most probably try every way they can to block the administration's attempts to make concessions to Iran, such as the lifting or loosening of sanctions in exchange for a nuclear deal.

The Republican-led Congress will also push the White House to expand the scope of its anti-ISIL strategy in Syria and Iraq to include the option of American boots on ground as well as the removal of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.

Republicans close to Turkey's position on Syrian crisis

Soner Cagatpay, Director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told the Anadolu Agency that a Republican-led U.S. Congress would contribute significantly to Turkish-American relations.

Cagatpay underlined that the Syrian crisis comes at the top of a host of issues in which Republicans share Turkey's view.

"Except for some marginal groups within the Republican trend, mainstream Republicans share Turkey's position on the need for international intervention in Syria, the removal of President Bashar al-Assad as well as arming the moderate Syrian opposition," Cagatpay added.

Turkey's leadership have been pushing the U.S. to take direct action against the Assad regime since they see it as the main cause of chaos in Syria, which led to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant or ISIL.

Despite reiterating that the Assad regime is the main factor behind the rise of extremist groups in Syria, the Obama administration has based its anti-ISIL strategy on degrading and defeating the group rather than starting with the removal of the Assad regime.

Republicans such as Sen. John McCain have been critical of the White House in this respect and emphasized that Obama should focus on the removal of Assad as the main pillar of his anti-ISIL strategy.

"Turkey will be relieved in terms of the Syrian crisis,” Cagatpay predicted, “as a significant actor in American politics, Congress will produce policies close to Turkey's position in terms of equipping and training Syrian opposition forces or the removal of Assad."

Dr. Kadir Ustun, Research Director at the SETA Foundation's Washington office also agreed that senators like McCain and Lindsey Graham would push the Obama administration to consider Turkey's position.

Noting that Republicans would certainly bring about some changes in foreign policy, Ustun said that, in particular, they will push the White House to increase the defense budget and expand the scope of anti-ISIL operations.

“We can expect increasing U.S. engagement in both Iraq and Syria," Ustun explained, "Obama would try to stand firm behind his promises such as putting no boots on the ground in combat roles, but if they are able to make Obama adopt a more comprehensive strategy in Syria, it will contribute to U.S.-Turkish relations -- particularly in terms of the Iraqi and Syrian crises."

Pro-Armenian chairman loses his chair

A Democrat-led Senate's Foreign Relations Committee would have been a nightmare for Turkish-American relations, as it would have come out with bills on Armenian claims of genocide during the 1915 incidents in eastern Turkey.

2015 will be centenary of the 1915 incidents, when millions of Armenians were relocated by the Ottoman Empire as they were causing chaos in the region during World War I.

Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, one of the strongest supporters of the Armenian lobby in Congress, lost his chair to the Republican ranking member of the committee, Bob Corker, who has opposed Armenian claims of genocide.

Touching upon the Republicans' approach to the 1915 incidents, Cagatpay pointed out that it has been Republicans in the Senate who have blocked bills on genocide claims against Turkey.

He also pointed out that as security plays a key role in Republicans' foreign policy tendencies, they would like to keep relations warm with Turkey as a strong ally in the Middle East.

Concerning the bills on Armenian claims, Kadir Ustun also agrees with Cagatpay that Republicans would be on Turkey's side.

Ustun said that the House majority leader, John Boehner, promised not to include bills on Armenian claims into the House agenda.

"Republicans will be more sensitive to the 1915 incidents in order to keep relations with Turkey strong," Ustun explained.

“The issue would be voiced loudly in 2015 due to the centenary of the 1915 events," Ustun said.

The Republicans would not bring this issue onto the stage but there is still a possibility that Obama would not object if the Democrats tried to bring it up in Congress, he added.

"The bill will come to Congress as there are many Armenian lobby supporters in there," Ustun predicted, "but the chance for it to pass is now lower than ever, as the Republicans are in control of Congress."

Turkish-Israeli relations are a problem for a Republican-led Congress

Turkish-Israeli relations are currently under strain due to Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip as well as its attack on a Turkish flotilla in 2009, which killed nine Turkish citizens.

Republicans are more pro-Israel than Democrats, thus one of the main issues that Congress will not be happy with will be Turkey's relations with Israel, experts also think.

"The new Congress would like to see the two close U.S. allies, Turkey and Israel, have good relations," Cagatpay said, "There will be an expectation within Congress that Turkish-Israeli relations will be normalized."

Otherwise, he added, there would be confrontation in the future between Ankara and Congress.

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Iran is making problems for turkish trucks at the iranian turkish border by increasing prices to pass through iran, in response turkish trucks will pass through georgia, and azerbaijan. From baku they will get on a "Ro Ro" cross the caspian sea and get off in Turkmenistan.

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Turkmenistan inks deal with Turkey to supply gas to TANAP pipeline

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan has signed an outline deal with Turkey to supply gas to a new pipeline that could help Europe reduce its dependence on Russian gas imports.

The two countries struck a so-called framework agreement on Friday for Turkmenistan, which is keen to diversify exports of its gas to world markets, to supply gas to the proposed Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline project (TANAP).

"We attach great significance to deliveries of Turkmenistan's natural gas to Europe via Turkey," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said through an interpreter during a visit to the Turkmen capital Ashgabat.

"Europe's energy security is important for us."

Erdogan and his Turkmen counterpart Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov oversaw the signing of the agreement between Turkmen state gas company Turkmengas and private Turkish firm Atagas for the purchase and sale of Turkmen gas for TANAP.

The two sides did not disclose the terms of the agreement.

TANAP envisages carrying 16 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea, one of the world's largest gas fields, which is being developed by a BP-led consortium. TANAP's capacity is set to rise to 23 bcm by 2023 and to 31 bcm by 2026.

However, to join the pipeline Turkmenistan will have to lay another pipeline across the Caspian Sea.

Asked how Turkmenistan could join the TANAP project, Atagas head Osman Saim Dinc told Reuters: "We are working on all alternative routes." He did not elaborate.

TANAP will be built from the Turkish-Georgian border to Turkey's frontier with Bulgaria and Greece. Its construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2018 in order to start deliveries of gas from Shah Deniz II in 2019. The preliminary cost of the pipeline has been estimated at $20 billion.

Turkmenistan, a Central Asian nation of 5.5 million, holds the world's fourth-largest reserves of natural gas. Since independence in 1991 the reclusive desert nation has sought to break its reliance on gas exports to former imperial master Russia.

Beijing supplanted Moscow as the main importer of the fuel after a China-bound pipeline was launched in 2009. Next-door Iran buys small volumes of Turkmen gas.

Turkmenistan inks deal with Turkey to supply gas to TANAP pipeline| Reuters

The exact route of the pipeline to Turkey wasn't specified but imo a trans caspian pipeline will be made.

 
Iran is making problems for turkish trucks at the iranian turkish border by increasing prices to pass through iran, in response turkish trucks will pass through georgia, and azerbaijan. From baku they will get on a "Ro Ro" cross the caspian sea and get off in Turkmenistan.
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Lol, in the end Iran shot his own feet.

They were trying to get all the transportation between Turkey and Turkmenistan by obstructing Turkish trucks but now they will get none.
 
We will stop buying expensive gas from iran, so they are now making diplomatic ties better with Turkmenistan ahahah. Dont sell gas to Turkey?

the first visit by an Iranian defense minister to Turkmenistan to boost military cooperation
your words are total wrong what the defence minister do ?? do they talk about business or they talk about common threat in afghanistan ? very soon west will leave afghanistan and afghan gov will fall turkmenistan should be rdy for it as we speak turkmen army entred afghanistan soil

Turkmenistan Armed Forces Cross Afghanistan Border
 

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