The heavy military campaign launched by Syrian regime forces into the Idlib province of Syria in recent months has revived concerns over a new massive refugee influx towards Turkey as the enclave hosts around 3.5 million people. Under attack by Russian-backed Syrian forces, these people have no places to run to other than Turkey. Tens of thousands of civilians have already fled north from Idlib to the Turkish border, with reports that the humanitarian crisis in the province is getting deeper.
One of the most important achievements of the political efforts in regards to the Syrian civil war was the decision to set up a constitutional committee with the task of writing a new blueprint for the war-torn country in line with the resolution 2254 of the United Nations Security Council.
All the eyes in the Turkish capital for a very long time were on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had promised to make changes both at the Justice and Development Party (AKP) management and at the Cabinet after losing Istanbul and Ankara municipalities to the opposition party.
Turkey’s legal year will start on Sept. 2 through a ceremony to be held at the Presidential Palace under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and with the participation of senior justice members as well as the head of Turkey’s Bar Associations, Metin Feyzioğlu.
The front pages of almost all national newspapers were full of pictures of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin posing in front of a Russian-made SU-57 aircraft during the Turkish president’s visit to Russia on Aug. 27.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Russia yesterday on the sidelines of an important aviation and space fair in which the newest products of the Russian defense industry are being exhibited.
A senior official of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has complained about an ongoing anti-AKP campaign mainly on social media, but also supported by international media outlets, which suggests that the ruling party has started losing power and integrity following the local elections, particularly the losses of Istanbul and Ankara.
Two processes are ongoing in Syria: First, Turkey and the United States are in talks for setting up a buffer zone in northwest Syria. Second, there are developments in the Idlib province of Syria, once declared a de-escalation zone by Turkey, Russia and Iran.
Three things have happened in the wake of the local elections on March 31, when the opposition bloc won Turkey’s largest metropolises, including Istanbul and Ankara, along with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) victory in southeastern Anatolia.
