While Turkey and Syria were still dealing with the devastation caused by a series of earthquakes a couple of weeks ago, two more earthquakes of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude hit the unfortunate countries on Monday, 20 February 2023. According to the initial reports, three persons have lost their lives and 213 have been injured in the Hatay province of Turkey. According to The … [Read more...]
Turkey-Syria Earthquake – As death toll exceeds 21000, rescue teams work miracles – Hope against Despair
As of late 9 February 2023, the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has exceeded 21000. While the body count mounted swiftly in the span of just 72 hours, the rescue teams have been racing against time to save as many survivors from the wreckage as humanly possible. Thousands of professional and volunteer rescue workers, from within Turkey and from around the world, … [Read more...]
Earthquake in Turkey, Syria – Greater Central Asia must use its transport networks, other resources for immediate relief work, long-term solutions
nCa Analysis The death and destruction caused by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on 6 and 7 February 2023 is colossal by all means. According to the latest reports, as of the morning of 8 February 2023, the death toll is around 8000. All of the five countries of Central Asia acted swiftly and sent their first consignments of relief cargo and the teams of relief and … [Read more...]
More earthquakes adds to devastation in Turkey – Death toll exceeds 5000
Turkey and Syria were hit by more earthquakes on Tuesday, 7 February 2023. According to the media reports, two major earthquakes of 5.7 on the Richter scale Tuesday morning struck the same areas that were affected by the earthquake the previous day. The death toll has exceeded 5000 and rising fast. More than 20000 have been injured. Hundreds, possibly thousands, are still … [Read more...]
Here is how to help in relief work for Turkey-Syria earthquake victims
The two successive earthquakes Monday morning have wreaked havoc in Syria and Turkey. Nine provinces of Turkey (Turkiye) have been affected and the death toll has already reached 1200. At the Richter scale 7.8, it was a massive earthquake along the East Anatolian fault line, long identified by the experts as very dangerous. The people and the government of Turkey are … [Read more...]
Several cities in Turkey, Syria hit by 7.8 earthquake – Hundreds dead, thousands injured, left homeless
A massive earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, hit several cities in Turkey and Syria on Monday. The death toll is more than 700 and climbing. Thousands have been injured and rendered homeless. Eight provinces in Turkey including Gaziantep, Osmania, and Kahramanmaras have been affected. Many buildings have collapsed including the historic Gaziantep … [Read more...]
EU inaction on Syrian refugees is a stain on human conscience
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkish Republic The EU was meant to be a world power that stood as a beacon for human rights and respect for the international rules-based order. But unless something is done about Greece’s treatment of refugees, and the frenzied support it still receives from the EU, that claim will collapse. I have long cautioned the EU to … [Read more...]
Turkish Parliamentary delegation visits Turkmenistan
Candid views on relations with Turkmenistan, situation at Turkish-Syria border nCa Report Turkey is determined to steer the situation at the Turkish-Syrian border to its logical conclusion, and has the full capacity to do so. This was said by Ibrahim Aydemir, AK Party’s Erzurum MP, the Co-Chairman of the Turkish-Turkmen Joint Parliamentary Friendship Group and member of … [Read more...]
Парламентская делегация Турции посетила Туркменистан
Объективные взгляды на отношения с Туркменистаном, ситуацию на турецко-сирийской границе Доклад nCa Турция полна решимости довести ситуацию на турецко-сирийской границе до логического завершения и имеет для этого все возможности. Об этом в эксклюзивном разговоре с nCa в субботу, 19 октября, заявил эрзурумскийдепутат парламента от партии АК, сопредседатель совместной … [Read more...]
В стремлении к миру нужна предприимчивая внешняя политика
Министр иностранных дел Турции Мевлют Чавушоглу На этой неделе в Стамбуле пройдут две отдельные, но связанные между собой международные конференции по медиации. Одна из них будет посвящена положению дел на карте конфликтов и возможностям посредничества в рамках Организации исламского сотрудничества (ОИК). На второй встрече будет рассмотрен широкий круг вопросов и связи между … [Read more...]
The Meaning of Operation Olive Branch
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey The gloomy portrait of the Middle East today should not obscure that peace is achievable. The basic premise for any such peace must be to preserve the territorial integrity of states. This means countering all forces that exist only to pursue their dystopias at the expense of others and with the help of outsiders, including … [Read more...]
Time to bust the myths about Turkey — Europe couldn’t do without us
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Urban myths have crept into European public debates about Turkey. Every now and then, one has to pause and deflate a few of them. Let me do so on five key issues. Syria: Turkey has been pulling every string to achieve three objectives. First, it is leading efforts to alleviate the humanitarian suffering. The number of … [Read more...]
UN Security Council – How Kazakhstan reconciled the Security Council members – explanation of an ambiguity
On 27 February 2018, we published the commentary titled: UN Security Council – How Kazakhstan reconciled the Security Council members This sentence in the commentary caused some misunderstanding: “In the Middle East, another aggravation occurred - Turkey launched a full-scale military operation against the Kurds in Syria.” As is clear from our earlier commentaries … [Read more...]
Syria: Trump folly, Turkish reminder, and how it connects with Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Against all wisdom and commonsense, Trump has turned around and started partnering with terrorists in Syria. This is certainly bad for Syria but it would also be catastrophic for many parts of the world including Central Asia. And, USA under Trump would definitely be among the losers. * * * Trump is acting like ‘The Foolish Tree Climber.’ Here is the East … [Read more...]
Analysis: Assassination of Russian ambassador in Turkey
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 21 December 2016 (nCa) --- Circumstantial evidence is emerging already that the man who pulled the trigger in the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey was linked to FETO. There are ample reasons to believe that Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, the police lieutenant who fired eleven shots this Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara, of which perhaps … [Read more...]
Анализ: УбийствоРоссийскогоПославТурции
ТарикСаиди Ашхабад, 21 декабря 2016 (nCa) --- Уже обнаружены косвенные доказательства, свидетельствующие о связи убийцы Посла России в Турции с организацией ФЕТО. Достаточно оснований для предположений о том, что лейтенант полиции МевлютМертАлтынташ, совершивший одиннадцать выстрелов в этот понедельник на художественной выставке в Анкаре, из которых девять попали в … [Read more...]
Refugees in Turkey: Despair, Determination, Hope, Frustration
Tariq Saeedi Gaziantep (Turkey), 18 May 2016 / Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), 22 May 2016 --- Here are a couple of stanzas from ‘Home,’ a powerful and moving poem by Ms. Warsan Shire, a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer: no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well […] i want to go … [Read more...]
Беженцы в Турции: Отчаяние, определение, Надежда, крушение надежд
Тарик Саиди Газиантеп (Турция), 18 мая 2016 / Ашхабад (Туркменистан), 22 мая 2016 --- Вот несколько строк из поэмы «Дом» - мощной и волнующей поэмы г-жи Варсан Шир, сомалийской поэтессы и писателя кенийского происхождения: никто не покидает дома, если только дом - не рот акулы. вы можете дойти только до границы, когда вы видите, что весь город бежит. […] Я … [Read more...]
Инициативы Путина во имя глобального мира
Генерал Мирза Аслам Бег, бывший Начальник Штаба Армии Пакистана Российское военное вмешательство в Сирии является тщательно продуманным актом, основанным на многолетнем планировании. Путин решил внутренние проблемы; восстановил вооруженные силы; обеспечил безопасность в «ближнем зарубежье» и протянул руки до Афганистана для устранения террористической угрозы. Основная цель … [Read more...]
Countdown to WWIII?
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 12 October 2015 (nCa) --- Syria, in the centre of the brutal geopolitical jostling, could be the trigger point for WWII. With each passing day, new elements are adding to uncertainty, which may ultimately push everyone to the point of no return. Anton Chekhov, the celebrated Russian playwright and author: “If you say in the first chapter that there … [Read more...]
Обратный отсчет до третей мировой воны?
Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 12 октября 2015 (nCa) --- Сирия, находящаяся сейчас в центре жестокого геополитического столкновения, может стать спусковым крючком для разворачивания третей мировой войны. С каждым уходящим днем, к неопределенности добавляются новые элементы, которые могут отбросить каждого к точке невозврата. Известный российский классик Антон Чехов писал: «Если в … [Read more...]
Putin’s Surprise – Caspian to Syria
nCa Report Ashgabat, 8 October 2015 (nCa) --- On 10 September 2014, while chairing a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, President Putin of Russia hinted at “unpleasant surprises for our Western partners.” He added that “the main thing is to avoid hysterics afterwards.” The milieu of these remarks was rather broad. --- President Obama said during the 69th session … [Read more...]
Сюрприз от Путина – Из Каспия в Сирию
Доклад nCa Ашхабад, 8 октября 2015 (nCa) --- 10 сентября 2014 года в ходе заседания Военно-промышленной комиссии Президент России Путин намекнул на «неприятный сюрприз для наших западных партнеров». Он добавил, что «главное впоследствии избежать истерики». Среда для этих замечаний довольна широкая. --- Президент Обама заявил в ходе 69-й сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН в … [Read more...]
Kaleidoscoping the Migrant Problem-Opportunity Dilemma
Ben Tanosborn Pictures of migrant-exiles from the Middle East, not just Syrians but Iraqis and Afghanis as well, are currently being transmitted by CNN, Aljazeera English and other news giants to homes all over the world in customary repetition which most of us would agree exceeds the canons of proper news reporting. Fodder news portraying human pain and misery are being … [Read more...]
Aylan shakes the world and sends powerful message to Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Warning: This article carries graphic images some may find distressing Ashgabat, 7 September 2015 (nCa) --- Bawling our eyes out and shaming Europe into accepting more migrants may seem like the right way to show our misplaced remorse and belated love for Aylan. As if our tears and hysterics would somehow undo or at least atone for what was started by our own … [Read more...]
Айлан потряс мир и послал мощный сигнал для Центральной Азии
Warning: This article carries graphic images some may find distressing Тарик Саиди Ашхабад, 7 сентября 2015 г. (nCa) ---Если накричать на Европу и заставить ее принять большее число мигрантов, нам может показаться, что мы правильном пути, чтобы проявить наше неуместное раскаяние и запоздалую любовь к Айлану. --- Но так ли это на самом деле? Как будто наши слезы и истерики … [Read more...]
Бесплодная фантазия России
Комментарий nCa Ашхабад, 2 июля 2013 (nCa) ---Какая жалость ----- Россияне не способны привирать. Они тратят значительную часть времени и усилий на производство красивой правдоподобной лжи, а затем все портят, переусердствовав в своей выдумке. Им следует поучиться искусству изощренного обмана у американцев. Последним примером служит репортаж российского журналиста о … [Read more...]
Паника вокруг Ирана – Часть Вторая: Необходимое отступление
Анализ nCa Продолжение из Части Первой Ашгабат, 5 апреля 2012 (nCa) ---Необходимо сделать маленькое отступление, прежде чем мы приступим к рассмотрению нефтяных санкций и их возможного воздействия на Иран, а также других способов, используемых для ослабления Ирана перед прямой конфронтацией. Существуют различные теории о вымирании динозавров. Одна из них утверждает, … [Read more...]
Iran panic – Part Two: A necessary digression
nCa Analysis Continued from Part One Ashgabat, 5 April 2012 (nCa) --- Before we look at the oil sanctions and their likely impact on Iran, and the other methods that are being used to soften Iran ahead of a direct confrontation, it is necessary to digress a bit. There are different theories about the extinction of dinosaurs. One of them contends that when dinosaurs grew … [Read more...]
Паникa вокруг Иранe – Часть Первая: Иран чeрeз Сирии
Анализ nCa Ашгабат, 3 апреля 2012 (nCa) --- 1 апреля по итогам Стамбульской конференции, в которой приняли участие делегаты 50 стран, ыло принято решение об обеспечении финансами и вооружением сирийской оппозиции. Это преднамеренное нарушение мирного процесса произошло под скрупулезным контролем Кофи Аннана. Являются ли участники конференции «Друзьями Сирии» - лучший … [Read more...]
Iran panic – Part one: Iran via Syria
nCa Analysis Ashgabat, 3 April 2012 (nCa) --- A conference of some 50 countries decided 1 Apr in Istanbul to fund and arm the Syrian opposition. This is deliberate disruption of peace process being painstakingly shepherded by Kofi Annan. Whether the conference participants are ‘Friends of Syria’ is a question best answered by the people of Syria. What is apparent from their … [Read more...]