Since 2009, Ankara has established trade and investment relations with African countries large and small at a feverish pace and with Erdogan's ambition to dominate the continent.
Erdogan promised to double the bilateral trade ($50 billion) at the Turkey-Africa summit. #TurkeyWithAfrica
Approximately 3,000 business people from Turkey and Africa, 30 African ministers and representatives of regional organizations attended the African Forum, which was held in Istanbul from 21 to 22 October. #TurkeyWithAfrica
Erdogan said in Angola, “As Turkey, we reject Western-centered Orientalist approaches to the African continent.
We embrace the peoples of the African continent without discrimination.”
he said. #TurkeyWithAfrica
From the largest stadium in East Africa built by a Turkish firm in Rwanda, to the Olympic swimming pool in Senegal, to the huge mosque in Djibouti, and to Turkish military equipment on the battlefields of Libya, Turkish footprints are all over Africa today. #TurkeyWithAfrica
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: "(ABD Başkanı Biden ile görüşme) Suriye'de bulunan terör örgütleri PKK/PYD'nin Amerika'dan aldıkları destekler konusunda kendilerine üzüntümüzü ilettik."
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: "(Biden ile görüşme) Elimizdeki F-16'ların modernizasyonu veya yeni F-16'lar verilmesi konusu gündeme geldi. Savunma bakanlarımız süreci takip ediyorlar."
▪️“We expressed our sadness for supporting the PKK/YPG terrorist organization.”
▪️“We said that there are steps that will harm our solidarity.”
▪️“I believe that in the next period, the process until today will probably not continue like this.”
President Erdogan [F-16 topic in meeting with Biden]:
“As I see Biden's positive approach on this issue, of course, another dimension of the event is the House of Representatives and the Senate.
We said, 'You have weight on both sides, we expect the necessary care from you'.”
📍NEW — President Erdogan [in meeting with Biden]:
▪️“The Eastern Mediterranean was never on the agenda in our meeting today.”
▪️"Since he did not come, it means that he is not on the agenda of Mr. Biden at the moment."
▪️“The leaders discussed the political process in Syria, the delivery of humanitarian aid to the needy in Afghanistan, the Libyan elections, the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and diplomatic efforts in the South Caucasus.”
Russian warplane Su-27 toured for several minutes in Qamishli in eastern Syria.
Locals think that this contains a message for a possible Turkish operation.
Opposition groups hit the regime elements that were digging trenches in the Kefr Aleppo region, west of Aleppo, with RPG missiles.
There are dead and wounded.
Under the leadership of the USA, the International Coalition forces are conducting joint exercises with the PKK/YPG in the Koniko oil field in the east of Deir ez-Zor.
Warplanes and helicopters accompany the exercise.