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Feb 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Pretty horrible situation in Turkey over all. There are hundreds of collapsed buildings in 10 cities.

No cell phone coverage in many cities and it is snowing in Malatya as rescue workers dig through the rubble.
Runway in Hatay airport per social media reports. CNNTurk says the airport is damaged
Hatay airport

Kahramanmaras and horrible background sound

A highway in Hatay’s Reyhanlı #TurkeyEarthquake
An aftershock collapses a building in Sanliurfa

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Jan 29
Turkey has been quietly changing its policy regarding the Syrian Kurds. 🧵

• While Erdogan is using a tough rhetoric, Turkish officials develop a nuanced strategy to accommodate Kurdish grievances.

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middleeasteye.net/news/what-turk…
• In order to find a middle ground, Ankara is asking SDF to expel 2,000 PKK fighters from its ranks and also cease its connections with the Qandil appointed leaders such as Sabri ok.

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middleeasteye.net/news/what-turk…
• Turkey and HTS both agree that SDF should become a national party that represents Kurdish interests, without any armed wing, potentially through PYD or a new brand

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middleeasteye.net/news/what-turk…
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Jan 8
Turkey is rebuilding its navy, here is why 🧵:

• First, Turkey’s 16 frigates are very old. Some have 40 years under their belt. Ankara wants to replace them with locally produced ones.

middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-bu…
Secondly, the East-Med crisis with Greece in 2020 showed that Turkey doesn’t have ships to guard civilian vessels.

“We overworked both the ships and personnel, leading to even personnel attrition.”

middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-bu…
Thirdly, Turkey started to bank on open-sea patrol vessels (OPV)s, which can ram or harass aggressor ships.

A Turkish naval ship collided with a Greek one in 2020. OPVs are large, and they could be easily updated with sophisticated weapons

middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-bu…
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Dec 6, 2024
HTS leader Jolani explains how his group was able to defeat Syrian government this time:

• “Revolution has transition from chaos to a state of order both in civil and institutional matters and military operations a like. “

• “Unification of internal opinions”
• “Institutional structures”
• “Restructuring military factions”
• “Unified training camps”
• “discipline and engaging battle in an organised way”
• “Progress and execution of battles have been swift with adherence to command.”
Asked about his way of “Islamic” governance, Abu liberal Jolani says he wants to establish a system in Syria based on institutions, a country which isn’t rule through whims of a leader
Abu Woke Jolani says there must be a legal framework in Syria to protect all minorities and sects. “No one has a right to erase another group” he says
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Dec 9, 2023
“December 9, 1917 is one of the most difficult, painful and heartbreaking historical days that Turks have experienced.

Today, British armies have given one of the greatest gifts to the Christian world before Christmas by capturing Jerusalem, which had been under Ottoman rule for 401 years.

As a result of General Allenby's attack on Turkish positions in Jerusalem, which took advantage of the weather on December 8, which was also a rainy and foggy night, Ottoman Army’s the 20th Corps commander Ali Fuat Pasha requested permission from the German General Falkenhayn, the supreme commander of the Ottoman armies at the time, to withdraw from the city due to the fatigue of its soldiers and the lack of ammunition and provisions.

Falkenhayn, who was astonished by this unexpected situation, thought that the front could hold out, and even hoped to hold out until the reinforcements of the 1st Division and the German Asian branch, which were expected to arrive by December 13, reached the front.

However, it was not possible for the 20th Corps to resist. Because, against three British divisions consisting of 15-20 thousand people, Ali Fuat Pasha could hold on for a maximum of 12 hours with only 3800 soldiers. 7th army commander Fevzi Pasha ordered the corps to retreat.”
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“The evacuation, which started on the evening of December 8, would be completed on the morning of December 9 and the Turkish army would retreat to new defensive fortifications in the north and east. After the withdrawal of the army, civil servants and official duties also left the city.

Izzet Bey, who was the governor of Jerusalem at that time, left the following letter to Mayor Selim El-Husniye to be delivered to the British command:

"To the British Command

In Jerusalem, which is sacred to every nation, Howitzer rounds have been falling in some places for two days.

In order to protect the religious buildings from destruction, the Ottoman Government withdrew the soldiers from the town and appointed officers to guard the religious buildings such as Kamame and Masjid al-Aqsa. We are sending this document via Hüseyinzade Bey, the Deputy Mayor, with the hope that you will treat the situation accordingly, sir.

Independent Governor of Jerusalem İzzet”
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“Hüseyinzade Hüseyin Bey and his accompanying delegation left Jerusalem with a white flag in their hands and went to the British command, and this shot was taken while the letter was being delivered.” Image
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Oct 9, 2023
BREAKING — Egyptian Intelligence Minister called Netanyahu ten days before Hamas attack and warned him of "something unusual, a terrible operation" that was about to take place from Gaza.

Egyptians were "surprised by the indifference shown by Netanyahu".

— Yedioth Ahranoth Image
Netanyahu’s office denied the Egyptian party's claim, saying that "the report of a warning that came from Egypt before the outbreak of the war is incorrect and false”
Netanyahu’s Office: "The Prime Minister has not spoken or met with the Egyptian intelligence chief since the formation of the government - neither indirectly nor directly."
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Sep 22, 2023
Armenian and Greek lobbyist Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are indicted on federal bribery charges by the US Department of Justice
Menendez is accused of accepting hundreds thousands of dollars to benefit Egypt and seek to protect three business persons Image
Over $480,000 in cash were stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets and a safe in Menendez house. Some of the evidence contained the said business person’s driver’s fingerprints
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