Journalisthttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3mji6iuolkc26Turkey proposes several new energy lines amidst Hormuz crisis 1. Qatar - Turkey gas pipeline 2. Trans Caspian gas pipeline 3. Syria - Turkey oil pipeline 4. Basra - Turkey oil pipeline 5. Saudi - Turkey interconnection Read the details here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pipe-dream-turkey-plan-redraw-middle-east-energy-iran-war-hormuz14 Apr 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji6iuolkc26https://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3mcaeavqx2c2sBREAKING — Somalia cancels all agreements with the UAE, including at major ports https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/somalia-cancels-all-agreements-uae-including-major-ports12 Jan 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaeavqx2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lxhkavk5c22rErdogan basically calls Ukraine’s Zelensky after this morning’s awful Russian attacks targeting Kyiv. And then congratulates him for Ukraine’s Independence Day [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhkavk5c22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lxhk2wn7ws2rNEW: Turkey will continue to contribute Ukraine’s security after the end of the war, Erdogan tells Ukraine’s Zelensky in a phone call. He says that Ankara is ready to do everything it can to facilitate high-level contacts. Erdogan also congratulated Ukraine’s Independence Day28 Aug 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhk2wn7ws2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lxcopgbqh226NEW: Greece can't beat Ankara in war, says chief of Turkey's war college • Historian Erhan Afyoncu says Athens is struggling to find officers to operate military equipment https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/greece-cannot-win-war-turkey-says-top-turkish-defense-academic26 Aug 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcopgbqh226https://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lxcndz3kbc26Turkey doesn’t seek a clash with Israel in Syria. 
But dissenting voices remain. 
Professor Yesiltas ays Turkey should call Israel’s bluff, and establish military bases, as Netanyahu cannot risk striking Turkish forces directly. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-turkey-must-challenge-israel-moves-syria26 Aug 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcndz3kbc26https://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lua3s354qs2lWhen senior Turkish and Israeli officials met at a restaurant in Baku in April during secret talks on resolving their problems in Syria, the mood was cordial. Then an Iranian minister entered the venue… Read my take on Turkey’s options in Syria below: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-doesnt-have-many-options-against-israel-syria18 Jul 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lua3s354qs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lu6lzm4b5k25NEW: Turkey should obtain nuclear weapons, most Turks say in a new poll • 71% of respondents believe Turkey should start developing nuclear arms • 72% do not believe Nato would defend Turkey if it were attacked. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/most-turks-say-turkey-should-obtain-nuclear-weapons-poll17 Jul 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6lzm4b5k25https://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lmwmb7j7mc2hNEW: US lobbied Turkey and Israel to hold military deconfliction talks on Syria • Washington was concerned over nearby Israeli and Turkish jets, but Turkish sources downplay US involvement • Rubio raised the issue during talks, per US official https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-encouraged-turkey-and-israel-hold-military-deconfliction-talks-syria16 Apr 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwmb7j7mc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lmwbo4szb22sNEW: Turkey puts the brakes on F-16 deal in favour of F-35s • Ankara mulls rerouting $1.4bn it paid for F-16s to next generation jets if Trump readmits it into the programme • Turkey doesn’t intend to cancel F-16 deal but wants to prioritise F-35s https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-puts-brakes-f-16-deal-favour-f-35s16 Apr 2025 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwbo4szb22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lmakckjdik2uNEW: Israel's Netanyahu personally lobbying US against F-35 sale to Turkey, sources say • Netanyahu lobbied Rubio and also planned to talk about the F-35 sale with Trump today Sean Mathew’s story with my assist https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-netanyahu-lobbying-us-against-f-35-sale-turkey-sources-say07 Apr 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmakckjdik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lmahunvpx22oNEW: Turkey and Israel mull deconfliction line in Syria, sources say • Netanyahu reportedly says he is making progress in a deconfliction line deal with Turkey • Move comes after Israeli strikes in Syria Story with Sean P Mathews https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-and-israel-deconfliction-line-syria07 Apr 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmahunvpx22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3lm62a5djac25The FT has received considerable criticism for having Elif Shafak write about Turkey’s anti-government protests. Many Gen Z on X view her as superficial and cliché, arguing that she is out of touch with the protests since she has been living in London for years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2025 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm62a5djac25https://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3llyy66kqhk2yNEW: Israel isn’t looking for conflict with Turkey in Syria, a senior Israeli official says. — Reuters04 Apr 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyy66kqhk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3llyeyekndc2yNEW: #Turkey wants no confrontation with #Israel in Syria, Fidan says • Fidan also says If the new administration in Damascus wants to have "certain understandings" with Israel then that is their own business, he added. — Reuters04 Apr 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyeyekndc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3llydf6eaq22pNEW: Turkish Spy Chief Ibrahim Kalin attends top African intelligence conference in Kenya. Kalin sits with Kenyan President and other senior officials. More than 60 intelligence and security agencies joined the 2nd Mashariki Cooperation Conference in Naivasha, Kenya04 Apr 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llydf6eaq22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3llybnwexkc2pErdogan’s ally Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli emerges today in Ankara after two month long absence. There were a lot of speculations on his health.04 Apr 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llybnwexkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ragipsoylu.bsky.social/post/3llwutxqrfc26Needless to say, all the reports on X yesterday claiming that three Turkish engineers were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Syria were completely false. But that’s X right now, we don’t have any source for anything anymore. Hopefully this place would be less toxic so I would preserve my sanity03 Apr 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:oukrunm4yvfzug5dusc5copm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwutxqrfc26