Tag: Erdogan

PREMIERING NOW: Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime

“How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?” I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China. “NBA is…


Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime

“How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?” I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China. “NBA is…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime

“How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?” I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China. “NBA is…


PREMIERING 12/27 at 7:30PM ET: Enes Kanter Freedom: Why I Sacrificed My Future in the NBA to Stand Up to the Chinese Regime

“How can the biggest dictatorship in the world control a 100 percent American-made organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen?” I sit down with NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. After playing 11 seasons, his career abruptly ended when he made headlines, speaking out about human rights abuses in China. “NBA is…


Turkey-Russia-Syria Axis Taking Shape After Erdogan Calls for Meeting With Assad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced his country’s willingness to cooperate with Moscow and Damascus against Kurdish militant groups based in northern Syria. “We want to take steps with Syria and Russia, as a trio,” Erdogan was quoted as saying on Dec. 15 by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. He also called for a trilateral summit…


11 Years After the Arab Spring, Turkey Moves to Mend Diplomatic Ties with Cairo, Damascus

Turkey this week took fresh steps towards mending relations with Egypt and Syria. Ankara’s ties with both countries have been characterized by mutual hostility since the 2011 “Arab Spring” and its tumultuous aftermath. “We may reevaluate relations with the countries we have problems with,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters while attending a G20…


Turkey Seeking to Become Regional Energy Hub With Russia’s Help

Ankara appears to have embraced a recent proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to transform Turkey into a regional hub for the distribution of Russian natural gas. “We have agreed with Vladimir Putin to create a gas hub in our country, through which natural gas … can be delivered to Europe,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip…


‘No Waiting’: Turkey, Russia to Act on Putin’s Gas Hub Offer

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey and Russia have instructed their respective energy authorities to immediately begin technical work on a Russian proposal that would turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated the idea of exporting more gas through the TurkStream gas pipeline running…


Turkey Shocks Markets by Slashing Rates Despite Soaring Inflation, Currency Tumbles

The Turkish central bank is plowing ahead with more cuts to the national interest rate, even as the inflation of the Turkish lira continues to accelerate to unforeseen levels. On Thursday, Turkey shocked markets when it announced a new interest rate cut that would reduce the benchmark to only 13 percent, after seven months in…


Erdogan: Nordic NATO Bid Could Still Be Nixed If Vows Unkept

ISTANBUL—Just two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession, Turkey’s leader warned Thursday that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet his expectations. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the close of the alliance’s summit in Madrid that the 10-article agreement with…