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💥 Turkey’s latest play: Defense Minister Yaşar Güler publicly offers Egypt a maritime deal, claiming Cairo would gain ~15,000 km² more sea than under any pact with Greece.
🎇 Turkey is openly trying to “bribe” Egypt with maritime territory that does NOT belong to it.
🔥A modern pirate state showing its mindset in full color.
This is textbook gunboat diplomacy from a state that refuses to sign UNCLOS, denies full maritime rights to Greek islands (Crete, Kastellorizo and others) and the Republic of Cyprus under its Blue Homeland doctrine, and treats the Eastern Mediterranean as its private domain while threatening those who disagree.
The timing is no accident. It comes right after Greece and Egypt agreed to continue consultations on extending their 2020 EEZ agreement — strictly on the basis of international law and UNCLOS — and after eastern Libya’s ratification of the illegal 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum (which both Cairo and Athens correctly call null and void).
Ankara is trying to buy off Egypt with maps drawn from someone else’s continental shelf in order to isolate Greece and weaken Cyprus’s rights. Egypt has repeatedly shown it knows the difference: it respects its existing agreements, UNCLOS, and the reality that playing Ankara’s games damages its interests with Europe.
International law and island sovereign rights are not optional. Pirate charts are. 🇬🇷🇨🇾
#Turkey #Greece #Cyprus #UNCLOS #EasternMediterranean #BlueHomeland #PirateState
Source: ekathimerini.com/politics/fo…
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Greece, Cyprus, France and Italy held Eunomia south of Kastellorizo. Ankara replied with a counter-NAVTEX claiming the Greek station had no authority there.
You don’t apply to join the EU and then draw your borders through EU waters.
Nice pics from the 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇨🇾 joint maritime drill EUNOMIA 2026.
The four Navies operated in the EEZs of Greece an Cyprus to reiterate the support of 🇮🇹🇫🇷 to the EEZ rights of Greece and Cyprus (and consequently of the 🇪🇺) according to the principles of the UNCLS.
The maritime zones selected for the EUNOMIA exercises—often spanning the maritime corridors between Crete, Kasos, Karpathos, Rhodes, and Cyprus—frequently overlap with critical regional infrastructure projects, including the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) subsea power cable route. One of the vital infrastrctures for the EU that Turkey is trying to obstacle (with zero luck...).
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🇨🇾🇪🇬 @Eni to Sign up to $1.8 Billion of Infrastructure Contracts for Cyprus Gas Project in Coming Days, Sources Say wsj.com/business/energy-oil/… via @WSJ
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Haklı olarak, Türk tarih kitaplarını eleştiriyorlar. Çinli hanedanları Türk diye tanıtmışlar
''Bu, 1942 yılına kadar ülke çapında kullanılan bir Türk tarihi ders kitabıdır; kitapta, Xia, Shang ve Zhou hanedanlıklarının hepsinin Türkler tarafından kurulduğu ve Çin medeniyetinin en görkemli dönemlerinin hepsinde Türklerin izlerinin bulunduğu anlatılmaktadır. Sümer medeniyetinin ve Yunan medeniyetinin kurucuları Türklerdi; Türkiye ayrıca tüm Batı medeniyetinin de temellerini atan ülkedir… Tek söylemek istediğim, eskiden bazı ülkelere karşı sesimi fazla yükseltmiştim; insanlık tarihinde en yüksek başarıya ulaşan ülke aslında Türkiye’dir.''
Replying to @VartanHalis
这是沿用至1942年全国版本的土耳其历史教科书,其中描述了夏商周三朝都是土耳其人创立的,整个中国文明中最辉煌的年代都有土耳其人的影子。苏美尔文明,希腊文明的创建者都是土耳其人,土耳其也是整个西方文明的奠基者……
我只想说以前是我对某些国家嗓门太大了,土耳其才是人类历史发明天花板😅
“Turkey believes it can spark a sectarian crisis and then leverage United Nations diplomacy to empower Indian Muslims to further divide the country.” says @mrubin1971
#India #Turkey
Could India face a sectarian civil war?
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Cypriot Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday that he supports UAE Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh as the next United Nations secretary-general.
Reporting by: @sfrantzman
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Çinliler ile Pantürkistler arasında X’te yaşanan tartışmaya dair
1) Pantürkist çevreler böyle bir tepki beklemiyordu. Bu tür tartışmalar daha önce de olduysa çok daha küçük ölçekte geçiyordu. İlk kez karşılarında bu kadar kalabalık ve hararetle tartışan bir kitle buluyorlar. Twitter’ın Çin’de yasak olmasına güvenip meydanı boş bulduklarını, istedikleri gibi atıp tutabileceklerini sandılar. Ama Çinliler şu an her tartışmanın içinde; hem daha kalabalıklar hem de interneti daha iyi kullanıyorlar. Almanya, Rusya ya da ABD gibi ülkelerle yaşanan benzer internet tartışmalarında karşı taraftan bu kadar tepki bile gelmiyordu; tartışmalar Reddit gibi platformlarda kalıyordu.
2) Pantürkistlerde ciddi bir Çin düşmanlığı var; tarihsel bir travmayı atlatamamış görünüyorlar. Orta Asya’dan göçü kuraklığa bağlıyorlar; “Çinlilerden, Moğollardan kaçtık” diyemiyorlar. Bu geçmişi örtmek için başka halkların, özellikle Moğolların adlarını ve tarihini kendilerine mal ediyorlar. Uyduruk bir tarih anlayışları var. Aslında bir Moğol köken efsanesi olan Ergenekon’u Türk tarihi diye anlatıyorlar. 1970'lerde Ülkücü hareketle yaygınlaşan bozkurt işaretini, bütün Türklerin ve bütün zamanların işareti gibi sunuyorlar. Nereden ne tutturabilirlerse oradan yalan söylüyorlar. Türkiye’deki tarih dizileri de aslında bunu anlatıyor.
3) Çevresindeki herkese “ırk” üzerinden üstünlük kurmaya çalışan bu tipler, Çinliler “Hanginiz Orta Asya’daki insanlara benziyorsunuz? DNA’nız sizi Yunanlılara ve Ermenilere bağlıyor” deyince çıldırdı; olay çığırından çıktı.
4) Resmî Türk tarih yazımı bir inkâr ve yalanlar tarihidir. 1915 Soykırımı’nı inkâr eder, Moğolları Türk ilan eder, Cengiz Han’ı kendinden sayar, hep zaferler kazanmış bir halktan söz eder. Bu anlatılarda gerçeğin bir önemi yoktur; yeter ki resmî tarih bunları güncel siyaset için kullanabilsin.
5) Dünyadaki bütün dillerin Türkçeden türediğini ilan eden Güneş Dil Teorisi ve Orta Asya’dan bu yana yalnızca zaferler kazanan, sürekli daha büyük devletler kuran bir halk anlatısı gerçeklerle uyuşmuyor. Çinliler bu konuda gereken dersi verdi.
6) Uygurların demokratik haklarını savunmaktan çok bunlar, sadece ırkçı ideolojilerini meşrulaştırmaya çalışıyorlar.
7) Kısa süre önce Heidegger konusunda Yusuf Kaplan’ı ve onun gibi düşünenleri münazaraya çağırdım. Ermeni Soykırımı’nı reddeden, saçma sapan tezler ileri süren herkese de çağrım var elbette: Erhan Afyoncu’dan Bartu Bölükbaşı’na kadar. İçlerinden herhangi biri kabul ederse münazara teklifim geçerlidir. Murat Bardakçı’nın yayımladığı Talat Paşa’nın Evrak-ı Metrukesi’ndeki rakamlar üzerine, Bardakçı’ya ve onun gibi düşünenlere yönelttiğim eleştiriyi içeren yazımın bağlantısı da burada.
a) bianet.org/yazi/ioanna-kucur…
b) bianet.org/yazi/talat-pasani…
An interesting story
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1998年,中国🇨🇳买下瓦良格号,从乌克兰🇺🇦拖回中国,但必须过土耳其🇹🇷控制的博斯普鲁斯海峡。土耳其🇹🇷以无动力巨舰容易失控、堵塞航道为由拒绝放行,还提出10亿美元风险保证金等一堆条件,船在黑海被困了五百多天。
关键转折是希腊朋友🇬🇷主动站出来帮中国🇨🇳,以国家信誉为担保、派大马力拖船参与拖带,还在爱琴海风暴拖缆断裂、船体失控时出动救援,期间一名希腊水手在固定缆绳时不幸殉职。2002年3月瓦良格号抵达大连
拖船Haliva Champion上的水手Aries Lima在固定拖缆时殉职。他不认识中国,也没见过辽宁舰,更不知道自己拉的是后来中国的航母,他只是在做一份随时可能送命的工作
🫡🇨🇳🤜🏻🤛🏻🇬🇷
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When a schoolgirl in a hijab is turned away in Baku, Tehran's Ali Akbar Velayati frames it as a choice between "preserving faith" and "friendship with Tel Aviv".
The real question isn't the hijab. It's who makes Azerbaijan's decisions.
Full article (Arabic) and Velayati's post in the first reply.
#Azerbaijan #Iran
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Netanyahu may have made a huge unforced error with his comments on sanctions, but publishing polls is illegal until the election, so we can’t know yet.
Past polls show his voters put security as their top concern while opposition voters put the economy/cost of living first.
Bank of Israel rejects Netanyahu’s suggestion to circumvent sanctions with cryptocurrency
More than 100 senior Israeli economic figures warned that sanctions would ‘utterly destroy’ Israel’s economic model
jewishinsider.com/2026/10/ne…
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#Serbia Government emphasis: stability, economic development, national interests and danger of foreign interference. Student movement focus: accountability, fight against corruption, rule of law and independence of institutions from political influence.
euronews.com/2026/10/25/serb…
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هنا ملخص لمساجلة برنامج " جيوسياسي"، عبر قناةالعهد العراقية ،كنت طرفا فيها مع محللين من تركيا وليبيا ، أنقلها كما وردت على حساب القناة على تليجرام.
1/ الكاتب والمختص في الشأن الليبي خالد محمود :
- ليبيا استخدمت كاداة لتنفيذ مصالح تركيا
- تركيا تسابق الزمن لتفادي ازمة الطاقة المقبلة
- الاتفاقية الليبية التركية تقتطع المناطق الاقتصادية لعدة الدول
- تركيا لم توقع على اتفاقية البحار بسبب اقتراب الجزر اليونانية
- الاتفاقية تتسبب بضرر اقتصادي لمصر واليونان وحتى قبرص
2/ أستاذ القانون والعلاقات الدولية د. سمير صالحة :
- تركيا لم توقع اتفاقية البحار بسبب مشاكل ترسيم الحدود البحرية
- سواحل انطاليا مثلت نقطة انطلاق الاتفاقية الموقعة مع ليبيا
- اليونان معنية اكثر بالحديث عن اتفاقية ترسيم الحدود البحرية
- لا علاقة لمصر بالحديث عن اتفاقية ترسيم الحدود كون الامرلا يعنيها
- اتفاقية الترسيم بين تركيا وليبيا كتبت منذ 2019 والان وقعت
- هناك تنسيق تركي مصري في الملف الليبي
- الاتفاقية التركية الليبية تمنح مصر حقوق اكبر
- مصر ذهبت لتوقيع اتفاقيات للترسيم البحري مع اليونان واسرائيل
- التصعيد العسكري بين القاهرة وانقرة مستبعد
3/ أستاذ العلوم السياسية - جامعة نالوت د. الياس الباروني
- ليبيا وتركيا اوصلتا رسالة للمنطقة من خلال الاتفاقية المبرمة
- ترسيم الحدود البحرية يعتبر حقوق مكتسبة الى تركيا وليبيا
- ليبيا حققت العديد من المكاسب عبر اتفاقية الحدود البحرية
- ليبيا وتركيا نجحتا بتوقيع اتفاقية ترسيم الحدود البحرية
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🇬🇷 🇮🇱 A Day After Eastern Libya Ratified Turkey's Maritime Pact, Hellas and Israel Sink a Frigate off Crete
The Hellenic Navy and Israel's Navy conducted a joint live-fire exercise in the northern Cretan Sea, testing Rafael's SPIKE NLOS and ER/ER2 missiles. Machitis-class and Mark V vessels fired on the retired frigate Bouboulina (F-463), which a Papanikolis-class submarine then sank with a heavy SUT torpedo.
Israeli fast-attack missile boats also fired.
The exercise took place a day after eastern Libya’s parliament ratified a 2019 maritime memorandum with Turkey, an agreement opposed by both Hellas and Israel.
It also reflects deepening defense ties between Athens and Jerusalem, highlighted by the recent multi-billion-euro "Achilles Shield" deal under which Israel will supply Hellas with a multi-layered air-defense architecture.
Both sides described the drill as a contribution to regional stability and freedom of navigation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Turkey has approximately 20,000 troops stationed across multiple bases and positions in northern Syria. Ankara has long pointed to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as the reason.
Ahmad Sharawi writes that the SDF is now integrating into the Syrian army, and Damascus has rejected an autonomous Kurdish entity along the Turkish border, making Ankara’s justification “increasingly untenable.” Residents of northern Syria have also protested Turkish bases in their communities.
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BREAKING: Portugal has officially authorised the acquisition of three Embraer KC-390 Millennium tanker/transport aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force under a planned government-to-government agreement with Greece.
The programme is valued at approximately €590 million, excluding VAT, and includes the aircraft, electronic warfare equipment, training, logistics and technical support in Greece.
This marks a major step towards modernising the Hellenic Air Force’s transport capabilities and replacing part of its ageing C-130B/H Hercules fleet. A potential follow-on acquisition could bring the fleet to six aircraft, although today’s authorisation covers three.
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Who’s next to send troops to KSA?
Turkey and Egypt 🇹🇷🇪🇬 look set to join the list helping defend the kingdom, alongside Pakistan, the US, Greece, Italy, the UK, France and Ukraine.
What exactly is the Saudi military doing if Riyadh keeps calling in everyone else to defend its skies?
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Thank you for joining us at the reception hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus on the occasion of the 66th Anniversary of Cyprus’ Independence.
It was a pleasure to celebrate this important milestone in Cyprus’ history, honoring its journey, achievements, and enduring commitment to peace, democracy, and prosperity.
The occasion also provided an opportunity to celebrate the close and growing partnership between Cyprus and Israel, founded on shared values, mutual trust, and a commitment to regional stability and cooperation.
We sincerely appreciate your presence, friendship, and support, and look forward to continuing to strengthen our ties and build on the strong foundations of our partnership.
Thank you once again for being part of this special occasion. 🇨🇾🤝🇮🇱🍾
#CyprusIndependence #Cyprus66 #CyprusIsrael #CyprusInIsrael #StrongerTogether
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Replying to @mayrukcouture
@mayrukcouture müjdeyi vereyim, insanlık için küçük bizim için büyük bir adım Yeniçağ Kıbrıs 1001 aboneye ulaştı 🥳🕺🏿💃🏻
Yeniçağ Kıbrıs YouTube kanalı 1.001 aboneye ulaştı! 🎉
Bize destek olan, dayanışma gösteren herkese çok teşekkür ederiz. Bizi kurda kuşa yem etmeyin dostlar! 😊
Canlı yayınlarımızı nerede ve ne zaman izlerseniz izleyin; yorum yapmayı, beğenmeyi ve paylaşmayı unutmayın. Böylece bu ses daha çok insana ulaşsın.
YouTube’da bize abone olun; dostlarınızı ve arkadaşlarınızı da kanalımıza davet edin. 🙌
youtube.com/@yenicagkibris
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هل تلاحظ شيئا؟
بسبب جزيرة كاستيلوريزو Kastellorizo اليونانية، التي تبعد ميلاً بحرياً واحداً عن البر التركي، لم يعد لتركيا اي منطقة اقتصادية خالصة EEZ مشتركة مع مصر وليبيا.
وبالتالي، كل ما قيل او سيقال عن مذكرة ترسيم الحدود البحرية بين تركيا وليبيا هومجرد ضرطة عنز حرفياً.
وسلامتك..
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If it wasn’t so shameful, we would be responding with lol.
Ξεφτίλα @MarkJCarney
#REPORT: Mark Carney says that Canada and Turkey share the values of "human rights, individual liberties, democracy and the rule of law."
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has imprisoned more than 2,000 political opponents since 2025, including his main opposition figure.









































