Dorian Jones

2 weeks ago | rfi.fr | Dorian Jones

In Damascus, under the watchful eye of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Turkish construction firms Kalyon GES Enerji Yatırımları and Cengiz Enerji signed a $7 billion (€6.1 billion) energy deal. They were joined by Qatar's UCC Holding and the United States-based Power International. The contract aims to rebuild Syria’s electricity network, badly damaged by more than a decade of civil war. "Today, we signed a very big agreement in Damascus.

3 weeks ago | rfi.fr | Dorian Jones

On Wednesday, a suburb of Istanbul witnessed the latest demonstration in support of the city's detained mayor. Despite the protest taking place in a traditional electoral stronghold of President Erdoğan, tens of thousands attended. İmamoğlu masksIn a recent attempt to quell the unrest, Istanbul’s governor’s office issued a decree ordering the removal of all images, videos, and audio recordings of İmamoğlu from state buildings and public transport across the city.

1 month ago | rfi.fr | Dorian Jones

The pledge was made during a meeting of the US-Turkey Working Group in Washington, where diplomats committed to “increasing cooperation and coordination on the security and stability of Syria”. Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, who heads the German Marshall Fund office in Ankara, said this signals progress. “I think it shows us that Turkey and the US can get on the same page when it comes to Syria,” he said. “Disagreements in Syria were part of the problem between Turkey and the United States.

1 month ago | rfi.fr | Dorian Jones

The Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has announced the end to its more than forty-year fight against Turkey, a conflict that claimed more than 40,000 lives. But the declaration, called historic by Turkish officials, is being met by public skepticism with questions remaining over disarmament and its calls for democratic reforms. Upon hearing the news that the PKK was ending its war and disarming, Kurds danced in the streets of the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.

1 month ago | modernghana.com | Dorian Jones

As Turkey slipped further down in the latest Press Freedom Index, the country's besieged opposition and independent media are voicing concerns that some of the tech giants are increasingly complicit in government efforts to silence them. While protests continue over the jailing of the Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his account on social media platform X has been cancelled. X, formerly Twitter, claims it was in response to a Turkish court order.