Fulya Ozerkan

1 week ago | barrons.com | Fulya Ozerkan

"The first two days were okay, people said it would just end. But then it started escalating and people really started panicking," said Mehran Ataei of the Israeli bombardment of Tehran. Speaking to AFP at the Kapikoy crossing on the Turkish border, the 58-year-old Franco-Iranian, who lives in Paris, fled Tehran on the fifth day of an escalating war with Israel.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Fulya Ozerkan

Dragging two suitcases and wearing a rucksack, Homa looked exhausted after crossing the Turkish border following a long trip from Tehran where she'd been on holiday when the Israel-Iran war began. The 40-year-old Iranian who works in Canada as a business analyst was stranded when Iran closed its airspace after Israel launched a massive pre-dawn bombing campaign on Friday and the Islamic republic struck back, in their most intense confrontation in history.

3 weeks ago | barrons.com | Fulya Ozerkan

With growing influence after its recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists in 2023, Azerbaijan is using its close ties with Israel and Turkey to defuse tensions between the regional foes in Syria. Azerbaijan's top foreign policy adviser Hikmet Hajiyev confirmed Baku has hosted more than three rounds of talks between Turkey and Israel, who are both operating in Syria to reduce what they see as security threats.

3 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Fulya Ozerkan |with Danny Kemp

By Fulya OZERKAN, with Danny KEMP in Washington AFP US President Donald Trump is "open" to meeting his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts in Turkey, the White House said, after the two sides failed on Monday to make headway towards an elusive ceasefire. Delegations from both sides did, however, agree another large-scale prisoner exchange in their meeting in Istanbul, which in mid-May also hosted their first round of face-to-face talks.

3 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Fulya Ozerkan |with Danny Kemp

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