Andrew Hopkins
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TRT World Diplomatic/Senior Correspondent/Moderator/Diplomasi Muhabiri, former Al Jazeera English, Channel Four News and Sky News, plus various newspapers.
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NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Fidan on the phone to both #Russia and #Ukraine's Foreign Ministers today
Evaluating the outcome from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, offering support
Already statement issued by Turkish President welcoming the meeting
Evaluating the outcome from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, offering support
Already statement issued by Turkish President welcoming the meeting
August 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Fidan on the phone to both #Russia and #Ukraine's Foreign Ministers today
Evaluating the outcome from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, offering support
Already statement issued by Turkish President welcoming the meeting
Evaluating the outcome from the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, offering support
Already statement issued by Turkish President welcoming the meeting
UK's Trade Envoy to #Turkiye has resigned after visiting the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
Afzal Khan met Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar, says he paid for the trip himself and went in a personal capacity
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afzal Khan met Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar, says he paid for the trip himself and went in a personal capacity
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK trade envoy resigns over Northern Cyprus visit
Labour MP Afzal Khan as resigned after criticism of his visit last week to the territory, which isn't recognised by the UK government.
www.bbc.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
UK's Trade Envoy to #Turkiye has resigned after visiting the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
Afzal Khan met Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar, says he paid for the trip himself and went in a personal capacity
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afzal Khan met Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar, says he paid for the trip himself and went in a personal capacity
www.bbc.com/news/article...
NEW: #Turkiye's FM Fidan in #Syria today meeting President Al Sharaa + FM Al Shaibani
On the same day Turkish defence sources brief the SDF is not keeping to the March 10 agreement on integration
Reports of recent SDF/Syrian military clashes in:
- Aleppo countryside
- Manbij
On the same day Turkish defence sources brief the SDF is not keeping to the March 10 agreement on integration
Reports of recent SDF/Syrian military clashes in:
- Aleppo countryside
- Manbij
August 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's FM Fidan in #Syria today meeting President Al Sharaa + FM Al Shaibani
On the same day Turkish defence sources brief the SDF is not keeping to the March 10 agreement on integration
Reports of recent SDF/Syrian military clashes in:
- Aleppo countryside
- Manbij
On the same day Turkish defence sources brief the SDF is not keeping to the March 10 agreement on integration
Reports of recent SDF/Syrian military clashes in:
- Aleppo countryside
- Manbij
Turkiye's not well known for its relations w/ Central America - but El Salvador might be an outlier
Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill is due here tomorrow (Tuesday)
Relations picked up speed after President Bukele gained office in 2019, and paid a visit in 2022 (pictured)
Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill is due here tomorrow (Tuesday)
Relations picked up speed after President Bukele gained office in 2019, and paid a visit in 2022 (pictured)
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Turkiye's not well known for its relations w/ Central America - but El Salvador might be an outlier
Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill is due here tomorrow (Tuesday)
Relations picked up speed after President Bukele gained office in 2019, and paid a visit in 2022 (pictured)
Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill is due here tomorrow (Tuesday)
Relations picked up speed after President Bukele gained office in 2019, and paid a visit in 2022 (pictured)
NEW: #Turkiye's President declines invitation from Nikos Christodoulides to a summit next year when Greek Cypriots hold the EU Presidency
'Such a meeting with them has no place in my book,' he tells journalists on way back from a visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
'Such a meeting with them has no place in my book,' he tells journalists on way back from a visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
July 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
NEW: #Turkiye's President declines invitation from Nikos Christodoulides to a summit next year when Greek Cypriots hold the EU Presidency
'Such a meeting with them has no place in my book,' he tells journalists on way back from a visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
'Such a meeting with them has no place in my book,' he tells journalists on way back from a visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus
NEW: Next year's #NATO Leaders Summit to be held in July in Ankara, announces Turkish President.
#NATOsummit 🇹🇷
#NATOsummit 🇹🇷
June 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: Next year's #NATO Leaders Summit to be held in July in Ankara, announces Turkish President.
#NATOsummit 🇹🇷
#NATOsummit 🇹🇷
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Fidan meeting #Putin in Moscow today, talking relations in general, but also 2 areas of interest right now:
- recent #Ukraine talks in Istanbul
- #Syria: Turkiye has been trying to bring Moscow + Damascus together 🇹🇷🇷🇺
- recent #Ukraine talks in Istanbul
- #Syria: Turkiye has been trying to bring Moscow + Damascus together 🇹🇷🇷🇺
May 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Fidan meeting #Putin in Moscow today, talking relations in general, but also 2 areas of interest right now:
- recent #Ukraine talks in Istanbul
- #Syria: Turkiye has been trying to bring Moscow + Damascus together 🇹🇷🇷🇺
- recent #Ukraine talks in Istanbul
- #Syria: Turkiye has been trying to bring Moscow + Damascus together 🇹🇷🇷🇺
NEW: Summary of #Ukraine-#Russia talks situation in #Turkiye today:
- no meeting yet but hope of talks in some format tomorrow (Fri)
- Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and US officials all due in Istanbul
- Zelenskyy due at EPC Summit in Albania with Erdoğan on Friday 🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸
- no meeting yet but hope of talks in some format tomorrow (Fri)
- Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and US officials all due in Istanbul
- Zelenskyy due at EPC Summit in Albania with Erdoğan on Friday 🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
NEW: Summary of #Ukraine-#Russia talks situation in #Turkiye today:
- no meeting yet but hope of talks in some format tomorrow (Fri)
- Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and US officials all due in Istanbul
- Zelenskyy due at EPC Summit in Albania with Erdoğan on Friday 🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸
- no meeting yet but hope of talks in some format tomorrow (Fri)
- Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and US officials all due in Istanbul
- Zelenskyy due at EPC Summit in Albania with Erdoğan on Friday 🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸
Reposted by Andrew Hopkins
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was the subject of an assassination plot 4-5 years ago, he tells Turkish TV channel @yirmidorttv.bsky.social
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
May 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was the subject of an assassination plot 4-5 years ago, he tells Turkish TV channel @yirmidorttv.bsky.social
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was the subject of an assassination plot 4-5 years ago, he tells Turkish TV channel @yirmidorttv.bsky.social
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
May 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was the subject of an assassination plot 4-5 years ago, he tells Turkish TV channel @yirmidorttv.bsky.social
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
He says he was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury which then showed up in tests - but refuses to name who was responsible
NEW: First meeting today of the new #Turkiye-#Egypt High Level Military Dialogue in Ankara - which is to become an annual event
Turkish and Egyptian Military Chiefs of Staff in attendance, General Metin Gürak and Lieutenant General Ahmed Fathi Khalifa 🇹🇷🇪🇬
Turkish and Egyptian Military Chiefs of Staff in attendance, General Metin Gürak and Lieutenant General Ahmed Fathi Khalifa 🇹🇷🇪🇬
May 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NEW: First meeting today of the new #Turkiye-#Egypt High Level Military Dialogue in Ankara - which is to become an annual event
Turkish and Egyptian Military Chiefs of Staff in attendance, General Metin Gürak and Lieutenant General Ahmed Fathi Khalifa 🇹🇷🇪🇬
Turkish and Egyptian Military Chiefs of Staff in attendance, General Metin Gürak and Lieutenant General Ahmed Fathi Khalifa 🇹🇷🇪🇬
NEW: #Turkiye's President Erdoğan due in Italy Tuesday for what seems to be at least his 10th face-to-face meeting w/ #Italy's Meloni since she became PM 2.5 years ago
Meloni was a critic of Turkish Govt before she became PM, but this year rang to wish him happy birthday 🇹🇷🇮🇹
Meloni was a critic of Turkish Govt before she became PM, but this year rang to wish him happy birthday 🇹🇷🇮🇹
April 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's President Erdoğan due in Italy Tuesday for what seems to be at least his 10th face-to-face meeting w/ #Italy's Meloni since she became PM 2.5 years ago
Meloni was a critic of Turkish Govt before she became PM, but this year rang to wish him happy birthday 🇹🇷🇮🇹
Meloni was a critic of Turkish Govt before she became PM, but this year rang to wish him happy birthday 🇹🇷🇮🇹
NEW: Foreign Ministry sources say a fuel tanker operated by company from #Turkiye was hit during US strike on Ras Isa Oil Terminal in Yemen 2 days ago
No serious damage reported, hit only by shrapnel, and all 26 crew (4 Turks, 22 Indian citizens) are reportedly in good health
No serious damage reported, hit only by shrapnel, and all 26 crew (4 Turks, 22 Indian citizens) are reportedly in good health
April 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Foreign Ministry sources say a fuel tanker operated by company from #Turkiye was hit during US strike on Ras Isa Oil Terminal in Yemen 2 days ago
No serious damage reported, hit only by shrapnel, and all 26 crew (4 Turks, 22 Indian citizens) are reportedly in good health
No serious damage reported, hit only by shrapnel, and all 26 crew (4 Turks, 22 Indian citizens) are reportedly in good health
NEW: Defence officials says #Turkiye's currently taking a lead role in Black Sea security - following a #Ukraine linked meeting in Ankara this week
39 reps from 21 countries were in the capital for a meeting linked to the 'Coalition of the Willing' led by the UK and France 🇹🇷🇺🇦
39 reps from 21 countries were in the capital for a meeting linked to the 'Coalition of the Willing' led by the UK and France 🇹🇷🇺🇦
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW: Defence officials says #Turkiye's currently taking a lead role in Black Sea security - following a #Ukraine linked meeting in Ankara this week
39 reps from 21 countries were in the capital for a meeting linked to the 'Coalition of the Willing' led by the UK and France 🇹🇷🇺🇦
39 reps from 21 countries were in the capital for a meeting linked to the 'Coalition of the Willing' led by the UK and France 🇹🇷🇺🇦
Understand #Turkiye's defence spending expected to be close to 3% of GDP next year - expectation is currently 2.83% but could be higher
#NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte has said there will have to be a new target of 3%+ for all members to meet current requirements
#NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte has said there will have to be a new target of 3%+ for all members to meet current requirements
April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Understand #Turkiye's defence spending expected to be close to 3% of GDP next year - expectation is currently 2.83% but could be higher
#NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte has said there will have to be a new target of 3%+ for all members to meet current requirements
#NATO Sec Gen Mark Rutte has said there will have to be a new target of 3%+ for all members to meet current requirements
NEW: #Turkiye's President Erdoğan says talks still underway over official visit to Washington to meet US President Trump
However 1st meeting could take place at NATO leaders meeting in The Hague in June. Polish PM at NATO FMs meeting in Brussels says Trump will be there. 🇹🇷 🇺🇸
However 1st meeting could take place at NATO leaders meeting in The Hague in June. Polish PM at NATO FMs meeting in Brussels says Trump will be there. 🇹🇷 🇺🇸
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: #Turkiye's President Erdoğan says talks still underway over official visit to Washington to meet US President Trump
However 1st meeting could take place at NATO leaders meeting in The Hague in June. Polish PM at NATO FMs meeting in Brussels says Trump will be there. 🇹🇷 🇺🇸
However 1st meeting could take place at NATO leaders meeting in The Hague in June. Polish PM at NATO FMs meeting in Brussels says Trump will be there. 🇹🇷 🇺🇸
The new gas pipeline that links #Turkiye to #Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan is to be officially opened today (Wed)
It's expected to substantially reduce Nakhchivan's dependance on Iranian gas, is 97km long, and starts from Iğdır in Turkiye. 🇹🇷🇦🇿
It's expected to substantially reduce Nakhchivan's dependance on Iranian gas, is 97km long, and starts from Iğdır in Turkiye. 🇹🇷🇦🇿
March 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The new gas pipeline that links #Turkiye to #Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan is to be officially opened today (Wed)
It's expected to substantially reduce Nakhchivan's dependance on Iranian gas, is 97km long, and starts from Iğdır in Turkiye. 🇹🇷🇦🇿
It's expected to substantially reduce Nakhchivan's dependance on Iranian gas, is 97km long, and starts from Iğdır in Turkiye. 🇹🇷🇦🇿
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to attend the #Ukraine meeting in London today
Also to include representatives from Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Czechia, Romania, NATO and the EU
Also to include representatives from Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Czechia, Romania, NATO and the EU
March 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to attend the #Ukraine meeting in London today
Also to include representatives from Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Czechia, Romania, NATO and the EU
Also to include representatives from Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Czechia, Romania, NATO and the EU
NEW: #Germany's President Steinmeier comes out firmly against President #Trump's suggestion that Palestinians should be re-located from #Gaza
Says it 'cannot be accepted' and this should be the basis for any further talks with the US, during press conference on trip to Ankara
Says it 'cannot be accepted' and this should be the basis for any further talks with the US, during press conference on trip to Ankara
February 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: #Germany's President Steinmeier comes out firmly against President #Trump's suggestion that Palestinians should be re-located from #Gaza
Says it 'cannot be accepted' and this should be the basis for any further talks with the US, during press conference on trip to Ankara
Says it 'cannot be accepted' and this should be the basis for any further talks with the US, during press conference on trip to Ankara
