Turkey and Libya signed an agreement laying out their respective maritime jurisdictions in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Turkey has said that the memorandum, signed with the UN-recognised Government of National Accord, is in line with international law. However, it has drawn criticism from Greece, Greek-administered Cyprus, Egypt and even the US. So will there be ramifications? And what impact will it have on the regional balance of power?

Guests:

Guma el Gamaty

Special Envoy of the GNA President

Nursin Atesoglu Guney

Dean at Bahcesehir Cyprus University

Ankara put a $700,000 bounty on former Palestinian official Mohammed Dalhan accusing him of involvement in orchestrating the failed coup in Turkey. But who is he and what does his past reveal?

Turkey has criticized fellow NATO members for ignoring its national security concerns, which include threats posed by terrorist groups along its border with Syria. The row is just the latest sticking point in a series of differences that have divided the seven-decade-old alliance. So, has Turkey drifted away from the alliance, as some members claim? Plus, the European Union promised Turkey 6 billion euros to help shoulder the cost of hosting millions of Syria refugees but less than half of that has actually been sent. We ask whether the refugee issue will become a permanent hurdle between Turkey and its European partners.

Guests:

Tudor Onea

Assistant Professor at Bilkent University

Mustafa Kibaroglu

Dean at MEF University

Deniz Senol Sert

Associate Professor at Ozyegin University

Jasmine el Gamal

Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council

Turkey has criticized fellow NATO members for ignoring its national security concerns, which include threats posed by terrorist groups along its border with Syria. This row is just the latest sticking point in a series of differences that have divided the seven-decade-old alliance. So, has Turkey drifted away from the alliance, as some members claim? Or has NATO outgrown its original mandate that’s based on a sense of collective security and defense?

Guests:

Tudor Onea

Assistant Professor at Bilkent University

Mustafa Kibaroglu

Dean at MEF University

Turkey’s European partners have failed to keep their promises of helping Turkey with the billions of dollars needed to host more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees. Ankara signed a migrant deal with the European Union (EU) back in 2016 that dramatically decreased the flow of refugees into Europe but the EU squarely put the cost of protecting its borders on Turkey. So, will the refugee issue become a permanent hurdle between Turkey and the EU?

Guests:

Deniz Senol Sert

Associate Professor at Ozyegin University

Jasmine el Gamal

Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council

In defiance of international law, the United States will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal. So, is US President Trump’s decision the final nail in the coffin for any lingering hopes of a two-state solution?

Plus, as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- a modern incarnation of the ancient Silk Road -- a Chinese freight train has now started travelling uninterrupted from Xi’an all the way to Europe via Turkey. We look at how the BRI, and the new railway line in particular, will change Turkish businesses and the Turkey-China trade ties.

Guests:

Sami al Arian

Director of the Centre for Islam and Global Affairs

Asa Winstanley

Associate Editor at Electronic Intifada

Qihai Huang

Professor at Keele University

Sedat Aybar

Director of China Research Centre

As part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Chinese freight train has now started travelling uninterrupted from Xi’an all the way to Europe via Turkey. We look at how the BRI, and the new railway line in particular, will change Turkish businesses and the Turkey-China trade ties.

Guests:

Qihai Huang

Professor at Keele University

Sedat Aybar

Director of China Research Centre

In defiance of international law, the United States will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal. What does this mean for Palestinians? And is US President Trump’s decision the final nail in the coffin for any lingering hopes of a two-state solution?

Guests:

Sami al Arian

Director of the Centre for Islam and Global Affairs

Asa Winstanley

Associate Editor at Electronic Intifada

A Chinese freight train, as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, now travels uninterrupted from Xi’an, China to Europe with a transit stop in Turkey. Shamim Chowdhury explains what this means for Turkish businesses and how it’ll impact trade between Turkey and China.

November 14 marks the 75th anniversary of the forced deportation of up to 120,000 Ahiska Turks from their homes in the former Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin sent them from what is modern-day Georgia to Central Asia, because he viewed them as a security threat. But now some of their descendants are moving back. TRT World’s diplomatic correspondent Andrew Hopkins reports from Georgia.