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The Grand Turk
HDP to support most democratic, pro-Kurdish presidential candidate
[NPASYRIA] Pervin Buldan, co-leader of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), said to party supporters that they would support "the most democratic candidate...who will object to the oppression of the Kurdish people," in the upcoming May 14 presidential elections. Buldan made the remarks at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, Medya News reports.

The HDP is the third-largest opposition party and has joined neither the governing coalition nor the National Alliance, the main opposition coalition. It has thus been called the ’kingmaker’ in the upcoming presidential elections.

Following a meeting with Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the National Alliance’s candidate, the HDP announced it would not participate in the presidential elections. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
it has yet to announce its support for Kilicdaroglu. "When we come out into the streets and start our rallies, we will tell you which presidential candidate you should vote for," Buldan said on Sunday.

The latest polls suggest Kilicdaroglu is ahead of President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
by a narrow margin. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
neither candidates command more than 50% of the vote, meaning they would compete in head-to-head runoff on June 18.

The HDP will field its own candidates for the parliamentary elections, also held on May 14. Last month, the HDP announced they would compete under the banner of the Green Left party, as a Ottoman Turkish court may close the HDP before the elections.

On Sunday, Buldan said the HDP would nominate the highest number of female candidates of any Ottoman Turkish party. "We want to enter into the parliament in the strongest way possible," she added.

Posted by: Fred || 04/12/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iraq
The New Silk Road: Turkey and Iraq's ignored $20 billion project
[Shafaq News] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
and Iraq are planning to collaborate on a new transportation project called the "Development Road" or the "New Silk Road," which will connect the two countries through a 1,200-kilometer-long network of railways, motorways, and pipelines, from Iraq's Basra's Faw Port to Turkey's Mersin Port.

The project is expected to cost $20 billion and aims to provide an alternative trade route between Asia and Europe, as well as connecting Gulf countries, Jordan, and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to Europe.

According to an op-ed by Daily Sabah, President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani have tasked their respective ministers to work on the project. The railway route alone is expected to transport 3.5 million tons of goods in the first phase and 7.5 million tons in the second phase.

However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
there are several challenges that the project faces, including security threats from anti-Ankara organizations and holy warriors that operate in Iraq, according to the op-ed.

One potential solution, the op-ed said, is for the Iraqi government to award the project to foreign companies whose governments can provide security for the project. Another suggestion is to give a stake in the project to the constructor(s) or build it with the build-operate-transfer method. The revenue to be generated from the construction is significant, and many governments are likely to welcome such provisions.

Despite these challenges, the Development Road project is seen as a critical step for Iraq's future. The project aims to boost the Iraqi economy by providing a new way to connect the East and West, as well as Gulf countries, Jordan, and Iran to Europe. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
the security of the transportation is a significant concern, as groups such as ISIS and PKK are likely to conduct attacks on the road.

To ensure the successful implementation of the project, Iraq needs to establish good security and commercial allies, the op-ed concluded, stressing that a group of great and middle powers can help ensure the materialization of the Development Road and other projects.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/12/2023 00:09 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  I would announce the project and then see if Joe B makes any cryptic threats about blowing it up.
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/12/2023 20:15 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel's PM warns Syria if rocket attacks continue
[NPASYRIA] Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would "restore calm and security" to the country, after rising tensions over the last week.

The day after Israeli police stormed the prayer hall of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque — Islam’s third-holiest site — in a pre-dawn raid, more than 30 rockets were fired from Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
into Israel.

Israel then bombarded Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
and southern Lebanon, targeting "terror infrastructures" that it said belonged to Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,.

"We’ll reestablish deterrence, we’ll fix the damages we inherited," Netanyahu said, adding that any enemies who see an opportunity to attack "are hugely mistaken."

He said he cannot give details on "everything we are doing" for Israel’s security "but we are doing a lot," noting retaliatory strikes in Syria.

"The Assad regime knows that the price we exacted is only the beginning," the prime minister warned.

Posted by: Fred || 04/12/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Israeli civilians and supporters all over gonna experience bloodshed and misery thanks to Ukraine arms.
Posted by: ACA JOE || 04/12/2023 0:23 Comments || Top||

#2  You appear to be obsessing, Mr. Joe.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/12/2023 0:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Regarding Israel:

Genesis 12:3 ESV
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Posted by: Clem Pholuque8480 || 04/12/2023 0:36 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey's threats of invasion, and the withdrawal of NGOs and the Global @coalition have impacted all aspects of life in Syria's northern city of Kobani
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/12/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



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