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News Summaries from Last Week - 25 May

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News Summaries from Last Week - 25 May
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SEDAT PEKER CASE!

The videos and allegations of Sedat Peker, who is the leader of the organized crime organization, after he fled abroad, continue to set the news agenda. Peker's annoucements, which started with Former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar and his son AK Party Deputy Tolga Ağar, continued with accusations aimed at Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu. Peker's last target was Former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım Erkam Yıldırım. Peker's videos resembling mafia serials are watched by millions of people.

DECISION ABOUT TURKEY FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (EP)

The Turkey Report, which was previously discussed and whose content was changed again, was accepted in the European Parliament (EP). In the approved report called for, the EP called for the European Union to suspend full membership negotiations with Turkey, to cut financial aid, to warn Turkey about the decline in human rights and democratization, and to impose sanctions if necessary.

RUSSIA'S TRAVEL BAN TO TURKEY

Russia's travel ban to Turkey continues. Russia has announced that it will review the issue at the earliest on June 15th or at the end of June. This attitude is considered to be an implicit sanction against Turkey`s UAV-SİHA sales to Ukraine.

The opinion that If Russia will lift the travel ban or not is directly related to the outcome of the Erdogan-Biden meeting on June 14th.

CRIMEAN TATAR EXILE

Another crisis with Russia was over the Crimean Tatars. The Turkish official explanation on the 77th anniversary of the exile of the Crimean Tatars by Stalin, caused a reaction from Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mariya Zaharova:

There are very serious unresolved problems of ethnic, linguistic and religious nature in Turkey… It is already time for Turkish politicians to stop using the ethnic factor as a geopolitical game tool that damages the interests of ethnic groups. If they don't give up, we will reply” Used these words and reacted quite harshly.

CEASEFIRE DECLARED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

In the conflicts between Israel and Palestine, a ceasefire agreement was reached between the Hamas-Israeli government due to the mediation of Egypt. Ankara is closely following the engagement of the Greek Foreign Minister, who has a dialogue with both sides. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the region and meet with Israeli and Palestinian administrations.
 

SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES

The government has decided to give donations of 5,000 and 3,000 TL for one time only to support small tradesmen who were mostly closed during the pandemic process and are struggling to survive. The opposition, criticizing the difference of 2,000 TL, said, "What is the reason for the difference? 14 months after the epidemic, the government remembered the tradesmen and craftsmen, but it is unfair to pay 5,000 TL to one group of tradesmen and 3,000 TL to the other.


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