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"Türkiye, along with the United States, has played the decisive role in all of the huge security issues over the past few years, from Ukraine through the Caucasus, the Black Sea, the Balkans and in the Middle East," he said.

"Türkiye has done at least as much as the United States to secure the NATO realm, which extends, obviously, because it's Türkiye's borders, into the Middle East.

"This summit offers us a great opportunity, but it is only the capstone of ongoing conversations between Türkiye and the United States in a larger NATO context," he added.

https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/experts-see-ankara-nato-summit-as-chance-to-reshape-alliance/news/amp

#Turkiye, #Romania + #Bulgaria are working on a deal to jointly protect energy infrastructure in the Black Sea, says Turkish Ambassador to Romania OzgurKAltan

It will be an extension of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Group already set up through NATO #oilandgas

Turkiye has significant energy interests in Black Sea in the Sakarya field, Romania has Neptun Deep, Bulgaria is now more proactive in exploration there

Ambassador says an official visit by President Erdoğan to Romania in the next few months is expected

https://x.com/achopkins1/status/2053399919310868856

A newspaper closely aligned with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides has called for the removal of the TRNC flag from the Beşparmak Mountains as a so-called “confidence-building measure.”

The proposal came through an editorial in Fileleftheros, which claimed the flag should be erased from the mountains.

The flag exists because Turkish Cypriots exist.

Source:

https://x.com/Young_Turk_Cyp/status/2052733285541847098

Would like to read some actual answers.

Cousin marriages, also described as consanguineous marriages, have largely disappeared in Turkish society. They are now almost non-existent. According to the latest data released by the Turkish statistical authority TÜİK, only 3 out of every 100 marriages are consanguineous, meaning unions between second cousins or closer relatives. This accounts for 3.0% of all marriages recorded in 2025, signaling a further decline.

These data suggest three main points IMO:

1. Ethnic Turks basically never marry with their own family members.
2. Kurds, Arabs, and other minorities with a higher prevalence of cousin marriages appear to be influenced over time by the dominant society in their norms and behavioral patterns. This is not particularly surprising; they gradually gravitate toward the broader Turkish norm, indicating that assimilation is still ongoing. Kurdish and Arab youth are becoming more similar to their Turkish peers.
3. There is also a broader shift in traditional norms and values. I meet more and more people in Türkiye who consider marrying a relative a sign of backwardness and lack of education. This shift began first among wealthy elites and has increasingly spread to the middle class and beyond as a pattern.