Hakan Fidan
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Oct 30, 2026
Jonathan HackettGUEST
So if listeners remember back in May, there was a guy arrested in Turkey.
Jonathan HackettGUEST
by the MIT, which is Turkish CIA, essentially, which is led by Hakan Fidan, a very close ally of the IRGC.
Jonathan HackettGUEST
And we've talked about in the show before about my thoughts on why he might have given this guy through a rendition to the United States, despite being aligned with that guy's handler.
Jonathan HackettGUEST
And it has to do with Turkish interests in Syria.
Derek DavisonHOST
Yeah, hard to know how much to make of this, but the Turkish government apparently hosted a reunification conference between the rival Western and Eastern Libyan-based governments last week in Ankara.
Derek DavisonHOST
It's not clear whether they made any significant progress, but Hakan Fidan, who is the Turkish foreign minister, apparently on Friday made a comment, he was in an event and made some nod in the direction of, you can expect a big announcement on Libya to be forthcoming.
Derek DavisonHOST
He was specifically, I think, referring to the idea of unifying the armed forces that are affiliated with both of those governments.
Derek DavisonHOST
Turkey has been taking the lead on this because primarily it has spent the last couple of years improving its relationship with the eastern Libyan territory.
Derek DavisonHOST
Yeah, hard to know how much to make of this, but the Turkish government apparently hosted a reunification conference between the rival Western and Eastern Libyan-based governments last week in Ankara.
Derek DavisonHOST
It's not clear whether they made any significant progress, but Hakan Fidan, who is the Turkish foreign minister, apparently on Friday made a comment.
Derek DavisonHOST
He was in an event and made some kind of nod in the direction of you can expect a big announcement on Libya to be forthcoming.
Derek DavisonHOST
He was specifically, I think, referring to the idea of unifying the armed forces that are affiliated with both of those governments.
Adam LucenteHOST
The pact has been put to the test with the recent strikes on Saudi Arabia from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, and Turkey hosted Saudi, Pakistani, Egyptian, and various European foreign ministers Friday, after which they issued a statement condemning the Houthi attacks.
Adam LucenteHOST
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also hosted his Yemeni counterpart in Ankara on Saturday.
Adam LucenteHOST
In the case of Turkey, the country must first pass the pact through its parliament before implementing it, and the body's Foreign Affairs Committee will discuss it Tuesday.
Adam LucenteHOST
Jordanian authorities said they arrested three armed suspects over the recent church attack on Monday following a shootout.
Katie JensenHOST
In Turkey, the foreign minister will tell his Yemeni counterpart that Houthi attacks on civilians are unacceptable during a meeting in Istanbul.
Katie JensenHOST
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will also voice hope that the conflict can be resolved through political dialogue and will stress that security in the Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab Straits must be restored.
Katie JensenHOST
Be sure to tune in to Arab News for the latest updates throughout the day.
Katie JensenHOST
Turkai's foreign minister will tell his Yemeni counterpart that Houthi attacks on civilians are unacceptable during a meeting in Istanbul.
Katie JensenHOST
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will also stress that security and freedom of navigation in the Hormuz and Bab-al-Mandab Straits must be restored.
Katie JensenHOST
Iran's ambassador to Islamabad said that Iran remains open to talks with the US under a Pakistan-brokered deal.
Katie JensenHOST
Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam accused Washington of undermining diplomacy and prolonging the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
Simon WhistlerHOST
So, when it comes to this supposed anti-Turkey alliance forming in the Mediterranean, complete with military training, hardware purchases, and all the political rhetoric from leaders against Ankara you can imagine, we have to be careful when discussing how real it is Ankara, for its part, certainly believes it's a problem.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described what the three were up to as an effort to encircle Turkey, as well as an anti-Islam alliance.
Simon WhistlerHOST
That said, some nuance should be injected into the rhetoric here.
Simon WhistlerHOST
If Greece was able to find itself in a shooting war with Turkey tomorrow, there is nothing requiring Israel to fire so much as a strongly worded press release in Ankara's direction.
FerdinandHOST
Baraganira kandi ku buryo intambara hagati y'Uburusiya na Ukraine yarangira.
FerdinandHOST
Iyi nama iyoborwa na Hakan Fidan, minisitiri w'ububanyi n'amahanga wa Turikiya, ikaba ari ubwa mbere ibihugu byo muri aya matsinda yombi bihuriranye mu biganiro nk'ibi.
FerdinandHOST
Turikiya irasaba ibihugu byo mu karere ko byagira uruhare rukomeye mu gukemura ibibazo by'umutekano birugaragaramo aho gutegereza ibisubizo bituruka hanze yako.
FerdinandHOST
Ku kibazo cya Palestine, Turikiya irasaba ko Umuryango Mpuzamahanga wakongera igitutu kuri Isiraheli kubera kwagura ibikorwa byayo byo gutuza abaturage bayo mu duce yigaruriye.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
But the other dimension to this, I'm developing a suspicion that the end actually won't involve European capitals at all.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
Because you can get any number of statements from Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, that the Europeans are not interested in negotiating an end to the war and that quite the opposite, they want to continue the war.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
So I think it's more likely that to the extent an agreement is possible, it will become bi-natural between Moscow and Washington.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
There may be a bit of window dressing in bringing along the British, the French, and the Germans, for example.
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Roger HigginsonGUEST
Turkey tends to be quite hawkish against the Houthis, but I think that's more because it prioritizes the importance of the free flow of goods and oil out of the Gulf and also about the strait that runs up to the Suez Canal.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
Pakistan, which is, of course, geographically somewhat separate, tends to favor political engagement with the Houthis as a priority and only military engagement as a backup.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
Even in the case of Turkey, it caught my attention last week that when the Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, was interviewed about the Mecca Pact, he confirmed that Turkish troops will only be sent to Saudi Arabia for defensive purposes, but not to launch attacks on Yemen.
Roger HigginsonGUEST
So the statement there is to the Saudis, yes, we'll help you.
Jiang XueqinHOST
And when you learn how to read diplomatic language, you realize Erdogan just told you exactly what he's going to do, which is nothing.
Jiang XueqinHOST
And we know this because the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has been very clear.
Jiang XueqinHOST
He says the Mecca alliance works like Article 5 of NATO.
Jiang XueqinHOST
That means it only activates when the territory of a member state is attacked directly.
11 MINS LATER
Jiang XueqinHOST
Let's make it four, five, six.
Jiang XueqinHOST
And at the same time, look at what Iran is doing diplomatically.
Jiang XueqinHOST
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arakci, called the foreign minister of Oman to talk about Yemen and regional security.
Jiang XueqinHOST
And according to analysts like Negar Mortazavi, Iran is now offering to help facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
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