Posts tagged Turkey
CNN Opinion: Odesa used to be known for two things -- the port and raucous hedonism
CNN Opinion: Odesa used to be known for two things -- the port and raucous hedonism

Nothing prepared me for what I have witnessed in Odesa. Eerily quiet streets, closed roads, tank traps and military checkpoints, deserted beaches, near-empty restaurants and bars. Last year, more than 3 million tourists visited the city. This year you're more likely to find war correspondents, aid workers and diplomats in its seaside hotels.

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Michael BociurkiwCnn, Cnn Opinion, michael bociurkiw, Vladislav Davidzon, atlantic council, Lika Bezchastnova, turkey, travel, tourism, black sea, Dizyngoff Restaurant, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, grain, food, UN, united nations, António Guterres, Vladimir Putin, Zelensky, odesa, ukraine war, ukrainian, russia, russia warComment
CNN Opinion: The Conflict We Can't Ignore
CNN Opinion: The Conflict We Can't Ignore

While the world is preoccupied with the Covid-19 pandemic, the regional conflict in the remote separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is threatening to escalate into a wider war on the doorsteps of Europe and Asia.

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Michael BociurkiwNagoro Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, OSCE, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, diplomacy, conflict, ICRC, Peter Maurer, Michael Bociurkiw, Turkey, Sergei Lavrov, Iran, Yemen Comment