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IS TURKISH-SYRIAN NORMALIZATION POSSIBLE?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been stating his wish to meet Syrian President Bashar al Assad frequently in recent months[1], to normalize relations between the two neighboring Muslim countries. As everyone remembers, the
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U.S.-CYPRUS DEFENSE DEAL
Introduction A new diplomatic development concerning the Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics happened last week with the signing of a defense deal between the United States of America (U.S.) and the Republic of Cyprus (RoC), known
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UPA YAZARI SÜMER ESİN ŞENYURT’TAN YENİ MAKALE: “TÜRKİYE AND US RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) yazarı Sümer Esin Şenyurt’un “Türkiye and US Relations in the Context of the Syrian Civil War” adlı makalesi Avrasya Sosyal ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi‘nin 2024 tarihli 11. Cilt 1 nolu sayısında
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INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST DR. MATTHEW WEISS
Matthew Weiss is a full-time Political Science Instructor at the College of Southern Nevada (USA), which is based in Las Vegas. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Affairs and
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CALIPHATE DISCUSSIONS IN TURKEY
Introduction After a court decision that made the 1934 Presidential decree void, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan successfully converted Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) into a mosque from a museum.[1] The decision was welcomed and celebrated
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SOME THOUGHTS ON TURKEY’S MILITARY OPERATION TOWARDS SYRIA
Introduction Turkey’s Operation “Peace Spring” (Barış Pınarı) was initiated by Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on October 9, 2019 upon the decision taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Accordingly, on Wednesday, starting from 4.30
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QATAR CRISIS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
More than a month after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt imposed an embargo on Qatar over its support for terrorism, the tiny Gulf state is lonelier, but just as wealthy
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TURKEY’S APPROACH TO THE IS-HELD CITY OF RAQQA: A HISTORICAL DISCUSSION
Introduction “Turkey’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria is another success story. Having adopted an open-door policy towards Syrian refugees in 2011, we now host nearly 3 million Syrian nationals from diverse ethnic,
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THE PRICE: THE END OF IRAQI WAR AND THE VANISHING OF ISIS
When entangled elements make it hard to reach sound analyses, conspiracy theories appear to be a good tool to explain the unexplained. This applies perfectly to the situation in the Middle East. Many observers
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REINA CLUB ATTACK
As the clocks rolled over into the new year, people all around the world were filled with the sign of “hope” that the year of 2017 would be a year where peace, justice and
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