Kurdistan Regional Government »
TURKISH SOLDIER IN SYRIA: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO HEAVY OFFENSIVE AGAINST TERRORISM
The Syrian crisis is full of surprises. Big nations of the world and the region actively interfere with the situation in that country. Truth be told, today Syria resembles a quagmire. This country has
Read More »
RETHINKING TURKEY’S KURDISH QUESTION
After the removal of immunity of parliamentarians, most of the deputies from pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) are now faced with the risk of losing their seats in the parliament in Turkey. This decision
Read More »
WHAT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS HAVE SAID ON TURKEY’S ATTACKS TOWARDS PKK?
The Turkish government launched a peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 2012 to put an end to the armed campaign by the Kurdish group aimed at gaining autonomy. The process created
Read More »
ERBIL OBSERVATIONS
I attended to an educational fair of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot universities in the capital city of Kurdistan Regional Government, Erbil, between 26-28 July 2015 to represent Girne American University (GAU). In addition to
Read More »
DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ SUNUM: “ISIS TERRORISM FROM A POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü ve Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi (GAÜ) Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Başkanı Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 22 Nisan 2015 tarihinde Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi’nde düzenlenen “ISIS Terrorism from
Read More »
TURKEY TOWARDS PRESIDENTIALISM?
General elections that will take place in Turkey in June 2015 will be very critical not only because there is no pre-scheduled elections until 2019, but also it can create a very comfortable ground
Read More »
ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN 2014
It might be a good idea to make an objective general assessment of Turkish Foreign Policy in 2014 during the last days of the year. This year Turkish Foreign Policy had some successes as well
Read More »
IRAQI GAS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT GEOPOLITICAL TURBULENCES
Arab Spring, Libyan crisis, Syrian conflict, hostage crisis on Algerian gas field, etc. overall situation in the Middle East were an example that how political situation the neighboring countries may affect energy map of
Read More »
TURKEY’S KURDISH CHALLENGE
The transformation of “Arab Spring” into “Arab Winter” due to bloody civil war in Syria, military takeover in Egypt and instabilities in Libya not only decreased hopes for democracy in the Arab world, but
Read More »
ANKARA-ERBIL OIL AGREEMENT
Introduction: There are several ways to observe this case study; in a simpler fashion, by selecting a certain perspective of each actors namely Turkey, KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) and Iraq. Moreover, we can ask
Read More »
