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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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THE ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A REALITY CHECK
The Istanbul elections saga is finished with the rather anticipated Ekrem İmamoğlu victory over AKP’s candidate, Binali Yildırım. This result adds another important parameter in Turkey’s hazy domestic politics, as President Erdoğan is called
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INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA WALKER ON CURRENT STATE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Joshua Walker is the Global Head of Strategic Initiatives at Eurasia Group and a non-resident Transatlantic Fellow for German Marshall Fund.[1] He is an expert on US Foreign and Security Policy, Turkish Politics, Japanese
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EARLY COMMENTS FOR TURKEY’S 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Turkey will have its first joint parliamentary and Presidential election on November 3, 2019 following the local election on March 24, 2019. Although it is still too early to comment on these elections, I
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GOOD PARTY IS ESTABLISHED IN TURKEY
A new right-wing political party was established few days ago in Turkey by the former Minister of Interior and the Vice Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mrs. Meral Akşener with the name
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WILL TURKEY INTERVENE IN NORTHERN IRAQ?
Introduction Turkey’s reaction against the independence referendum that will be held on September 25, 2017 in Kurdistan Regional Government of Northern Iraq is getting tougher day by day. Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IRAN ELECTION AND TRUMP’S VISIT
Experts are analyzing the outcome of the Presidential election in Iran, with main emphasis made on possible geopolitical repercussions of Hassan Rouhani’s re-election. Some of them say Rouhani’s assuming the second term means Iran
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KURDISTAN IS READY FOR INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
What is expected and spoken finally happened and the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and the leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Mr. Masoud Barzani, yesterday announced that an independence referendum
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım recently announced that the US-backed Raqqa Operation started on Friday night and the United States informed Turkey regarding the operation before it was initiated. Yıldırım also criticized American policy
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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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