Atilla's Musings
Galip Dalay: How Post-Assad Syria Could Unleash a New Regional Order
Date:16Dec2024
Turkey can calm Arab nations fearful of an Islamist takeover by inviting Syria’s neighbors and the Gulf states to play a central role in the political transition. Many are busy declaring winners
Between Activism and Isolationism: What to Expect From Trump’s Middle East Policy
Source:Foreign Policy Research Institute Date:19Nov2024
Although the United States has long sought to reduce its involvement in the Middle East, the looming threat of regional war, opportunities arising from the Abraham Accords and Iran’s weakened
Adam Samson: Corporate Turkey’s patience in economic reboot wanes
Source:Financial Times Date:01Aug2024
He is so right, Turkish businesses are cry babies. Coddled for years by Erdogan with easy credit, cheap TL and tax forebearance, they are simply awe-struck by the modest damage to financial
What to Know About Anti-Syrian Unrest in Turkey
Source:Time Magazine Date:06Jul2024
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but there is evidence to believe that anti-Syrian riots were to some extent provoked: “There is a well-organized group of people with criminal
Hakan Fidan: Foreign Ministry redone
Source:Ragip Soylu blog Date:27Jun2024
This is a blog post from Ragip Soylu, one my favorite Turkey commentators who produce work in English. I highly recommend you occasionally visit his blog site: Earlier this year he made
The execution of Sinan Ates: A Political Murder Reflects the Rise and Fracture of Turkey’s Far Right
Source:Newsline Magazine Date:25May2024
I’ve posted a news item on Turkey’s notorious crime lord Ayhan Bora Kaplan today, who is becoming instrumental to the proxy wars conducted between AKP-MHP. Another dimension of that
Who is this crime lord Ayhan Bora Kaplan
Source:Arrested Lawyers Org Date:25May2024
A notorious Mafia boss, Mr Ayhan Bora Kaplan, currfenly on trial for a serious of felonies from murder to drug smuggling, has also become a focus of the tag-of-war between AKP and MHP. Known
Turkey-Iran Rivalry in the Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
Source:SWP Date:24Apr2024
Dated, but a harbinger of things to come. Turkey and Iran will also compete in Iraq, if the Peace Corridor “idea” ever turns into a well-funded project. On the one hand, Iran
The 2024 Turkish Elections Were a Warning for the Global Right
Source:The American Conservative Date:15Apr2024
A rare analysis of Turkey’s conservative political establishment and the meaning of 2024 local elections. The “iron law of oligarchy,” by which decisions by a select party elite
Time for an Armenia-Azerbaijan History Ceasefire
Source:Carnegie Date:28Feb2024
Or why peace is almost impossible in conflicts with starkly opposing narratives of the past. Cyprus is another example of history interfering with the future By recycling conspiracy