Atilla's Musings

Babacan’s movement creates panic among Turkey’s ruling party

Source:Middle East on line Date:31Aug2019

Erdogan facing pressure from within.  What does his former economy czar Ali Babacan want?   Although no one is willing to admit it, it’s clear that Babacan’s movement has created a

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Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East

Source:Fair Observer Date:24Aug2019

An in-depth study of how climate change, conflict and beggar-thy-neighbor policies are robbing Middle East off its scarcest asset:  Water! Syria and Iraq are at odds with Turkey over the

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Turkey’s Rising Wave of Social Protests

Source:the Globalist Date:20Aug2019

he last time major anti-government rallies took place in Turkey, Erdogan was able to snuff them out not only because of his power over state security organs, but also because the opposition

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East of Euphrates: Safe zone deal is not certain, risks continue

Source:The National Date:12Aug2019

US and Turkey agreed on a safe zone to the East Of Euphrates to seperate Turkey from PKK affiliated  YPG-PYD, but it can hardly be called a deal, missing almost every detail needed to pin down

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Who Are Turkey’s Long-Term Allies?

Source:Fair Observer Date:07Aug2019

Brief but very insightfull:  Does Turkey have a foreign policy beyond Erdogan’s  whims?   The broad picture of Turkish foreign policy under President Erdoğan is conflicting and

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The EU’s relationship with Turkey is failing

Source:the Economist Date:26Jul2019

That might mean threatening greatly increased sanctions, perhaps modelled on those levied against Russia and targeting Mr Erdogan’s allies, as proof of European seriousness. Sanctions relief

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Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups

Source:Council of Foreing Relations Date:20Jul2019

Comprehensive history of Turkey’s struggle against armed seperatist Kurdish entities and the siuation in North East Syria   If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state

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Erdogan and the Wisdom of Timely Exit

Source:Gatestone Institute Date:15Jul2019

We have seen many articles prophecizing Erdogan’s demise, but this tops it all:   Good or bad, the once-successful Erdogan recipe seems not to be working anymore. The bashkhan has read

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Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals declines to uphold aggravated life imprisonment of journalists

Source:Stockholm Center for Freedom Date:06Jul2019

This is a landmark verdict by High Court of Appeals re free press   The 16th Criminal Department of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold the aggravated life sentences

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In Turkey, demography is a brake on Islamisation

Source:the Economist Date:02Jul2019

The Economist article verifes numerous research on declicing  religiousity in Turkey. It also explains why AKP’s share of the youth vote may have dropped to as low as 20%.   Efforts to

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