Atilla's Musings
Turkey: Is Erdogan’s “Magic Spell” Beginning to Pale?
Source:Gatestone Institute Date:24Apr2018
Research conducted in March by 50 teachers from the Imam Hatip schools revealed that students are moving away from Islam. “[Mosques] no longer serve people, but rather serve as a source of
Breaking the Turkey–U.S. deadlock in Syria
Source:Brookings Date:21Apr2018
Excellent analysis of Turkey-US mutual Syrian dilemma: finding a modus vivendi between Turkey and the United States on Manbij is unlikely to be detached from finding some form of mutual
Why so many Turks are losing faith in Islam
Source:al Monitor Date:18Apr2018
Erdogan’s social engineering project of Islamizing the society is backfiring. Turkish youth is turning away from religon, “precisely because Islamists are empowered, and, by their
Turkey’s Transactional Engagement With Russia
Source:Atlantic Council Date:14Apr2018
An excellent analysis of the Turko-Russian cooperation in Syria. Note the concluding remarks: The question, then, is what happens after the US-led strikes in Syria end? The roots of the
Turkey squeezed as US-Russia tensions rise in Syria
Source:al Monitor Date:12Apr2018
Amberin Zaman highlights the topic on which investors will increasingly focus in the coming days: How will the shift in geo-political tensions from US-China to US-Russia axis affect
Erdoğan, Akşener neck-and-neck in PIAR poll – report
Source:Ahval News Date:07Apr2018
First Turkish poll comparing alliances. Results are discouring for Erdogan and AKP-MHP. Erdoğan would win 41.9 percent of the vote in the second and deciding round of the election should
The Iraq Report: Turkey threatens to invade Iraq
Source:The New Arab Date:31Mar2018
This report explains Turkey-Baghdat relations, PKK’s recent moves, Iraiq Kurds and the War on ISIS. Very good background and analysis: Although Turkish-Iraqi relations have
US spending bill drops Turkey sanctions
Source:al Monitor Date:23Mar2018
Turkey averted political sanctions by Congress in the last second, but the threat is not over, reports Amberin Zaman of al Monitor. “Tough love” prescribes Asli Aydintasbas
Farewell, Freedom
Source:PA Intelligence Date:22Mar2018
The story of Aydin Dogan’s capitulation to Erdogan and the future of press freedom in Turkey. Dogan’s flagship daily Hurriyet (Freedom in English), is an iconic name in Turkish
The U.S. Alliance With Turkey Is Worth Preserving
Source:Foreign Policy Date:21Mar2018
Some in the United States see any accommodation of Turkish concerns regarding the Syrian Kurds as a betrayal of a partner that proved doughty in the fight against the Islamic State. Yet the