Atilla's Musings

The Niger Coup and Turkey’s Military Industrial Complex in Africa

Source:Turkeyanalysts Date:24Aug2023

I read it breathlessly..One of the few accessible sources on the subject  Turkey’s sub-Saharan expansion   The recent military coup in Niger marks the point of no return for the

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Why the EU must invite Turkey’s foreign minister to the Gymnich meeting

Source:Middle East Eye Date:16Aug2023

The first serious test of EU  intentions vis-a-vis Turkey is coming up   In two weeks’ time, the foreign affairs ministers of EU countries will convene in the Spanish town of Toledo to

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What’s in store for FDI in Turkey under President Erdoğan 2.0?

Source:Inestment Monitor Date:14Aug2023

“Turkey should redouble efforts to start negotiations with EU on a new and expanded customs union,” says Atilla Yesilada, country advisor at Global Source Partners, a business management

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Turkey Finally Stamps Out Credit Oddity as Hikes Lift Loan Rates

Source:Bloomberg Date:13Aug2023

A financial anomaly that wreaked havoc on Turkish banks has ended after 10 months, in the first explicit sign that policy makers are getting a better grip on the cost of money after years of

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Prioritizing Pragmatism: A New Chapter in Turkey-Gulf Relations

Source:ECSS Date:06Aug2023

Erdogan’s recent trip was primarily focused on strengthening economic ties with the GCC countries, luring more foreign direct investment, securing infrastructure contracts, promoting tourism, and

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Nick Ashdown: A Political Murder Reflects the Rise and Fracture of Turkey’s Far Right

Source:Newslinemag Date:05Aug2023

The assassination of Sinan Ates has laid bare the historic divisions within the country’s nationalist movement   But Bahceli’s support for Erdogan ruptured the fault line within the

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EU-Turkey customs union: The time for change is now

Source:Middle East Eye Date:27Jul2023

The customs union was designed with the flawed assumption that Ankara would eventually accede to the EU. It was thus intended to be transitional, but it ultimately became structural. Post-1995

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Turkey’s F-16s in doubt after Erdogan says no Sweden vote before October

Source:al Monitor Date:15Jul2023

“The parliament is not in session for the next two months,” Erdogan told reporters in Vilnius on Wednesday. “But our target is to finalize this matter as swiftly as possible.” Analysts say much

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Manish Rai: Way ahead for Syrian Kurds……

Source:Organizer Date:28Jun2023

But to reach certain accommodations, both parties must accept the truth. For Kurds, it is a hard reality that under current circumstances when they have Turkey standing on their head and with

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Special Report-US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey’s Erdogan

Source:Reuters Date:27Jun2023

Anti-corruption authorities in the United States and Sweden are reviewing a complaint alleging that the Swedish affiliate of a U.S. company pledged to pay tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks

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