Atilla's Musings

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vow to deepen economic ties

Source:Financial Times Date:06Aug2022

Two important points worth highlighting in this article. First, contrary to Turkish press accounts of Russia agreeing to accept TL in NG purchases, the article claims   “Deputy prime

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Russia Is Wiring Dollars to Turkey for $20 Billion Nuclear Plant

Source:Bloomberg Date:29Jul2022

This Bloomberg article was translated to Turkish covering only this paragraph:   Rosatom Corp. last week sent around $5 billion to the Turkey-based builder, formally known as Akkuyu Nuclear

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The Impending Turkish Invasion: Repercussions for the SDF-Washington Relationship

Source:Washington Institute Date:26Jul2022

A Turkish attack on northern Syria would bring new waves of internal displacement and increased humanitarian suffering, weaken the SDF and the Autonomous Administration, and erode these

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Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?

Source:Financial Times Date:21Jul2022

Chat among Andrew England (FT), Laura Pitel  and Ms Asli Aydintasbas. Excllent review and analysis of Turkish foreign policy and domestic matters. While  I may disagree with some of the

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Turkey’s ruling party members stick with Erdogan

Date:14Jul2022

An excellent analysis by Pinar Trembley about the observed “stickiness” in AKP votes   Birol Baskan, political scientist and nonresident scholar at the Middle East

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Russia, Iran won’t endorse Turkish military operation in Syria

Source:al Monitor Date:18Jun2022

Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting, Alexander Lavrentiev, the Kremlin’s special Syria envoy and head of the Russian delegation, called Turkey’s intervention plan an “illogical and

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Erdogan Says Only Traitors or Illiterates Link Rate to Inflation

Source:Bloomberg Date:28May2022

“Those who try to impose on us a link between the benchmark rate and inflation are either illiterates or traitors,” Erdogan said on Friday in Istanbul, addressing a group of businesspeople.

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Defeating Erdoğan: Turkey’s opposition searches for a champion

Source:Financial Times Date:05May2022

The biggest fear for some in the opposition is that Kılıçdaroğlu will insist on nominating himself to run against Erdoğan — and that the Turkish president will eat him alive. Kılıçdaroğlu “is

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Turkey Launches New Offensive Against PKK Rebels in Northern Iraq

Source:Voice of America Date:21Apr2022

This is a story with several sub-plots. PKK has been on the defensive in the last  couple of years. Opposition  experts claim the campaign is aimed at   appealing to Turkey’s nationalist

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How Turkey is courting Russia’s oligarchs

Source:The Economist Date:08Apr2022

An article by the Economist, driven by prejudice, rather than facts.   Few oligarchs parcking their yachts in Turkish marinas doesn’t present sufficient cause  top claim Ankara is already

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