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The EU Will Bow to Erdogan’s Demands. Why Wait?

Source:Bloomberg Date:11Mar2020

A cynical but plausible scenario by my favrotie Bobby Gosh on the Turkey-EU refugee crisis:   Both sides know that these histrionics, while they play well to domestic audiences, will not

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Turkey’s Foreign Policy Priorities are Shifting

Source:https://nationalinterest.org/feature/turkeys-foreign-policy-priorities-are-shifting-43832 Date:08Feb2019

For these reasons, in many Arab countries, including Morocco, Muslim Brotherhood intellectuals consider Turkey the a priori favorable. This is a weapon that Erdogan will not let go, despite

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Reza Zarrab not yet revealed ‘most important name’ in sanctions-busting scheme

Source:Stockholm Center for Freedom Date:15Jun2018

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Erdal Aksünger has stated that Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who has been held in a New York prison since March 2016 for

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Turkey’s Ince galvanizes opposition hopes in presidential race

Source:al Monitor Date:07Jun2018

The polls are divided on Ince’s chances of beating Erdogan in a runoff. One that says it is possible is Remres, a new polling company, whose May 6-9 survey found that Erdogan would score 41.8% to

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Turkey to be hard hit by U.S. sanctions against Iran: analysts

Source:China.org Date:15May2018

Trump’s hawkish stance  on Iran is likely to complicate trade, finance and  relations with US.   Noting the sanctions will cover all of Iran’s state and financial institutions,

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Turkey to get worst EU scorecard so far, officials say

Source:Reuters Date:15Apr2018

Turkey will on Tuesday receive the European Commission’s most critical report since it launched its bid to join the European Union over a decade ago, with Brussels warning that years of progress

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Turkey plans assault on Kurdish enclave in Syria

Source:The Guardian Date:15Jan2018

Wow..As if we don’t have enough troubles at home or in the economy. Turkey’s president has said the country will launch a military assault on a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria “in the

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Turkey’s Authoritarian Reach

Source:WSJ Date:02Sep2017

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for years harassed local and foreign journalists in Turkey whose coverage he dislikes. Now he’s casting his net wider, and enlisting an unlikely helper:

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Germany Says Will Avoid Escalation of Turkey Row During Troop Pullout

Source:US News World Report Date:06Jun2017

The forgotten  topic amidst Turkey-Germany Incirlik row:  What happens to the enlarged Customs Union?

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