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Guldenay Sonumut: Elite French schools in Turkey threatened by political spat
Source:Turkey Recap Date:05Nov2024
Yet another example of Turkey’s hostage taking to achieve diplomatic goals approach. Remember Ankara resisting Sweden’s NATO membership to force the country to expel so-called PKK
The Economist: Turkey could soon strike a historic peace deal with the Kurds
Source:The Economist Date:02Nov2024
DEVLET BAHCELI, the leader of Turkey’s biggest nationalist party, has made a career out of opposing concessions to the country’s 15m-strong Kurdish minority. The only solution to Turkey’s
Gonul Tol: Erdoğan has big plans, but the Kurdish problem keeps getting in the way
Source:Financial Times Date:31Oct2024
All that needs to be said regarding peace with Kurds: In reality, however, Erdoğan wants to trade on the war to achieve his own ends. One challenge Erdoğan faces is that Turkey’s constitution
Turkey blocks exports of military-linked goods to Russia after US warning
Source:Financial Times Date:28Oct2024
Turkey’s electronic customs system no longer allows exporters to proceed with sending shipments of the so-called “battlefield goods” to Russia, one of the people said, having previously enabled
Soli Ozel: US Election: the World After November 5, 2024
Source:Montaigne Institute Date:03Oct2024
I highly recommend it Does the world need to prepare for further disruption of the international order after the American elections? What will transatlantic relations look like? Can we
Luxe suites and salted ducks: can posh gifts buy foreign influence in America?
Source:Financial Times Date:03Oct2024
Does a bear shit in the woods? In just 12 months, criminal cases have been filed against senior Democratic senator Bob Menendez, who was convicted this summer of accepting gold bars and cash to
The Economist: Turkey and Central Asia are riding together again
Source:The Economist Date:29Sep2024
The Turkic world bridges Europe and Asia, covering Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It spills into Russia, with its many Turkic minorities, and China, home
Northern Syria: Replacement of Kurdish Landmarks in Afrin, Turkification in Al-Bab
Source:STJ Projects Date:01Sep2024
On 20 January 2018, Türkiye launched a wide-scale military operation codenamed Operation Olive Branch in the Syrian region of Afrin. The incursion involved approximately 25,000 fighters from the
How EU membership issues soured a relations-reset lunch with Turkey
Source:Financial Times Date:31Aug2024
A three hour luncheon suggets to me that serious buisness was attended to Context: Turkey is officially an applicant to join the EU, but its membership progress has been stalled for eight years.
CEPA: Why We Must Tolerate Turkey
Source:CEPA Date:30Aug2024
The country has been a dam holding back the seas of regional instability during 70 years of NATO membership. It’s still badly needed. NATO is nonetheless fortunate that an ally controls