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Chancellor Angela Merkel weighs tougher approach to Turkey after arrests
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:02Sep2017
For those who claim Turko-German relations would improve after the German elections. They will get worse.
Erdogan shakes up Turkey’s ruling party with eye on next election
Source:Financial Times Date:30Aug2017
I’ve argued since the rigged referendum that AKP’s irreversible decline had started. This article provides support for my view: “AK love is 16 years old,” they declared, using the
Turkey rift: German politicans demand economic pressure
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:30Aug2017
Top German lawmakers have urged the EU to halt aid payments to Turkey and halt talks on a new customs union deal. The calls come as Berlin has revealed details of another German national detained
U.S. MILITARY BATTLES SYRIAN REBELS ONCE SUPPORTED BY CIA, NOW BACKED BY TURKEY
Source:Newsweek Date:30Aug2017
The belligerent Syrian fighters were not identified, but they were believed to have been part of a Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army group opposed to ISIS, the Syrian military and the mostly Kurdish
Kurds drive a wedge between US and Turkey
Source:Arab News Date:29Aug2017
There is no light at the end of the tunnel for the moment in Turkish-American divergence on the Kurdish policy. If Turkey could come up with an exit strategy in its Syrian policy and focus on the
Turkey’s Downward Spiral
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:29Aug2017
It is becoming harder by the day to make sense of the strategy behind Ankara’s domestic and foreign policy choices—assuming there is one at all.
Turkish military upheaval continues at top levels
Source:Al-Monitor Date:27Aug2017
The Turkish Defense Ministry stated Aug. 22 that seven generals and admirals of the Turkish military have resigned. The ministry said the resignations were personal initiatives that had nothing
Chill in Relations Puts Much at Stake for Turks and Germans
Source:New York Times Date:26Aug2017
After weeks of acrimonious sniping, the question forcing itself on both sides seems to be just how far can things deteriorate before hard consequences for all become unavoidable.
THE BATTLE TO OUST ISIS FROM RAQQA HAS STALLED
Source:Newsweek Date:26Aug2017
Despite SDF’s intel prowess and numerous agents, it is unable to break through the front lines. The SDF admits facing daring attacks and surprise maneuvers from ISIS. Additionally, vast fields of
Iraq war: Why the battle for Tal Afar matters
Source:BBC news Date:26Aug2017
This is an important analysis which sheds light on the explosion of violence that is likely to take place once ISIS is pushed out of Iraq. The vacuum needs to be filled, but by whom and how?