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Cyprus reunification talks enter critical phase as leaders submit plans
Source:The Guardian Date:03Jul2017
It has become a tradition to gather in Switzerland or Vienna to cut a peace deal in Cyprus for decades, which never worked. While this the Guardian article vexes optimistic, I retain deep reservations.
The Muslim Brotherhood Is the Root of the Qatar Crisis
Source:The Atlantic Date:02Jul2017
The Qatari Crisis now officially involves Turkey, as one of the demands of the opposing Quartet is the withdrawal of Turkish troops. The deadline is Monday. What will Qatar do?
FT Survey on Turkey
Source:Financial Times Date:29Jun2017
The country’s GDP growth has exceeded expectations, but the administration’s purges against the alleged plotters of last July’s attempted coup — and the president’s increasingly authoritarian
How Much Can One Strongman Change a Country?
Source:The Atlantic Date:28Jun2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is thinking about his legacy—and his own mortality. He desires power, but not necessarily for its own sake.
Why Erdogan Is Flooding Turkey’s Economy With Credit
Source:Bloomberg Date:23Jun2017
Turkey is rushing $50 billion of loans to almost 300,000 companies…
Latest draft of Turkey’s new national curriculum ‘excludes evolution theory’
Source:HDN Date:22Jun2017
Darwin’s theory of evolution has been excluded from the most recent draft of Turkey’s new national curriculum, which will be released following the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the head of the Education
Changing the constitution could end up in freezing EU accession talks
Source:European Parliament Date:20Jun2017
Turkey’s EU accession talks should be suspended if the proposed changes to the constitution go ahead, committee MEPs recommended on Tuesday. Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs note in their annual
Turkish lira back in favour as economy improves
Source:Financial Times Date:19Jun2017
What a difference a few months makes. After dropping to an all-time low amid economic worries, terrorist threats and political worries at the start of the year, recent stability and signs of an
Turkey’s opposition begins protest march over MP’s imprisonment
Source:The Guardian Date:15Jun2017
Turkey’s main opposition party has begun a march from the country’s capital, Ankara, to its largest city, Istanbul, to protest against the imprisonment of an MP who was sentenced to 25 years in
Syrian Rebels Close to Victory in Raqqa Offensive
Source:The Atlantic Date:13Jun2017
As the SDF approaches a victory in Raqqa, Turkey has grown concerned over whether the Kurdish group will attempt to make the city part of their autonomous zone in northern Syria.