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Third alliance enters the fray ahead of Turkish elections

Source:Al Monitor Date:27Sep2022

My hat tipped off to Al Monitor for an excellent analysis of how a third coalition could affect election dynamics   A third political alliance has been announced for Turkey’s upcoming

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What Erdogan’s Unusual Economic Ideas Mean for Turkey

Source:Washington Post Date:24Sep2022

Great primer on Erdogan’s Islamist economic theory by Onur Ant   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not the only politician who doesn’t like it when the country’s banks charge

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The Opposition Alliance in Turkey: A Viable Alternative to Erdoğan?

Source:SWP Date:23Sep2022

An extensive and well-written primer on the 2023 presidential elections. A must read for Turkey watchers   In a remarkable development for Turkish politics, six opposition parties signed a

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Orhan Pamuk: ‘Erdoğan cannot curtail anyone’s voice any more’

Source:Financial Times Date:18Sep2022

Pamuk wanted to be a painter when he was a boy, but turned his hand to writing in his early twenties. He produced a string of critically acclaimed titles (The Black Book, My Name Is Red, Snow and

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Meeting with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Source:Kremlin Date:18Sep2022

For the record   First of all, I would like to thank you once again for the contribution you are continuing to make to the implementation of the food programme – you also mentioned it

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Exclusive: With a Russian nudge, Turkey and Syria step up contacts

Source:Reuters Date:17Sep2022

Great article, which also explains WHY reconciliation is not possible.  If Erdogan concedes to Syrian peace in Assad’s terms Turkey will lose Idlib and get stuck with an extra half mil.

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Who’s stuffing Turkey?

Source:Financial Times Date:14Sep2022

Spoiler  alert:  Mr Ashworth doesn’t have  the answer   Often, these discrepancies (aka Net Errors and Omissions, or NEO) can be sorted once foreign counterparts clean up their own

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Turkey’s Erdoğan seeks Putin’s help in upcoming elections amid economic woes

Source:Nordic Monitor Date:13Sep2022

According to former intelligence officer Enver Altaylı, who has studied Russia for decades and believes Russia has imperial goals, with Turkey being one of Moscow’s targets, the negative views of

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Turkish backing for emboldened Dbaiba prompts Egypt protest at Arab League meeting

Source:Madamasr Date:09Sep2022

The answer to the question of why Egypt will not forgive Turkey AND Erdogan will never get a penny from Arab Quartet   Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson addressed the move on the

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Hamas fears Turkish pressure will follow Israel-Turkey normalization

Source:al Monitor Date:07Sep2022

Mukhaimer Abu Saada, a professor of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, told Al-Monitor, “Normalizing relations between Israel and Turkey will have both a positive and a negative

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