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Turkey Exploits Gaza Distraction to Pound the Kurds
Source:International Policy Digest Date:13Jan2024
A useful primer to understanding the recent conflagration in Turkey-PKK skirmishes. This is the pro-Kurdish viewpoint, I don’t necessarily endorse it It is evident that Turkey is
Kemal Kirişçi: An Exodus of Professionals: The End of Politics in Turkey?
Source:Just Security Date:10Jan2024
What distinguishes the current exodus from previous waves of emigration out of Turkey is a deepening sense of “voicelessness” with respect to change and reform, after the failure of even a united
‘People come to touch the walls’: fears for Istanbul’s crumbling Byzantine past
Source:The Guardian Date:07Jan2024
Despite restoration led by the opposition-controlled Istanbul municipality, local news stories about sections of the wall collapsing are a frequent occurrence, a sign of how the city’s
Selahattin Demirtaş presses ahead with controversial trial amid grief
Source:Medianews.net Date:02Jan2024
Following the death of his father on Sunday, jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş will continue to defend himself at Tuesday’s hearing of the Kobani (Kobanê) trial, in which 108 members
Murat Yesiltas: Türkiye’s foreign policy in 2024
Source:Sabah daily Date:27Dec2023
Published in AKP mouth piece SABAH daily. I suppose it knows better than us the mindset in Erdogan’s Palace Failure to address the YPG issue in 2024 could escalate into a broader
ICC: Türkiye’s Growing Drone Exports
Source:International Crisis Group Date:22Dec2023
Low-cost and high-performing, Turkish-made armed drones are capturing an increasing share of the global market. This success comes with risks, including escalation of conflict and reputational
Documents Reveal Hidden Problems at Russia’s Nuclear Powerhouse
Source:Bloomberg Date:19Dec2023
This story seemse ot have nothing to do with Turkey, but that is not so. Rosatom is about a commission the same model in Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant next year. To be sure,
What to know about Turkey’s football crisis after attack on referee
Source:al Jazeera Date:18Dec2023
Turkey is set to resume its league football on Tuesday, ending a brief suspension in the domestic competition caused by an attack on a referee by a club’s president who was later arrested by
Christians in Turkey – A Nun Returns to Her Ancestral Home
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:16Dec2023
A rarely told story in the great tragedy of Turkey kicking out her non-Moslem minorities. We know a lot about how Armeninans were forced inot exile, Greeks were forced to leave after 1967 riots
Turkish opposition cries foul over revived legal case against Ankara mayor
Source:Financial Times Date:11Dec2023
The justice ministry is seeking to overturn a 2021 court decision not to proceed with a defamation case against Ankara mayor Mansur Yavaş, one of the leading figures in Turkey’s political