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Turkey’s ruling party eager to win local elections despite grim economy
Source:Xinhua News Agency Date:05Jan2019
Candidates for other provinces and towns were previously announced by the president who faces a strong challenge in large cities because of a slowing economy, high inflation and rising
Turkish army brass at odds over military operation in Syria
Source:al Monitor Date:05Jan2019
Deniz Zeyrek, a columnist for Sozcu and a seasoned defense and diplomacy writer, summarized their objections in three points: The threat Turkey now faces is different from what we encountered in
Turkey-US Tensions Threaten to Resurface Over Syria
Source:Voice of America Date:04Jan2019
HEADS UP: Analysts suggest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be tempted to thwart any buffer zone by launching a pre-emptive military operation in Syria, east of the Euphrates River,
HDP set to take more districts in March vote
Source:Ahval News Date:02Jan2019
Amidst the paucity of national polls, we report what we can According to a survey Rawest, a polling firm that focuses on Turkey’s east and southeast, conducted before the announcement of
Clashes between ‘radical’ fighters and rebels ‘leave 19 dead in western Aleppo’
Source:Middle East Eye Date:02Jan2019
Eyes on Idlib again: Probably Ankara trying to deliver on its promise to purge radical elements in the province Clashes between “radical” fighters and rebels in northern
How Iran sees ‘post-America’ Syria
Source:al Monitor Date:31Dec2018
After the Kurds and Damascus have failed to reach a compromise, Tehran thinks Ankara putting real pressure on the Kurds would probably work. In other words, either the Kurds — under the pressure
Turkey Is Lying About Fighting ISIS
Source:Foreign Policy Date:30Dec2018
The turnaround in U.S.-Turkey relations has been stunning in its speed and tone. The analysts, bureaucrats, and diplomats in Washington who have argued that the United States must save the
Turkey says the US just agreed to more of its demands as Ankara sees expanded power in Syria
Source:CNBC.com Date:25Dec2018
When it rains it pours: President Donald Trump’s administration may have just handed Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan another win. Less than a week after Trump’s abrupt
New security challenges lie ahead for Turkey in Syria
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:24Dec2018
Best analysis of post-Trump Syria I read so far The total and immediate pullout of U.S. troops from Syria surely corresponds to the beginning of a new era in the seven-year-old civil war
As Trump vows to leave Syria, Kurds fear a power grab by Iran and Russia
Source:Yahoo News Date:23Dec2018
Trump’s poisoned Christmas gift to Erdogan increases the plight of Iraqi Kurds: Officials in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish region, are now struggling to prepare for the consequences