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Turkey in danger of becoming a pariah state over rights record
Source:Ahval News Date:16Oct2018
“For the last two years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Turkey as the world’s leading jailer of journalists. In October 2016, following a failed military coup that summer,
Pastor Brunson is free. But the West still needs a policy on Erdogan’s hostages
Source:Washington Post Date:16Oct2018
Erdogan’s hostage diplomacy is a result of Turkey’s drift away from the transatlantic alliance and its values. But ending the hostage diplomacy requires only the strong resolve of Turkey’s NATO
Could ‘supernatural wisdom’ prevail in Turkey-US ties?
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:15Oct2018
Cansu Çamlibel reports from Washington: However, the absence of a comprehensive deal does not necessarily mean that the United States has not paid any ransom to get Brunson back home. The
One step forward, several steps back in Turkey
Source:Financial Times Date:15Oct2018
A good review of what annoys investors about Turkey’s policy direction On Friday, a Turkish judge released Andrew Brunson, the US pastor at the centre of President Trump’s stand-off
With Brunson out of jail, US-Turkey relations still face two major hurdles
Source:Middle East Eye Date:13Oct2018
Turkey and US: The bluster and reality on the field: A Turkish security official told MEE that, in the short term, there are no plans for any operations in the area, where around 2,000 US
Turkey Frees Pastor Andrew Brunson, Easing Tensions With U.S.
Source:New York Times Date:13Oct2018
A small step for Turkey, a big step for Turko-American relations. Brunson verdict opens a window for sincere dialogue. The disputes between Turkey and US are not artifical, neither are they
Russia Presses Europe to Break With Trump and Help Rebuild Syria
Source:Bloomberg Date:12Oct2018
There’s little prospect of a deal with the U.S., which is now vowing to keep troops in Syria until Iran withdraws, Vitaly Naumkin said in an interview. Russia is instead focused on efforts to
Trump reduces rhetoric about Turkey
Source:Ahval News Date:10Oct2018
An interesting article on what Trump thinks about Turkey. I agree on the importance of “being on the same page vis-a-vis Iran” For now, Trump appears to have decided that
Will Khashoggi’s disappearance affect Turkish-Saudi ties?
Source:al Jazeera Date:10Oct2018
This a sincerity test for Erdogan. Is he as sensitive to Saudi transgressions as to presumed American ones? Or is he simply anti-Western? Two former senior Turkish government
Turkey’s place in the global league of science
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:08Oct2018
The answer to the question of why Turkey would never become a hig-tech society. Yet, Erdoğan has confessed there is a problem in the “quantity/quality issue.” “I believe we have to focus