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Too early to bet on improved EU-Turkey relations
Date:13Mar2018
Rumors of a visa waiver for Turks traveling EU was shot down by the head of the European Union Delegation to Turkey, Christian Berger, who stated that the issue of granting visa-free travel to
U.S. moving to repair relations with Turkey, endangering ties with Kurdish allies
Source:Washington Post Date:11Mar2018
Officials gave no timeline for moving the Kurds from Manbij to positions east of the Euphrates, 20 miles away, and did not indicate how the relocation would be accomplished. The officials said
Ahead of EU-Turkey summit, prospects of normalisation uncertain
Source:The Arab Weekly Date:11Mar2018
Even as Sik and Sabuncu left prison, courts in Turkey continued their crackdown on dissent. Also on March 9, Turkey’s top appeals court in Ankara ordered the retrial of Can Dundar, another former
Russian missiles not like Kalashnikovs: Top NATO General to Turkey
Source:Kurdistan24 Date:10Mar2018
“Getting the S-400 ready for battle isn’t like handing a soldier a Kalashnikov, which can be used by any untrained soldier,” Pavel said, in remarks printed in Breaking Defense, a
Turkey’s Erdogan says Syria’s Afrin town under siege, entry imminent
Source:Yahoo! Date:10Mar2018
On Thursday, Turkish forces and their Free Syrian Army (FSA) allies seized control of the nearby town of Jinderes, state media reported. Turkey now controls five out of seven of the settlements
No Exit: Turkey’s unexpected empire in Syria
Source:Ahval News Date:06Mar2018
There are signs the Turkish government understands that it has saddled itself with responsibility for the more than 2.5 million inhabitants of Idlib, Afrin and northern Aleppo. After initially
Signs point to early Turkish elections
Source:al Monitor Date:06Mar2018
Turkey may be preparing for a snap election this year to enshrine President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expanded powers and capitalize on the disarray of a splintered opposition enfeebled by a long
The tsar and sultan quarrel in Syria, who wins?
Source:Ahval News Date:02Mar2018
These swift changes in fortune do not mean that Turkey has suddenly become a winner or that Russia faces a permanent losing streak. Rather, they indicate how both states have entered into complex
In the small city of Manbij in Syria, we could see US and Turkish troops shooting at each other if tensions continue
Source:The Independent Date:02Mar2018
The development of a de facto Kurdish state enraged the Turks and the government in Damascus. To hold onto at least part of their gains, the Kurds need continuing US support, though Isis is
Congress, State Department divided on sanctions against Turkey
Source:al Monitor Date:01Mar2018
As the US Congress continues to weigh potential sanctions against Turkey over its unremittingly hostile stance toward the United States, there is growing debate within the policy community about