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Impact of Tillerson’s ouster on Turkish-U.S. relations

Source:Ahval News Date:17Mar2018

This is by far the best analysis of how Pompeo’s appointment to Foggy Bottom will impact the Turko-American relationship. Spoiler alert:  Negatives outweigh positives.   Regarding

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Turkey changes electoral law in boost for ruling party

Source:al Monitor Date:16Mar2018

A must read to understand Turkey’s new electoral law,  prospects for alliances and the odds for early elections.

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EU funding for Turkey fails to cut corruption or bolster judiciary

Source:Financial Times Date:14Mar2018

EU approved additional funding for Syrian refugees, but  new money-related problems with Turkey are on the horizon: The decade-old effort to improve Turkey’s governance and prepare it to join the

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Relations Between Turkey, Gulf Kingdoms Strained as Never Before – Academic

Source:Sputnik Date:13Mar2018

Turkey is determined to follow its foreign strategy and support Qatar regardless of the displeasure voiced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a Turkish political scientist told Sputnik, while his

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Erdogan menaces Afrin as YPG digs in

Source:al Monitor Date:13Mar2018

Amberin Zaman writes about Afrin, but answers a more important question:  Have US and Turkey reached a deal on the fate Afrin?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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