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Turkey’s 18-month state of emergency has led to profound human rights violations – UN report
Source:UN News Date:21Mar2018
A damning report by UN agency: During the 18-month state of emergency, nearly 160,000 people have been arrested; 152,000 civil servants dismissed, many arbitrarily; and teachers, judges and
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
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.
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
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
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?
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