Report to Congress on U.S.-Turkey Relations
Source:USNI Service Date:21Sep2018
Great background material about Turko-American relationship and Turkish foreign policy objectives at large.
Turkey will protect its energy rights in Mediterranean: Minister
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:21Sep2018
Turkey getting hawkish on Cyprus and energy drilling. Speaking at the 9th Exploration and Production Activity Consultation meeting in Ankara, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Turkey and Russia agree on ‘demilitarized zone’ in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave
Source:Washington Post Date:19Sep2018
Very interesting analysis: But even as Turkey appeared to be boxed in, some analysts said that Erdogan had in fact been bolstered by support from Europe and the United States. Europe, which also
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s financial and strategic dilemmas
Source:Financial Times Date:19Sep2018
“Going to the IMF would be a big challenge,” says an AKP campaign strategist who underlines the party’s politically successful history of denouncing the tutelage of the fund. But, he adds,
China, Russia, Iran and Turkey to de-peg from dollar?
Source:al Arabiya Date:15Sep2018
Answers an important question Ankara is trying to sort through: Can it defy the threat of American sanctions by switching to local currency trade? China is the world’s largest
Could A Coalition of the “Friends of Turkey” Ride to Turkey’s Financial Rescue?
Source:Council on Foreign Relations Date:14Sep2018
Brad Setser tries to answer the most important question vexing Turkey’s lenders. Can “Turkey’s friends, i.e. Russia, Qatar, China, etc, bail out the country, in case foreign
Round One of Idlib Campaign May Target Turkish-Backed Rebels
Source:Washington Institute Date:12Sep2018
Excellent review of balance of forces in Idlib and assad strategy. If and when a second round is launched against HTS in northern Idlib, it could be a different order of magnitude. Moscow,
Turkey’s Largest Dissident Paper Sees Major Overhaul, Prompting Resignations
Source:The Globe Post Date:11Sep2018
The latest development was interpreted as a final nail in the coffin of Turkey’s struggling free media, which was all but disappeared following the sale of Dogan media earlier this year.
Turkey: Torture, Sexual Abuse Rampant in Prisons
Source:Gatestone Institute Date:10Sep2018
AKP returns Turkey to the dark days of 1990s “under the military tutelage”. Events reported here do not befit a civilized country. Inmates in a jail in Şanlıurfa in southeast
Kurds crucial to Turkey-US cooperation in Syria
Source:Arab News Date:10Sep2018
Despite these legitimate worries, Turkey has to understand that the Kurdish cause will evolve steadily, even if it disturbs Ankara. The emergence of a Kurdish entity in the north of Syria