Suez, Panama … Istanbul? Turkey’s grand canal plan
Source:Politico Date:21Nov2017
The first article I came across which puts Erdogan’s “crazy” Canal Istanbul project in a broader perspective. It is truly mad!
Turkey’s foreign policy delusions
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:21Nov2017
“Lone wolf” columnist Ms Nuray Mert hits the bulls eye with this brief but very to-the-point commentary on AKP’s diplomatic delusions. “The more Turkish foreign policy
Russia Charts a Course for Syria’s Future
Source:WSJ Date:21Nov2017
Contrary to the title, Russia has no story book for post-ISIS settlement in Syria: The clear outlines of a definitive political settlement remain elusive, particularly over the future of Mr.
A challenge to Turkey’s Erdogan
Source:The Economist Date:18Nov2017
TO STEP into the ring with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s bruiser of a president, takes courage and self-belief. Meral Aksener has plenty of both. At the launch of her new political party on
The shifting red sands of Idlib
Source:TRT World Date:18Nov2017
A new government in Idlib tries to forge local alliances – amid the lingering danger of Russian bombing – to govern a whopping four million Syrians, the majority of whom are internally displaced.
Iran, Turkey have own plans for Iraq’s strategic Sinjar
Source:al Monitor Date:18Nov2017
ISIS is now gone from Iraq and Syria, but peace is a distant dream. Regional actors have a myriad of issues to settle. This article discusses the role Sinjar in Iraq, currently a stronghold of
Turkey’s education system is not up to global standards: PISA director
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:13Nov2017
Readers of our reports will testify that we have argued since 2012 that Turkish growth is unsustainable. Weak capital investment, poor institutions and a decrepit education system deforming
Muslims, money and democracy in Turkey
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:12Nov2017
AKP managed to expand Turkey’s middle class, as well as bringing in the formerly “disenfranchised” Islamists ot its center. Yet, contrary to accepted wisdom, a prosperous and
Turkey Premier Says Expects Justice in U.S., Not Prisoner Swaps
Source:Bloomberg Date:12Nov2017
Yildirim came back from Washington DC empty-handed, as this Bloomberg interview clearly demonstrates. What happens next is described in an Monitor article by economist Mr Mustafa Sonmez: Last
S-400 Dispute Highlights Ongoing Difficulties in Turkey’s Rapprochement With Russia
Source:The Jamestown Foundation Date:07Nov2017
Many experts argue that Turkey is turning its face away from the west. This is certainly the intention, but alternatives prove hard to find. An imagined Sunni Arab-Turkish alliance fractured