Turkey’s Incursion Into Syria: Making Things Better or Worse?

Source:Council on Foreign Relations Date:04Oct2017

Famous Middle East expert Steven A. Cook explores why Turkey is about to move into the chaotic   Syrian  rebel province of Idlip and the consequences of  its failure to pacify it. Best article on

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Trump may have to sanction his Turkish president best buddy

Source:Washington Post Date:23Sep2017

Has the Trump-Erdogan summit stopped the detoriaration in the Turko-American relationship? Even pro-AKP Turkish commentators are skeptical.  WS claims the future of the relationship might be  in

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Turkey starts to deploy troops to northern Syrian province

Source:Financial Times Date:23Sep2017

Spoiler alert:  FT claims Turkish Forces began   moving into Syrian province of Idlib.

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Turkey to deploy troops inside Syria’s Idlib: Erdogan

Source:Middle East Eye Date:22Sep2017

This was expected. Turkey’s second Syrian adventure is expected to begin within a few weeks, in the rebel held province of  Idlib.  Ankara  is also contemplating  sanctions on Iraqi Kurds

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Syria’s Kurds to hold historic vote in ‘message’ to Assad

Source:Reuters Date:22Sep2017

Turkey’s worst nightmare  is coming true. Syrian Kurds organized under the banner of pro-PKK PYD-YPG are rapidly advancing towards statehood. A declaration of autonomy could arrive as early

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Banks Hire Lazard to Solve Turkey’s Biggest Default

Source:Bloomberg Date:20Sep2017

The companies have been locked in talks for almost a year after Otas failed to pay a September 2016 installment on the loan, the country’s biggest ever syndicated facility. Otas struggled to make

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Turkey accelerates preparations for Afrin operation

Source:Yeni Safak Date:20Sep2017

Pro-AKP newspaper claims Ankara will intervene in Syrian Kurdish canton of Afrin:  Preparations for a military operation in Syria’s Afrin, a hotbed for the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)

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Turkey deploys 80 military vehicles near Syrian border

Source:al Jazeera Date:19Sep2017

Turkey might venture into Syria a second time. Deployment comes after Russia, Turkey, and Iran agreed to send ‘de-escalation’ forces to Syria in the coming weeks.

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In Turkey’s New Curriculum, Ataturk, Darwin and Jihad Get Face-Lifts

Source:New York Times Date:19Sep2017

I’ve resisted the temptation for long to post articles criticizing Turkey’s new school curriculum, but it seems to attract world-wide interest and very relevant in the light of OECD

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Turkey Fifteen Years After: The AKP regime’s power as context shaping

Source:The Turkey Analyst Date:17Sep2017

This excellent article explains how AKP’s true power lays in defining and shaping the national narrative. The party essentially decides what can and cannot be debated. Every topic of national

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