Category: Commentary
By Zulfikar Dogan As Turkey’s March 31 local elections draw near, the usual commotion over party candidates has been overshadowed by electoral register irregularities sizable enough to have a direct impact on the results. Even ...
Turkey’s local elections on March 31 offer an opportunity to determine which rationality reigns in the country. By Gokhan Bacik Given that Turkey is in the midst of a deep economic crisis, the key question ...
By Cengiz Aktar January 20 was the first anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Afrin, the northwest Syrian enclave that had been under the control of Syrian Kurdish militias from the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Discussion ...
By Paul Iddon Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Moscow last week to discuss Syria with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin followed two crucial developments in the war-torn country. The first was U.S. President Donald ...
Kurdish rebels: Photo source: (Facebook) By Rajan Kumar The Astana process must negotiate a deal between Turkey and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the leading force in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which fought ...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – DECEMBER 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin, stands behind the coffin during funeral service for Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrey ?Karlov, in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on December 22, 2016. ...
By yavuz Baydar And the winner of this round is Vladimir Putin. That is the best way to sum up the recent talks between the Russian president and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Set aside ...
By Nikos Georgiades The United States is fostering efforts by Greece, Cyprus and Israel to form an eastern Mediterranean security alliance as Washington’s NATO ally Turkey flirts with Russia and Iran, and confronts U.S. ...
By Yasar Yakis Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan this week paid his first visit to Russia of 2019 and strengthened bilateral relations in meetings that focused on Syria. For Russia the most important issue was ...
By Mehmet Efe Çaman The subjective mourning of an academic in exile Does thinking hurt? Sometimes it does, especially when thinking about the past. Things change in life, and I am not afraid of change. ...