Unhappy with Turkish intervention, PYD insincere
By: ILNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey decided to take matters into its own hands and show all, friend and foe, that coup attempt or no coup attempt, it remains as strong as ever Turkey finally sent its [ More … ]
By: ILNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey decided to take matters into its own hands and show all, friend and foe, that coup attempt or no coup attempt, it remains as strong as ever Turkey finally sent its [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* The operation Turkey started in Syrian territory the previous night is a move that will move the stones and change the power map; not only in Syria but in the entire region. [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has a new problem to worry about: borrowing costs. A bunch of ugly warning signs have been bubbling up in Saudi Arabia lately. The economy grew at just a 1.5% clip in the [ More … ]
It was an innocuous-sounding statement via Twitter that would come to rock Europe. Issued in the dead of night by Germany’s Office for Migration and Refugees, it simply announced: “We are at present largely no [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt continues to follow the footsteps of the ousted President Hosni Mubarak, particularly with regard to the files of corruption, silencing and suppressing the voices and freedoms of the forces opposed [ More … ]
By: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Mr. Biden is the first and only Western leader who visited Ankara after the failed coup. He will see for himself the depths of Turkish sentiments after the coup and hopefully report [ More … ]
By: Özlem Albayrak* As you know, Daesh soaked a street wedding in Gaziantep in blood a few days ago. A suicide bomber blasted himself in the area of the wedding ceremony and 54 people, 24 [ More … ]
Months of speculation about Turkey inching toward a radical change in its Syrian policy have finally ended. On Aug. 20, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim officially announced Ankara’s new policy, which aims to settle the crisis with the involvement of all the [ More … ]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s surprise Aug. 12 visit to Turkey may always be remembered in Ankara, as well as in Tehran, for having opened a new chapter in regional cooperation between the two neighbors. [ More … ]
Syria’s multisided conflict — pitting rebels against government forces and the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) — took a further twist Aug. 17. The Syrian air force jets began pounding the Kurdish-controlled city of Hasakah in northeastern Syria, [ More … ]
By: Erdal Tanas Karagöl* The attack that transpired in Gaziantep on Friday night once again showed us that Turkey’s enemies have no rules or moral values. The attack being committed on civilians, especially during a [ More … ]
By: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Turkey-U.S. relations are going through a difficult period. At least until the upcoming presidential election, both sides need to be extra careful. There are two reasons why Washington needs to pay attention [ More … ]
By: Adel Suleiman* The issue of the civil-military relations in the Arab world has been revived by the Turkish people’s courageous confrontation of the military coup attempt on 15 July, and foiling it. The civilian [ More … ]
In a surprising moment of transparency and clarity, one of Iran’s former most senior military leaders confirmed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), or Pasdaran in Persian, had established a “Shia Liberation Army” (SLA). [ More … ]
By: IBRAHIM KALIN* Just as Turkey supports the fight against DAESH terrorism, which is a global threat to us all, it is also legitimate for Turkey to expect its friends and allies to support it [ More … ]
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