T he European Union (EU) and its member states have expressed their concerns over Turkey’s ongoing incursion into northeast Syria. With the military operation named Peace Spring[1], Turkey declared that it aims at eliminating…
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T urkey is a vital NATO ally and strategic partner of the West. Yet, over the past two years its relationship with the Western democracies and their allies has deteriorated. The…
T he Middle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent -- with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including Europe.
It's not like…
T he Kurdish people are living difficult and important years. The Peshmerga in Iraq and the YPG (embedded in the SDF) in Syria are fighting ISIS, and victory is not far.
Erbil and Kobane…
T he crackdown on the freedom of expression and dissent since the failed coup in July 15 last year has reached epic proportions in Turkey.
The effects of the continuous severe blows to journalism…
by Zakir Gul
One ton of explosives were placed under the security building in Turkey recently, and almost none of the media covered it. Other sources claim that the amount of explosives was 2.5 tons. Whatever…
by Benjamin Kweskin
Unlike the warm, if not ambiguous and (mostly) indirect relationship between Israel and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, relations between Israeli and Kurdish actors in Turkey have been considerably…
T urkey is grappling with a series of massive deadly terrorist attacks that are not random or coincidental. The government’s wrong and illegal investment in and bad strategy regarding salafi-jihadist terrorist groups has created…
by Yavuz Baydar
If people hold their breath about Turkey these days, they are right. As the world shows strong signs of disarray, certainly the country has placed itself at its epicenter. It has…
by Yavuz Baydar
The arrest of Ahmet Şık, one of the boldest journalists left in action in Turkey, was not that unexpected.
He was targeted for some time and had already informed the public in a…