NATO pledges air support as Turkey-Russia rift grows
While trying to understand what’s going on in the Turkey-Russia rift over Syria, two things must be kept in mind. Firstly, the fact that the situation of the Syrian refugees is the first major...
Monthly Archive: February 2020
Tension high in Ankara amid news of fallen soldiers in Syria
At least 34 (*) Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks in Syria’s Idlib, officials sources have confirmed, with the government announcing that it has responded to the offence by the Assad regime. Ankara...
Putin’s and Erdoğan’s brinkmanship may fail Syria talks
Only four days ago, on Feb. 22, President Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey announced he would host the second Idlib meeting on March 5 in Istanbul with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, German...
Fallen Turkish soldiers in Syria, Libya and tough diplomacy
Only a few hours after announcing in the Aegean province of İzmir on Feb. 22 that “a few Turkish soldiers were martyred” in Libya, President Tayyip Erdoğan said in the nearby district of Bergama...
What really happened in the Kavala case in Turkey?
Social activits businessman Osman Kavala, accused of attempting to overthrow the -now President Tayyip Erdoğan’s government through the Gezi protests in 2013 was acquitted by an Istanbul court along with others on Feb. 18,...
US warns YPG: no protection if you fight Turkey
As they chose to stand by Turkey concerning the Ankara-Moscow tensions due to Idlib, US official sources said that they have warned their Syria partner the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria that they...
Kavala: the most FAQ about Turkey nowadays
In international events that I participated in recently; I’m asked three types of questions about Turkey. The first group of questions was about what is happening in Syria, in Libya, what Turkey’s moves meant...
As Turkish pendulum swings from Russia to U.S. in Syria
The photo above was taken at one of the meeting rooms of the Bayerische Hof hotel on Feb 15, in the premises of the Munich Security Conference. This photo alone can be an example...
Economic risks on Turkish politics are on rise
On Feb. 12 President Tayyip Erdoğan was addressing his Justice and Ddevelopment Party (AKP) group in the Parliament. He was accusing Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the center-left opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of...
“Westlessness” as a global risk and Turkey
The mind opening term of the “Westlessness” is the theme of the 2020 Munich Security Conferences (MSC) on February 14-16. It’s the “Decay of the Western project” elaborates Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, the Chairman of...