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“Hun be xer Hatîn”: How three words signal Türkiye’s Kurdish policy shift

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Kurdish-issue focused DEM Party continue to confound their adversaries - and I mean this…

3 days ago

Turkish FM Fidan on Syria: “There must never be a desire for revenge”

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Türkiye has begun working on plans to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees,…

2 weeks ago

Turkish Nationalist Party chair calls on PKK leader to dissolve organization

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and key ally in Türkiye's ruling coalition, has called on imprisoned…

2 months ago

Türkiye mulls new strategy on Kurdish issue

On the same day that the Chief Legal Advisor to the Turkish Presidency, Mehmet Uçum, said "the state does not…

2 months ago

Trump or Harris: What could be the difference for Türkiye?

When asked what would change for Türkiye if Donald Trump or Kamala Harris won the presidential elections in the US…

3 months ago

Visa liberalization or strategic concession? Behind Türkiye-Iraq agreement

Türkiye and Iraq signed a "Memorandum of Understanding on Combating Terrorism" on August 15. On the 40th anniversary of PKK…

4 months ago

Erdoğan towards the end of his Syria adventure: who will pay the bill?

"We want peace with Syria," President Tayyip Erdoğan told journalists on his return from the NATO Summit on July 12.…

5 months ago

The Kobani verdicts: Dissecting a political trial

The Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court handed down heavy sentences in the Kobani Trial on May 16. The most notable…

7 months ago

The real center of power in the Turkish-US relations is the Pentagon

We were chatting with an American diplomat, who held high positions in the US State Department while on duty, during…

9 months ago

Pro-Kurdish DEM was hoping a “dialogue call” but PKK called for war

Last weekend, Murat Karayılan, one of the leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), announced that he would deliver…

9 months ago