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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

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

Turkey-US relations: overcoming the major hurdle to turn a new page

Turkish Foreign Minsiter Hakan Fidan had a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on March 8. "There…

10 months ago

Turkish police nab ISIS cells in preparation for New Year attacks

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said via his “X” account that 29 ISIS members, who were preparing terrorist attacks on churches…

12 months ago

The 2nd “hood Incident” with Türkiye and the YPG dilemma of the USA

In an unprecedented response to the US downing of a Turkish UCAV in Syria on October 5, the Turkish Ministry…

1 year ago

US Special Forces train militants PKK: The Washington Post

It would have escaped my attention if I had not followed the Twitter accounts of two terrorism experts. One from…

2 years ago

Erdoğan demands a ceasefire from Putin signals meeting Assad

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to support peace and negotiation…

2 years ago

Ground operation into Syria, possibility of Assad meeting

There has been no answer yet to the questions "where, when, or under what conditions will Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

2 years ago

In the backdrop of Erdoğan’s statements on land op. into Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Ankara’s determination to continue cross-border military operations into Syria and Iraq, hinting once more…

2 years ago

Turkish jets hit PKK in Syria and Iraq in retaliation

Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that Turkish Air Force jets carried out a comprehensive operation against the outlawed Kurdistan…

2 years ago