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Declining Electoral Fortunes Push Erdogan’s Party into Alliance With…
Although Turkey has been a year away from parliamentary and presidential elections, political horse-trading and wrangling for alliances are taking place to reshape the configuration of the…
Turkey’s Private Sector Concerned Over Protracted Emergency Rule
Rahmi Koc, the honorary president of Koc Holding Business Group, the largest business conglomeration in Turkey, said last month that his family was mulling to move some investments abroad,…
In Turkey, Street Names Show All Routes Lead to Politics
The city council of Turkey’s Ankara earlier this week renamed the street outside the U.S. Embassy in somewhat trolling reference to the Turkish military’s ongoing operation in Syria’s Afrin.…
Regime Move to Afrin Creates New Quandary for Turkey
The deployment of Syrian regime forces in Kurdish enclave of Afrin has created a new quandary for Turkey which plans to lay siege to the town in a blow to the Kurdish militia.
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German Journalist’s Release Brings Joy But Sparks More Questions
Turkish-German Journalist Deniz Yucel's release on Friday has unleashed a sense of relief and joy, but the way how he was freed cast doubt on the workings of the Turkish judiciary,…
Merkel-Yildirim Meeting Exposes Obstacles For Reset in Turkey-Germany Ties
Hopes for an improvement in Turkey-Germany relations plagued by a number of contentious issues over the past two years quickly unraveled after Turkish prime minister's meeting with German…
Who Is Responsible for Turkey’s Syria Predicament?
Last month, a French journalist’s question that set off a tense exchange with the Turkish president in Paris over arms shipment by the Turkish intelligence to the radical groups in Syria…
Diplomatic Spat Sinks Turkish-Dutch Ties into New Lows
Turkey’s external relations have been increasingly defined by acrimony and different forms of discord with a number of countries over the past two years. The Netherlands, with which until…
Pentagon Sees No Indication Turkey Moving Toward Manbij
While the risk of an unwitting confrontation between two NATO forces over Kurdish-held city of Manbij in northern Syria has not completely evanesced, a senior Pentagon official has said he…
How Would Afrin Offensive Shape Turkey’s Domestic Politics?
It took only 10 days for Turkey’s political parties to remain standing in unison behind the military offensive against Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northwestern Syria. Mostly for fear of…