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Turkish Local Elections, Airstrikes: Impact on Turkey, Region and the Larger World?

I needed some fresh mindful thinking on Turkey a paradigm shift after the recent Turkish local elections, and what they mean, if anything. It is now clear that Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suffered an unprecedented defeat that represents more than an election defeat, and a win for the so-called more “progressive” West. This news may be a game changer, for both Turkish domestic politics and its foreign policy…

Seth Ferris

Why is the Turkish economy stuck in a profound crisis...?

The Scottish aristocrat and British Prime Minister (1963-1964) Sir Alec Douglas-Hume once said: “There are two problems in my life. The political problems are insoluble and the economic problems are incomprehensible.” His words also reflect very closely the economic realities of modern Turkey. Recep Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 amid an economic crisis and widespread criticism of the economic policies of the previous government, led by Bülent Ejavit, which had seen the country’s GDP fall by 10 percent…

Alexandr Svaranc

Looming Turkish offensive in Northern Iraq: what will change?

Turkey is planning a massive ground operation in Northern Iraq with the aim of liquidating the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, which it designates as a terrorist organisation. According to Hürriyet, a publication with close ties to the Turkish government, the operation is scheduled for this summer and will be supported by the intelligence services in Baghdad and Erbil, which will also take measures against PKK activity in Sulaymaniye and Sinjar. The operation aims to close off the Turkish-Iraqi border completely…

Vanessa Sevidova

Turkey abandons oil trade with Russia?..

Alexandr Svaranc

Could a trans-Caspian pipeline become a reality?

Alexandr Svaranc

Turkish "support" for Ukraine

Nazar Kurbanov

Turkey-Somalia military co-operation agreement: a historic breakthrough or a gradual continuation of rapprochement?

Ivan Kopytsev

Is Turkey an enemy or a friend, a partner or a rival for Russia?

Alexandr Svaranc

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