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Erdogan is Using PKK as Cover to Corner the Kurds

While Turkey’s official narrative, with regard to the scope of operation Euphrates Shield’, is centred on eliminating the ‘militant’ PKK, ground realities hardly confirm it, and instead show that Erdogan’s current drive is mainly...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Syria: Turkey pushing Washington up the wall?

Turkish intervention in Syria, although primarily motivated by its security concerns vis-à-vis Kurds, has started to create consequences that are not simply confined to reversing the Kurdish advances. On the one hand, Turkey is...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Erdogan-Putin Mend Relations as the West Gets Unnerved

While the August 9 meeting between Turkey’s Erdogan and Russia’s Putin did go a long way in unfreezing their own relations, this meeting—and the prospects of warm relations between them---has certainly put the U.S. under...

Salman Rafi Sheikh