The Future of the People’s Alliance
Turkey still faces terrorist threats and is maintaining its fight against terrorist organizations such as FETO, the PKK, and Daesh.
Turkey-US Relations: How to Save a Bent Relationship From Being Broken?
still supports the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, the PYD, in Northern Syria.
Turkey’s Culture of Surveillance
Turkish security and intelligence units have been benefiting from security camera networks in their struggle with terrorist organizations such as the PKK, PYD and DAESH.
What does Turkey’s Map of Political Alliances Look Like for the Upcoming Local Elections?
AK Party and MHP have both been accusing CHP of "allying with terrorists" and saying that HDP is a direct extension of the terrorist organization, the PKK.
The Crisis in the AK Party-MHP Alliance
The two political parties vowed to fight against internal and external threats (including the PKK and DAESH) and to maintain the country’s survival.
Does Quadruple Talk in Istanbul Signal Peace for Syria?
It would also invite in an Assad-Iran system that has close relations with Ankara’s sworn enemies, the YPG/PKK, perhaps bringing the Kurdish terrorists into another border area.
Turkish Politics After the Student Oath Debate
During the time in which the oath had been abolished, Turkey was conducting a series of talks with the outlawed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in order to resolve the Kurdish question.
Geopolitics of the Khashoggi Murder
From the PKK to Saudi Arabia and from Israel to the UAE and Egypt, the U.
What Won the KRG Elections in Iraq? KDP’s Revisionism or PUK’s Status Quo
What is missing in this picture is Turkey’s cross-border strategy of containing and then eliminating the PKK, which at the moment, is not changing the parameters of the KDP-PUK game.
Have Relations Between Turkey and the US Normalized?
The release of Pastor Andrew Brunson last week, who had been in prison for about two years in Turkey on accusations of aiding the PKK, was reciprocated by signaling to lift some of the economic sanctions that had been imposed on Turkey earlier this year.
Where are the remains of Jamal Khashoggi?
will support Turkey in its investigation, other items such as the Syrian Civil War, the PKK/YPG and the Manbij deal were also on the agenda.
Turkey-US Relations Post-Brunson
” Turkey was patient in Trump’s first year to allow the administration some time to re-evaluate the mission and start working with Turkey instead of the PKK’s Syrian branch.
Jamal Khashoggi and Andrew Brunson: Two Cases Showing How Turkish Foreign Policy Functions
Turkey’s ground incursion into the PKK-controlled territories in Iraq also came after similar remarks by Erdogan.
Is the Release of Pastor Brunson a Victory for the Trump Administration?
Brunson has been kept under arrest for almost two years with the accusation of aiding terrorist groups such as the PKK.
What are the Implications of America’s New Syria Policy for Turkey?
continued to support the PKK-affiliated YPG forces in a stated mission to deny a return to Daesh in northern Syria.
The US-Iran Scramble for post-Abadi Iraq: How Will Turkey be Affected?
Had he won the election, he would have continued to work with Turkey on several strategically important issues such as the establishment of a second pipeline for oil export from Iraq to Turkey, and joint efforts in order to eradicate the PKK presence in the Qandil mountains.
What Turkey-German Relations Needs is More Realpolitik and Less Ideology
Yet the German state’s unrelenting support to terrorist organizations such as the PKK and FETO, bowing to the demand of its anti-AK Party and Turkish civil society and media outlets tends to poison bilateral relations.
Turkey may consult with its 81 million citizens for EU accession process
The PKK/PYD issue and the continuous support that the U.
Towards a Limited but Robust Rapprochement Between Turkey and Germany
Despite the continuing efforts of the anti-Turkey lobby to prevent these steps, which includes utilizing certain German media outlets and broadcasting preferences, and through the support of groups such as the PKK-friendly Left Party, it seems that nowadays the first circle in discussion has gained fragile power.
Turkey and Germany set to revive relations after Erdogan’s visit to Germany
President Erdogan underscored that he expects the same sensitivity from his German counterpart and said that “thousands of PKK terrorists and hundreds of FETO terrorist organization members are living across Germany”.
