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”.
Winning Idlib
Among them, preventing the PYD-PKK’s consolidation of military and political leverage across Syria is the most crucial one, while the U.
Idlib and the Implications of a Shifting US Policy on Syria
’s continued support for the YPG, the Syrian extension of the PKK, will continue.
Idlib: Russia Should Compromise and the US Should Help
decided to downsize itself and make alliance with a franchise branch of the PKK in Syria, thus constantly working against Turkey’s national security.
Turkey’s take on the Tehran Summit on Idlib
Of course Turkey would be happier if there was a clear warning to the PYD/PKK in the joint statement, but let us not forget that the summit was primarily about Idlib and hence, the absence of PYD-PKK linkages in the text is not a deal breaker for Turkey for now.
Idlib Conundrum Continues After Tehran Summit
and the PYD, which is the PKK’s Syrian branch.
Towards the End in the Syrian Civil War?
Turkey’s intervention to contain the PYD/PKK’s march toward the west was also not opposed by Russia and Iran.
Turkey’s route in the Middle Eastern conundrum
Its first and most immediate concern is twofold: Turkey does two things to deal with its primary concern of eliminating PKK terrorism; (a) hit the PKK wherever you can and clean the areas under its control, and (b) if you cannot hit the PKK due to U.
