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How Conflicts between CENTCOM and EUCOM threaten the Turkey-US Safe Zone Deal

Opinion
In this manner, the latest action by CENTCOM of conducting joint patrols with a YPG front group immediately after the joint Turkish-American patrol at the border region, indicates that CENTCOM knows how to sabotage the deal, and is willing to do so to reassert its position as the main policy-maker in Syria, preferring the interests of its local partner over the US, and to undermine the extensive role of EUCOM.

From the Nixon-Reagan Tapes to Trump’s Tweets: Racism Has a Tradition in US Politics

Opinion
Nixon, Reagan and the war on African Americans Hip hop legend Shawn “Jay Z” Carter’s video The war on drugs: From Prohibition to Gold Rush underlines that America’s so-called “war on drugs”, one that was started by President Nixon and expanded under President Reagan, was a war against citizens of the United States – African Americans in particular and poor families.

S-400 Sanctions: What Will Be the Price Paid by Turkey?

Opinion
Nevertheless, even though Turkey has been a NATO member since 1952 and has contributed to the NATO alliance in many respects, such as storing American nuclear weapons in its İncirlik Base for many years, as well as hosting NATO’s Missile Defense Radar at a military base in Kürecik, it is obvious that Ankara will be facing numerous challenges in the next few years as a result of the decision to procure S-400s.

Why Turkey Needed S-400 Missile System

Opinion
Although Chinese, Russian, American, French and Italian firms placed bids, Turkey announced to public that the best offer was made by the Chinese firm as a result of the tally conducted on the basis of certain criteria such as technology transfer, costs, delivery time etc.

The Washington Post drops Journalism to a new low

News
  Following the op-ed written by Cemil Bayik –one of the five founders of the PKK and the second-hand man of the organization- and published by the Washington Post on Wednesday, Turkey’s foreign ministry, top diplomats and politicians highly denounced and condemned the American newspaper for its level of hypocrisy.