An Alliance of Chaos?
The 1915 Armenian incidents were confronted in every aspect as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked historians to establish an international committee on the subject.
Erdogan: Turkey to lay siege to Afrin city center soon
On the heels of the Soviet Union’s dissolution, Armenian forces took over the town of Khojaly in Karabakh on Feb.
PYD/PKK kidnaps minority teens into battle
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On 19 January, 7 Christians, 4 Armenians and 3 Arameans (also known as Syriacs), were abducted by the terrorist group and forced to the front lines in Afrin, Syria, where the Turkish Armed Forces are currently conducting Operation Olive Branch.
Seeking Independence in Northern Iraq, An Interview with Hemin Hawrami
Right? Because Turkey is home to citizens with Circassian, Armenian, Kurdish, Turk, and Arab background.
How Gülen adopted the Assassin’s Strategy
Even though Gülenists were affiliated with certain assassinations in Turkey, the most important being the assassination of journalist Hrant Dink who was of Armenian descent, many weren't convinced.
Why People said “Yes” in Turkey’s Referendum
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A president who has been more eager than his predecessors in making Turkey a full member of the EU, who has recognized the Kurdish problem and commenced the reconciliation process, who has realized education reforms for thousands of women that were forcibly thrown out by the police and forced to leave their schools just because they were wearing headscarves, and who extended his condolences to Armenians on April 24 and asked for an international commission to research what has transpired during 1915 incidents… A president who embraced the doorkeeper of the hotel he was staying in Brussels, along with the German Chancellor Schröder, who calls and talks with his childhood friends, who has earned the love and interest of the people… The most significant political leader since Atatürk.
Turkey – EU Relations recall Serge Gainsbourg’s Song: Je t’aime! Moi non plus!
Without mentioning its name, Turkey was almost included into the French Constitution!
He extended his condolences for the 1915 events, unlike previous Turkish prime ministers who claimed that Turks didn’t kill any Armenians, but that they themselves were instead slaughtered by Armenians.
Is German Law Being Politicized?
Although the refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union demonstrated that both partners needed each other, the "Böhmermann-case", the chronic antagonism towards the Turkish government in the German mainstream media and the "Armenian genocide" resolution passed by the German parliament are some of the factors that have caused severe strain in the long-standing relationship between Germany and Turkey.
The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?
Gülenists are implicated in a wide range of criminal activities including terrorism, such as the assassination of the famous Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink; hatching plots to prosecute and imprison rival groups and leaders such as the imprisoning of the religious group known as Tahşiye>; extortion and blackmail targeting prominent public figures including businessman, academics, and politicians, such as the ousting of the main opposition party’s leader Deniz Baykal by using sex tapes; and blackmailing Selçuk University’s president to acquire permission for a Gülenist private university in Konya.
Security Vulnerability and the Reorganization Dilemma: What’s Next after the Failed Coup Attempt?
The Turkish Army has four M60T battalions in total, and two of them are in Ankara and Istanbul, far away from the Syrian and Armenian border or eastern Turkey.
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Mass deportations of Ottoman Armenian and Rumelian Muslim populations, and also the exchange of the Muslim population in Greece with the Greek population in Anatolia, created a religiously homogenous society.
Rebuilding Sur: Challenges and Opportunities
Sur’s legacy of pluralism embraced the heritage of Jews, Muslims, Christians, Persians, Arabs, Armenians and Turks.
Sykes-Picot: The Symbol of Western Imperialism in the Middle East
At the end of the war, the allied powers forced the Ottoman State to sign the Sevres Treaty, based on which pieces of Anatolian territory, in addition to the British, French and Italians, were given to the Greeks, Armenians and Kurds.
On Nationalism, Ethnicity and Ethnicity Regimes
Or take as an example the Georgians or the Armenians in Turkey who don’t speak Georgian or Armenian but they have a strong sense of ethnic identity.
