Turkey’s Reliable Diplomacy in the Somalia-Somaliland Talks
They are aware of Turkey’s stand in the Iraqi Kurdistan referendum and the Catalan referendum of 2017.
The US-Iran Rivalry in Iraq May Cause Another Popular Uprising
Hussain Abdul Hussain, an Iraqi analyst and a visiting fellow at Chatham House wrote, “Change usually is the result of a shift in the political culture, reflecting a swing in the popular mood.
Is the spring finally coming to the Turkey-PUK relations?
As it happened with the independence referendum of September 2016, once again the central Iraqi government stepped in and pushed back the Kurdish parties behind its red line.
US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria Requires Serious Strategy
The sudden takeover of Mosul in the summer of 2014 and the murder of American journalists had created a public outcry and President Obama responded by helping the Iraqi government.
Macron’s Syria Policy: Does France want to Play the Role of the US?
In April 1991, following the First Gulf War in Iraq and the Kurdish uprisings quelled by Sadam Hussein through bloodshed, France took the initiative for an establishment of an independent Kurdish region against the Baghdad administration under the guarantee of the West with the formation of Iraqi no-fly zones in reference to the UN Security Council Resolution 688.
Turkey’s Counter-Terrorism Efforts in 2018
With the recent U.S. decision to pull out of Syria and stop supporting the PKK’s Syrian offshoot PYD, it seems…
Details of Turkey’s military operation in Syria gradually disclosed
eporting for Anadolu Agency, Levent Tok and Muhammad Mislo wrote in an article, “Excluding the west of the Euphrates, YPG sits at the top of a square that deepens 45 thousand kilometer square from the line between the east of the river and Iraqi border.
Another Step in Pushing the PKK Out of Iraq?
Tavgari Azadi is a political party based in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and is affiliated with the PKK.
What are the Regional Effects of Heavier Sanctions against Iran?
Prior to this event, there were heavy clashes along the Iraqi border between separatist Kurdish organizations and Iranian security forces.
What Won the KRG Elections in Iraq? KDP’s Revisionism or PUK’s Status Quo
While Turkey’s position was quite expectable as it is against any kind of de facto secession in the region, Iran used its close ties with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and created a split in the pro-independence regional position of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Nobel Peace Prize Should Have Gone to…
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an Iraqi Yazidi woman, Nadia Murad, who was abducted by Daesh in 2014, and who was subject to sexual violence, and to Dr.
The US-Iran Scramble for post-Abadi Iraq: How Will Turkey be Affected?
This piece is about the intensified rivalry taking place between pro-Iranian and pro-American Iraqi political groups, which both seek to form a government, and reflect on how the probable result of this rivalry will affect Turkey-Iraq relations.
The US atrocity and Trump as a scapegoat
000 Iraqi civilians were killed in Iraq over the past decade while the U.
Turkey’s route in the Middle Eastern conundrum
Turkey also uses military force in Iraq, but not to change the structure of the Iraqi state and stop some kind of repression, but for the mere goal of defending itself against PKK terror attacks from within Iraq.
How Turkey’s war against the PKK is becoming more effective
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi visited Turkey on 14 August and met with President Erdogan.
Barzani Back in Turkey: Towards Re-building Relations?
Turkey seems to be committed to wipe out the PKK from Iraqi territories but its alliance with the KDP could not provide such a result so far.
The Indecisive 2018 Election Results and the Prospect of Civil War in Iraq
This piece seeks to discuss the latest developments regarding this issue in the light of the decision of the Iraqi parliament, which was issued on June 6, and which called for the sorting and manual re-count of all votes and the abolition of thousands of ballot boxes.
How Turkey Has Changed its Counter-Terrorism Policy Against the PKK
urkey’s counter-terrorism strategy has undergone a massive transformation, particularly in the fight against the PKK, while the extra-territorial military operations have expanded towards Syria and Iraq where the PKK has been consolidating its political and military influence since the dissolution of the Syrian and Iraqi sovereignties.
Turkey’s Offensive in Iraq: The Target is Qandil
Given that Qandil is 100 km away from the Turkish border, it required diplomatic negotiations with the Iraqi central government.
The YPG’s Child Recruits: An Accustomed Human Rights Abuse?
In an interview published in the website of Kurd Watch, Nurman Ibrahim Khalifa, who was abducted and conscripted by the PYD in 2014 as he was 13 years old, stated that a great number of children kept at the Iraqi Kurdistan camps were severely punished due to their attempts to escape, adding that a woman who was recruited as a child was killed before the eyes of people and her body was thrown into a lake after she was caught in her eighth attempt to escape when she was 18.
