Posted on Sat, September 17, 2011 at 21:44 pm CEST
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Turkish-Israeli Relations: Empty Threats or a Looming Crisis?

The rapprochement between Turkey and Israel during the 1990s was primarily driven by Turkey’s secular elite… Continue reading

Topics: Energy • Israel • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, September 15, 2011 at 19:45 pm CEST
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Abbas to go through with UN Statehood Bid

Thursday, Sept. 15, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went back on his assurance 24 hours earlier to… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 9, 2011 at 02:07 am CEST
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Erdogan drives toward armed clash with Israel

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week coolly moved his country step by provocative step towards an armed clash with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, September 4, 2011 at 20:07 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s War: Will Turkey’s Most Powerful Leader Since Ataturk Succeed in Securing the Country’s Unity?

Attacks carried out by Kurdish separatists since mid-July have set Turkey on the road to war… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • Neo-Ottomanism • PKK • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Sat, September 3, 2011 at 00:17 am CEST
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Turkey maligns Israel to freeze the IDF out of the US anti-Iran missile shield

Turkey has run into two obstacles in its two-year campaign to destroy Israel’s good name and squeeze it into a corner… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, September 2, 2011 at 22:45 pm CEST
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Turkije Opent de Aanval op Israel na Publicatie van VN Palmer Rapport

Zoals verwacht heeft Turkije de diplomatieke aanval geopend op Israël na de publicatie van het Palmer rapport… Lees verder

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Israel • Nederlands • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, August 31, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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Beyond Memory and Imagination: Civil-Military Relations and Turkey’s New Authoritarianism

The resignations on July 29, 2011, of the Turkish chief of staff and all three force commanders are without precedent in… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 22:40 pm CEST
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The perils of a remilitarized Sinai

Will the Egyptian military be permitted to remilitarize the Sinai… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Israel • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, August 20, 2011 at 20:23 pm CEST
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Turkey and Syria: a Parting of Ways

The turmoil in Syria threatens to deprive Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party of one of its most significant foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Economy • Iran • Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Kurdistan • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 00:55 am CEST
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Instant obsolescence of the Turkish model

With the Turkish lira in free-fall, Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks less like a prospective Ottoman caliph than a garden-variety Third World strongman… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, August 13, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST
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Obama and Erdogan grant Assad 15 days to finish Syrian Uprising

Thursday night, Aug. 11, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed to set Syrian… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, August 10, 2011 at 20:57 pm CEST
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Turkey: Two More Steps Toward Islamism

In Washington DC they are still ridiculing the idea that Turkey’s government is Islamist… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, August 5, 2011 at 22:20 pm CEST
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Obama’s Only Policy

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, July 31, 2011 at 14:10 pm CEST
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Iranian press voices criticism of Turkey over its stance towards Syrian regime

Iranian media have recently taken a critical stance on the change in Turkey’s policy towards Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, July 30, 2011 at 00:20 am CEST
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A Day in the Life of the Middle East: Egypt, Islamist Terrorism, Libya, Turkey

Where’s the outrage? Where’s the policy shift?… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Libya • Norway • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, July 16, 2011 at 00:57 am CEST
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A Different Path: Assessing Turkey’s Foreign Policy in Latin America

Never before have Turkey and Latin America been closer than they are at present… Continue reading

Topics: Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, July 14, 2011 at 00:33 am CEST
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Turkey Faces Difficult Challenges in a Volatile Foreign Policy Environment

Foreign and defense policies did not figure prominently in the recent general election in Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Kurdish People • NATO • Russian Federation • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, July 3, 2011 at 00:56 am CEST
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Israel, Greece, Turkey join hands to stall Gaza flotilla

The 350 activists left of the 1,500 activists originally planning to sail nine boats against Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Greece • Israel • Pro-Palestinianism • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, July 1, 2011 at 09:21 am CEST
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Tough Times Ahead in Search of Turkey’s New Soul

Polarizing the society over religious and cultural identities has been the power tactic of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) almost all along… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 00:26 am CEST
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Fading Hopes, Rising Demands: Kurdish Problem Moves Closer To the Point of No Return

In the general election of June 12, 2011, candidates backed by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) won 36 seats in Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, June 25, 2011 at 13:06 pm CEST
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Turkey renews strategic ties with Israel ahead of showdown with Syria

After more than a year of strained relations, Turkey has decided to restore military and intelligence collaboration in the eastern Mediterranean with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Syria • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, June 22, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • GCC • Iran • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Neo-Ottomanism • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 18:52 pm CEST
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Lebanon’s Radical pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian New Government

After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Islamism • Lebanon • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, June 16, 2011 at 22:04 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Urbanization: The Secret Behind AKP’s Third Consecutive Electoral Success

At 12 June’s general election, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development party (AKP) pulled off a rare political hat trick… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, June 14, 2011 at 21:56 pm CEST
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Turkish Election: Voter Fraud?

Daniel Pipes wrote an article asking if the June 2011 election would be the last free and fair election in Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Turkey