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Three basic factors underlie Turkey’s stance in the confused military situation in north-west Syria. The first is that Turkey’s president, R
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Turkey has asked the United States to conduct sorties along its southern border with Idlib in support for Ankara’s on-going military operations ag
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On 21 February 2020, Iranian Health Ministry announced 13 more individuals who have contracted the new Coronavirus. As people cast ballots to elec
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In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired no doubt by the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Middle East at the time – daube
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The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody. Mr. Erdogan is on opposite sides of R
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On 28 January 2020, Turkey criticised US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, calling the agreement “stillborn’’. US President Donald Tru
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Turkey's opposition strikes a blow to President Receb Tayyip Erdoğan with Istanbul mayoral win. This win represents a defeat for Erdoğan because h
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When Turkish vice-president Fuat Oktay and foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became this weekend the first high-level foreign government delegatio
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Introduction From the establishment of the Turkish State in 1923 by its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk until 1974, the Turkish government had oppos
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s autocratic president, is a past-master at seizing the moment and turning it to his political advantage. The latest e
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