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Turkey Talks with Forked Tongue
15 January 2021054 Neville Teller

Turkey Talks with Forked Tongue

Normalisation is in the air. In the past few weeks Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced not only that he would like to have better re

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Turkish Army Claims It Killed 226 Terrorists in 43 Operations
10 January 2021064 MPC Journal Team

Turkish Army Claims It Killed 226 Terrorists in 43 Operations

On 10 January 2021, Turkish Ministry of Defence released a video saying that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) had carried out a total of 43 operations d

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Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy
4 January 20210251 James M. Dorsey

Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world o

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Khalifa Haftar – Has the Gamble Failed?
22 May 20200662 Neville Teller

Khalifa Haftar – Has the Gamble Failed?

To be blunt, Khalifa Haftar, once a friend of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and long a prominent figure in Libyan affairs, has been trying to overthrow th

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will remain in northern Syria until all 'terrorists' leave the area [File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images]
10 March 20200527 Neville Teller

What Game Is Turkey Playing in Syria?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - © Photo: File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images[/caption] Three basic factors underlie Turkey’s stance in the confused

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Slaughtered in Syria – the Innocent, Humanity and Democracy
21 February 20200651 Neville Teller

Slaughtered in Syria – the Innocent, Humanity and Democracy

Copyright REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah/File photo[/caption] In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired no doubt by the revolutionary

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Turkey blasts Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
28 January 20200387 MPC Journal Team

Turkey blasts Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan

On 28 January 2020, Turkey criticised US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, calling the agreement “stillborn’’. US President Donald Trump r

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US Army Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicle in Northern Syria – © Photo: @AfarinMamosta/Twitter
10 March 20170499 Rick Francona

Syria: Has Turkey Been Marginalised While the US Thrusts into the Fight?

In a remarkably under-reported series of events in northern Syria, the success of the joint Turkish - Free Syrian Army (FSA) Operation Euphrates Shiel

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1 December 20162393 Hakim Khatib

Refugees Selling Sex on Athens Streets

In the heart of Athens, sidewalks teem with passersby, restaurants are packed with people and crowds flow from the metro. But take a few steps into

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30 June 20160469 Hakim Khatib

The Quandary of Turkey’s EU Bid

Turkey – a de facto NATO-EuroMed member – moved a step closer in its bid to join the European Union after its government announced fresh talks with t

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