Turkish-American Relations and the Next Administration of the U.S.
The issues of Syria, the YPG, and the Gulen case will be the most challenging disagreements to resolve for the new administration in its relations with Turkey.
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PKK and FETÖ Resistance Stems from Diasporas
For Turkey, the fight against terror is a long path that must be covered with meticulous planning.
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Turkey has no choice but to implement a counterterrorism policy capable of addressing region-wide challenges related to the de facto unification of Syria and Iraq.
Ankara is firmly back in action as an emerging power acting proactively in regional and global matters
This time, Turkey participated in the G20 summit in a far more strong and self-confident mood than in previous years.
Operation Euphrates Shield has mobilized the Syria equation again and accelerated the political process. It also came to light that the quelling of the July 15 coup attempt intensified Turkey's counter-terror activities both in Syria and Northern Iraq
The PKK's Actual Objective
Today, the PKK is working to create a civil war in Turkey to secure its presence not only in Turkey but also in Syria
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Notes for the Next Administration About Turkey
U.S. presidential candidates should note what was discussed in the meeting between Turkish and U.S. leaders at the G20 summit. They may soon desire better relations with Turkey
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The Hangzhou summit will be a perfect opportunity for Erdoğan to brief world leaders face to face concerning the recent predicament that his country came through over the course of the last few months
U.S. President Barack Obama once said during an interview that he resented President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan because he did not employ his great army to fight DAESH.
Having launched operation Euphrates Shield on Aug. 24, Turkey not only helped the Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberate Jarablus but also became directly involved in the Syrian civil war.
Constitutively, the Euphrates Shield operation had two phases. The first phase aimed to liberate several villages and areas in the west and south of Jarabulus in order to be able to lay siege to the city. In the second phase, an offensive attack enabled the entrance of the aforementioned forces to the city center.
The YPG's attacking two Turkish tanks that fight against DAESH in south Jarablus is a declaration of war on Turkey
The increasing intensity of terrorist attacks on Turkish soil by both DAESH and PKK operatives demonstrate that Turkey's entrance in Syria will create shockwaves by the illicit structures on the ground.
Hitting DAESH targets in northern Syria, Turkey destroys the hopes of those who have been using the region through the terror organization as a basement to carry their deadly policies
The frequency of these attacks shows the determination of these groups to terrorize the Turkish people and destabilize the country.
Rapprochement between Ankara and Washington might only materialize if there are tangible steps that indicate harmonization of policies on FETÖ, the PKK and the PYD
The PKK is systematically moving the civilian massacres it has been carrying out in the aftermath of the FETÖ coup attempt under the guise of the TAK in the country's west to eastern and southeastern Anatolia
