Operation Şah-Fırat (Shah - Euphrates) and Turkey's Middle East Policy
In fact, the timing of the operation may be interpreted as a sign of TurkeyÂ’s diligence to more actively fight against ISIS.
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Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
It is not a secret that the year 2014 did not see the best period in relations between the U.S. and Turkey.
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Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and the absence of effective mechanisms to resolve the differences among the actors, demonstrates that there is always a danger that tensions will escalate and to turn into a major crisis.
It is imperative to rethink how to frame security around the question of Israel-Palestine within policy-making circles.
Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Turkey will mark an important turning point in relations between the U.S. and Turkey.
The Western media sees Kobani as a symbol that will trigger an armed fight for democracy, as it did in the Arab Spring, which puts it to the fore.
Should Turkey Have a Regional Islam Policy?
In a post-ISIS region, it is likely new radical groups claiming to wage jihad bent on shattering the Middle East's religious environment will emerge. Such radicalization in Turkey's neighborhood has become a growing threat.
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Obama's War Coalition
First and foremost, the Abadi government will have to accumulate enough power to discourage Sunni tribes from joining ISIS fighters. The main question remains: what will happen once ISIS is defeated?
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The difficulty with dealing with ISIS is also partly because of its demographics which has a lot to do with the use of multiple strategies.
The gender card in international aid is not a novel factor, especially when it comes to the Security Sector Reform (SSR) in which the PSF training programmes fall.
One of the reasons why political jargon is framed as if it were a general election is because of the Dec. 17 operation that caused local elections to be pushed out of its normal process.
The ultimate goal must be to depoliticize the Judiciary by pulling it back to its procedural legal boundaries.
The Angola issue will pave the way for discussions over Islamophobia again as its profound impacts are becoming more visible in the third world countries lately.
Since January 2011, Arab regimes have also employed the terrorism card to maintain their grip on government.
If Putin has his Assad, the United States has its Sisi. Russia dubbed the massacres in Syria “fight against terror” while the U.S. labeled the coup in Egypt “democratization.”
UlutaÅŸ: On-going detentions and massacres in Egypt have shut the door for a political solution in the country.
SETA presents the analyses of SETA experts on Egypt in order to better understand the transformation process in Egypt which began on January 25, 2011 and the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi by the military coup on July 3, 2013.
Although Assad and the apparatus of security that surrounded him managed to survive, their obstinacy left Syria in ruins.
Legislation and judiciary in Turkey have served to safeguard interests of the state rather than protecting rights and freedoms of citizens.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Ankara last Tuesday is important for the current state of Turkish-Iraqi relations. The visit focused on trade and security, and these are two crucial areas for both countries
