US reaction is harder to understand than Russian motivation in Syria
The reason behind Washington's silence over the latest reports, claiming that Russia's bombings in Syria were not against ISIS troops as Putin claims, but against Syrian moderate groups whose weapons are supplied by the CIA, still remains a mystery.
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The New Cold War in Syria and Turkey's Position
After five years of civil war, a huge influx of foreign fighters, and lots of sophisticated global power meddling, Syria is beginning to crystallize as the stage of the New Cold War between Putin's embattled Russia and Obama's U.S. with a human face' on Turkey's doorsteps.
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Once Putin realized the added benefits of enmity toward ISIS for Russia's interests, he started making exaggerated anti-ISIS statements to provide enough legitimacy for his country's involvement in the Syrian conflict.
The PKK's terror, which ended the reconciliation process despite the state's wishes and efforts, and the HDP's supportive statements of this terror seem to shape the electorate's behavior in the Nov. 1 elections.
The integrative modernization understanding of the AK Party comprising different races, cultures and social structures, unlike the opposition parties, makes the party the main actor in Turkish politics.
The AK Party derived its power from three main sources: First, a discourse of civilization allowed the movement to incorporate various political ideologies into its own platform
Russia in Syria: The Dangers of Military Involvement
Russian involvement in Syria can cause the intensification of the civil war and increase the number of causalities and refugees.
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Is the perception of PKK changing in Turkey?
After realizing that joining the anti-Erdoğan bloc with opposition parties would legitimize its presence, the PKK, by doing so, created itself a very large and comfortable zone to easily terrorize
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The PKK's presence isn't derived from political conflicts with governments but their deep hatred for the state itself.
Last week, there were an increasing number of reports in U.S. media regarding Russian military activity in Syria. According to these reports, U.S. intelligence captured evidence about the increasing number of military personnel and actions by Russia in regime-controlled areas in Syria.
Turkey has approached both the Syrian civil war and the ISIS matter with its own national priorities and timing. The policy of the Obama administration paved the way for the PYD until recently. A PYD circle was nearly formed in northern Syria.
The political change paradigm led by the AK Party has freed the country from the tutelage of Republican elites, expanding and normalizing the political arena.
Erdogan's role in Turkey is crucial as civil wars and terrorist networks wreak havoc along its borders.
