Turkey's Iraq Challenge
Since the beginning of the American occupation, Turkey has consistently been one regional actor that has been most supportive of Iraq. It has consistently exerted the most effort towards IraqÂ’s consolidation.
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Shall We All Be Grateful to the White Turks?
Shall we all be grateful to the so-called "White Turks" for making lucrative gains over the course of Turkey's global economic integration and paying considerable amounts of tax to the state in return?
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In contrast, analyses on Turkish-American relations keep an eye on concrete policies - which results in a highly visible discrepancy between the two views.
The Gülen movement is trying to sell its version of a snapshot of Turkish politics alongside the Kemalists. Those who are willing to take up the role of the “native informant” certainly find a number of venues in which to perform in Washington D.C.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, since his outburst at Davos, has been declared to be “totalitarian” in Western media organs, mostly by pro-Israel pundits.
Seymour Hersh's recent piece on the chemical attacks in Ghouta, Syria last August, has again sparked debates regarding his story and the problems with it.
Reading Turkish Politics Through The Polarization Myth
Politics in Turkey has been in normalization process in which different demands and identities come forward and the invisible becomes visible since 2002
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The Meaning of the Protests
The discourse over the protest shows more of a tendency for psychological analyses than a political stance. Explanations such as “fear, feeling confined and repressed” do not offer us any political clarification.
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Turkey is the only actor that stands to spoil the neo Sykes-Picot. It appears that it will be impossible for al-Assad to regain his power in Syria as long as Turkey maintains its position.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paying a visit to the United States attended a conference, “Global Order and Justice in the 21st Century” organized by SETA in Washington D.C.
Extrication of the Turkish-Israeli relationship from the US-Turkey relationship represented a structural change.
The irony of the fate is that President of the United States Barack Obama had to broker IsraelÂ’s or the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuÂ’s defeat to Turkey in the Middle East - though he could not wrestle with Israel in Washington.
The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
Today, a new Turkey as a regional power is faced with a new US effort to reconsider its role in the region and around the globe.
The people’s peaceful protest is imperative and a national duty, until the army responds and announces its support for the people.”
Israel has been living in political déjà vu for some time now. It neither comprehends the transformation in the region, nor does it have the political capacity to analyze the future.
When ObamaÂ’s campaign was still celebrating its victory amidst chants of "four more years," the Republicans had already begun debating the legitimacy of this hollow victory.
The Arab uprisings in early 2011 provided the US and Turkey with an opportunity and a necessity to discover new forms of cooperation and policy coordination due to the urgency for action on the ground.
The new paradigm in relations seems to be working so far in critical issue areas, including Syria and NATO’s missile shield.
TurkeyÂ’s long-standing Kurdish issue was also mentioned in the commentaries as a major issue that awaited a comprehensive solution.
