Posts Tagged: Turkey
Turkey Says US Support for Syrian Kurdish YPG a ‘Big Mistake’
The United States' support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is a "big mistake," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said late on Saturday, adding that...
The Fragility of Middle East Alliances
Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a re-balancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise on an assault on the rebel-held...
Anti-Israeli Cleric Elected to Head Group of Muslim Scholars
A Moroccan cleric who says that Israel's destruction is a duty for "the entire Muslim Ummah" has been elected to head an influential global Muslim...
When Erdogan’s Hooligans Came Knocking at NYU’s Door
Last week, I conducted a panel discussion about Turkey under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The day before the event, we were alerted...
How Turkey Is Spreading Its Radical Islamist Agenda to Europe
With less than two million people, Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, is the home of over 800 mosques. Now the Islamic...
Turkey Experts Worry Erdogan Might Use Al Qaeda Against Kurds
Although Turkey and Russia agreed last month to "withdraw" all jihadist groups from Syria's Idlib Province, a former Turkish National Police official warns that Turkey may use...
Trump Says ‘Rogue Killers’ May Be Behind Khashoggi Disappearance
US President Donald Trump said on Monday "rogue killers" may have been behind the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and despatched Secretary of State Mike...
Cologne on Lockdown as Erdogan Wraps up Ill-Tempered Visit to Germany
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wrapped up an ill-tempered visit to Germany on Saturday with a visit to Cologne, where a security lockdown kept supporters and...
Russia, Turkey Still Working on Idlib Deal but Optimistic: UN
Russia and Turkey told a weekly meeting of the UN Syria humanitarian taskforce in Geneva on Thursday that they were still working out the details...
The US-Turkey Diplomatic Crisis
The current Turkish-American diplomatic crisis is fundamentally different from other such crises in 1964 or 1975. Turkish public sentiment in the 1960s and 1970s was...
West Bank Power Struggle Could Be an Opportunity for a Hamas Coup
As Fatah party leaders who hope to succeed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly arm themselves ahead of a looming power struggle, Fatah's arch...
Turkey Says Military Solution for Syria’s Idlib Would Be a Disaster
Turkey's foreign minister said on Friday it would be disastrous to seek a military solution in the northern Syrian region of Idlib, a rebel-held enclave...
UN Invites Iran, Russia, Turkey to Talks on Syria Next Month
UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia, and Turkey to talks on Syria's Constitutional Committee, to be held in Geneva on Sept....
Turkey Says US Waging ‘Economic War,’ Lira Weakens
The lira slid on Thursday after Turkey accused the United States of waging "economic war" amid a bitter standoff between the NATO allies over the...
