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This is not a goodbye, this is a thank you MURAT YETKİN

This is not a goodbye, this is a thank you

“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you” is a quote from the romance novel by Nicholas Sparks titled “Message in a Bottle.”

October 01 2018
Release of Berberoğlu and what Turkey really needs MURAT YETKİN

Release of Berberoğlu and what Turkey really needs

Enis Berberoğlu, a former veteran journalist and an MP of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was released from Istanbul’s Maltepe Prison late Sept. 20, after a ruling by the Court of Cassation which approved the five-year and 10-month sentence for Berberoğlu but withheld it until the end of his term in parliament.

September 21 2018
One country seems unhappy with the Turkish-Russian deal MURAT YETKİN

One country seems unhappy with the Turkish-Russian deal

There is no time to enjoy the brief relief brought by the news of the deal between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Sept. 16 after weeks long of escalating tensions over the Syrian town of Idlib.

September 18 2018
Turkey is not only Idlib, refugees and Brunson MURAT YETKİN

Turkey is not only Idlib, refugees and Brunson

The top government advisers of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany met in Istanbul on Sept. 14 to discuss two important topics about the Syrian crisis.

September 16 2018
Turkey’s new proposal to Russia on Idlib MURAT YETKİN

Turkey’s new proposal to Russia on Idlib

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 11 said at a press conference in Bucharest that if the Syrian regime and Russian attacks on the Syrian province of Idlib stopped, Turkey was ready to “work together with all partners” to end the presence of terrorist groups in the region.

September 11 2018
Turkey’s test on technology MURAT YETKİN

Turkey’s test on technology

In 1974, when the Turkish military started its Cyprus operation, Ankara faced a sudden and bitter reality. The U.S., as a major supplier of the Turkish Armed Forces, had stopped the delivery of all military equipment, from fighter jets to spare parts of field radios. Turkey had to ask Libya’s Muammar Gadhafi to borrow tires for the F-104s used in the Vietnam War. It was followed by an arms embargo by Congress in 1975. The Turkish government’s response was to close all NATO facilities in Turkey, including the strategic İncirlik air base, to the use of the American military.

September 10 2018
The Tehran summit failed to ease Idlib tensions MURAT YETKİN

The Tehran summit failed to ease Idlib tensions

The Idlib tension as a threshold for a new stage of conflict in Syria remained as it was, if not worsened, despite the Astana talks between the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran in Tehran on Sept. 7.

September 09 2018
Idlib test for Turkey, Iran, Russia alliance on Syria MURAT YETKİN

Idlib test for Turkey, Iran, Russia alliance on Syria

The Tehran summit between the presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran on Sept. 7 was perhaps one of the most transparent of such political talks ever; the entire discussion between them was broadcast live. It was there for everyone including American administration officials to watch live and listen to points on which the three presidents agree and differ.

September 07 2018
The meaning of Turkish-German reconciliation MURAT YETKİN

The meaning of Turkish-German reconciliation

This is neither an “any port in a storm” situation nor a “drowning man will clutch at a straw” situation. It looks rather like they are remembering old days of good friendship and extending their cautious hands to shake by ignoring rifts for mutual interests. It is a reconciliation of convenience.

September 06 2018