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Turkeys hopes for an updated customs union left for another fall SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Turkey's hopes for an updated customs union left for another fall

In an interview in mid-June, the president’s spokesman and chief foreign policy adviser, İbrahim Kalın, expressed his optimism that Germany’s EU term presidency would create new opportunities for Ankara-Brussels ties.

June 30 2020
Ankara revisits rumors of a cabinet reshuffle SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Ankara revisits rumors of a cabinet reshuffle

The initial speculations over a cabinet reshuffle had been circulated in the Turkish capital in the aftermath of the renewed Istanbul elections that ended with the landslide victory of the opposition candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, against Binali Yıldırım, the joint candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

June 28 2020
What cards does France have against Turkey SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

What cards does France have against Turkey? 

A tension between France and Turkey, two NATO allies, is escalating as the former is trying to play all the political and military cards it has in a bid to break the influence of the Turkish presence in the Libyan theater. 

June 26 2020
Why are Turkey’s lawyers protesting SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Why are Turkey’s lawyers protesting?

A 48-hour standoff between the heads of dozens of bar associations and law enforcement has ended after lawyers were allowed to enter Ankara and visit Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic.

June 23 2020
Turkey aims to cut PKK’s Syria-Iran corridor SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Turkey aims to cut PKK’s Syria-Iran corridor 

Although very busy in Syria and Libya, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has launched a massive anti-terror operation in a sizeable area of northern Iraq with the participation of air and land forces.

June 21 2020
Turkey to relocate its troops in Syria’s Idlib SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Turkey to relocate its troops in Syria’s Idlib

The world’s attention has been overwhelmingly focused on Libya recently, a conflict theater in which multiple actors have interfered politically and militarily, including Turkey, Russia, the United States, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, France, the European Union and NATO.

June 19 2020
Turkey, Russia should renew dialogue on Libya SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Turkey, Russia should renew dialogue on Libya

It’s been six months since Turkey and Russia brokered a meeting in Moscow between the two warring parties of Libya for ending the armed conflict and the resumption of talks for a negotiated settlement.

June 09 2020
Gov’t launches major work to overhaul entire election system SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Gov’t launches major work to overhaul entire election system

The reopening of the country has also re-energized the political life in Turkey as parliament has resumed its works and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned to Ankara. There are currently a number of critical matters on the agenda of the government and the political parties that would shape the political environment in the coming period.

June 07 2020
Turkish-Libyan alliance built on a long-term vision SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ

Turkish-Libyan alliance built on a long-term vision

A visit by Libya’s U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayyez al-Sarraj to Ankara on June 4 for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has importance in a lot of ways.

June 05 2020