Using The Kurds Again: Will the Iranian Kurds Enter The Iran War on The Side of The United States and Israel?
The United States has a long record of using the Kurds as auxiliaries when fighting against its enemies in the Middle East. The formula is deceptively simple. Promise the Kurds their autonomy or even independence if they will support the U.S. Usually this...
To understand the stance of Turkey’s political class and society regarding the attacks on Iran, two main points must be examined: the fact that Turkey’s secularist circles were raised within an anti-imperialist discourse, and the Palestinian and Islamic sensitivities of the political Islamists. Additionally, both groups share a common sentiment: the belief that the United States and the West are trying to divide Turkey,...
Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of February 2026 –The Construction of a "Monolithic" Turkey: Societal Transformation Under the Grip of Judiciary, Politics, and Economy
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Weekly Turkey Report: The End of January 2026 — Turkey Blocks Aid to Kobani
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A Turkey-backed jihadist offensive against Rojava catalyzed a new...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of January 2026 – A New Kobane Moment for the Kurds
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Kobane once symbolized Kurdish resistance against ISIS...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of January – Turkey Chooses the Sri Lanka Model
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The report argues that Ankara’s long-admired “Sri Lanka model”...
Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of January 2026 – Peace by Beating the Kurds
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Türkiye entered the new year amid an Ankara-backed assault in...
Weekly Turkiye Report: 1th Week of January 2026: Members of the Gülen Movement Labeled “Terrorists,” ISIS Members Treated as “Suspects”
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Turkey was shaken...
Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of December 2025: Erdoğan Shifts the Agenda with Drug and Betting Operations
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Turkey spent the week with drug,...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of December 2025: Parties Respect the State’s Red Lines on the Kurdish Issue
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Turkey’s main political parties continued...
Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of December 2025 – Sex, Drug Allegations, and the Kurdish Question
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Turkey’s domestic agenda was dominated by allegations...
Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of December 2025 – Poverty Deepens amid Contentious Kurdish Peace Debates
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A new Metropoll survey confirms that the...
Weekly Turkey Report: 5th Week of November 2025 – An Öcalan Visit without Concrete Steps
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A parliamentary commission visited PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan...
