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...
