Atilla's Musings
Who is behind the chaos in Iraq?
Source:al Arabiya Date:01Sep2022
I post this article about the turmoil in Iraq because it intimately concerns Turkey. 5% of Turkey’s exports to Iraq, while Ankara is trying to control PKK in Northern Iraq and pry Iraqi
Turkish pop star Gülşen arrested over religious schools joke
Source:The Guardian Date:27Aug2022
Gulsen’s arrest is a testament to the Empire of Horror Erdogan is trying to create out of Turkey. If her crime existed, it is too light to be dealth with pre-trial arrest. She had been
Alarm mounts in western capitals over Turkey’s deepening ties with Russia
Source:Financial Times Date:07Aug2022
Western capitals are increasingly alarmed about the deepening economic co-operation between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin, warning of the mounting risk that the Nato
Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vow to deepen economic ties
Source:Financial Times Date:06Aug2022
Two important points worth highlighting in this article. First, contrary to Turkish press accounts of Russia agreeing to accept TL in NG purchases, the article claims “Deputy prime
Russia Is Wiring Dollars to Turkey for $20 Billion Nuclear Plant
Source:Bloomberg Date:29Jul2022
This Bloomberg article was translated to Turkish covering only this paragraph: Rosatom Corp. last week sent around $5 billion to the Turkey-based builder, formally known as Akkuyu Nuclear
The Impending Turkish Invasion: Repercussions for the SDF-Washington Relationship
Source:Washington Institute Date:26Jul2022
A Turkish attack on northern Syria would bring new waves of internal displacement and increased humanitarian suffering, weaken the SDF and the Autonomous Administration, and erode these
Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?
Source:Financial Times Date:21Jul2022
Chat among Andrew England (FT), Laura Pitel and Ms Asli Aydintasbas. Excllent review and analysis of Turkish foreign policy and domestic matters. While I may disagree with some of the
Turkey’s ruling party members stick with Erdogan
Date:14Jul2022
An excellent analysis by Pinar Trembley about the observed “stickiness” in AKP votes Birol Baskan, political scientist and nonresident scholar at the Middle East
Russia, Iran won’t endorse Turkish military operation in Syria
Source:al Monitor Date:18Jun2022
Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting, Alexander Lavrentiev, the Kremlin’s special Syria envoy and head of the Russian delegation, called Turkey’s intervention plan an “illogical and
Erdogan Says Only Traitors or Illiterates Link Rate to Inflation
Source:Bloomberg Date:28May2022
“Those who try to impose on us a link between the benchmark rate and inflation are either illiterates or traitors,” Erdogan said on Friday in Istanbul, addressing a group of businesspeople.