Atilla's Musings
Prospects of Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement
Source:Modern Diplomacy Date:11Sep2021
As Turkey and Armenia exchange friendly messages, talk of a second round of raprochment is in the air. I set out to inquire about the feasibility of ending the century-long animosity between
The Coming Carnage Between the Taliban and Their Jihadist Rivals
Source:Bloomberg Date:30Aug2021
The Taliban take-over in Afghanistan could rekindle the jihadist spirit across the globe. In case of Turkey, the fundamnetalist cells at home have only gone to sleep. New terror acts in Syria
Syria Tightens Import Curbs to Save Scarce Dollars for Wheat
Source:Bloomberg Date:20Aug2021
Why am I posting this article? Well, growing hardship had always triggered new waves of migration towards Turkey. As well, Assad may want to end the stalemate quickly by attacking rebel-held
Is China About to Tuck Afghanistan Under Its Belt and Road?
Source:Bloomberg Date:19Aug2021
I add this article to my list because Erdogan government is soo eager to find itself a role, any role in Afghanistan. Turkish press claims taming Taliban would enhance Erdogan’s
Why a Turkish dictator let himself lose an election
Source:al Monitor Date:15Aug2021
Nicholas Danforth asks a very relevant question, but fails to answer it: Will Erdogan surrender power to the opposition, if he were to lose the next election? I shall do so in his stead. Yes,
Will Erdogan’s Afghan gambit pay off in Washington?
Source:al Monitor Date:31Jul2021
A serious article by policy expert Mr Semih Idiz, which nevertheless reads as a satire of Erdogan’s myopic and convoluted thinking. He could curry favor simply by removing S-400s rather
Has Erdogan achieved his goal to build his ‘New Turkey’?
Source:al Monitor Date:17Jul2021
A great article penned by politics and history expert Cengiz Candar how the borted 2016 coup attempt mid-wifed Erdogan’s plans to switch to a one-man regime. Yet, his victory came at the
How an exiled mafia boss became the center of Turkish politics
Source:al Monitor Date:19May2021
Watch out for Sedat Peker. He could bring down the Erdogan administration. The millions-strong audience for his revelation videos on YouTube suggest he is doing a very effective job reching not
Question Over Forex Reserves Rattles Turkey’s Erdogan
Source:Bloomberg Date:23Apr2021
Aside from the political posturing, the government has finally acknowledged that the question needs answering. In a televised interview on Monday, Albayrak’s successor, Lütfi Elvan, allowed that
Turkish-Iranian rivalry heats up over Mosul
Source:al Monitor Date:27Feb2021
Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying that Tehran “reject[s] the Turkish military presence in Syria and Iraq and consider[s] Ankara’s