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Azerbaijan is racing to rebuild in recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh
Source:The Economist Date:02Mar2024
President Ilham Aliyev has pledged that 140,000 Azeris will return to the region by 2026. He is earmarking $2.4bn for reconstruction in 2024, more than a tenth of the country’s annual budget.
Are Iran and Turkey on a collision course over West Azerbaijan?
Source:Middle East Institute Date:02Mar2024
Over the centuries, Iran and Turkey have engaged in an ebbing and flowing, but continual, rivalry for regional influence and supremacy. That thorny relationship persists to this day, in some
Turkish stocks soar in world-leading rally as ‘tech mania’ grips market
Source:Financial Times Date:29Feb2024
The “global tech mania” — led by US chipmaker Nvidia — has spilled into Turkey’s markets and has been a key driver of this year’s strong performance for the Borsa Istanbul, said Tunç Yıldırım,
Mustafa Akyol: The West Is Losing Muslim Liberals
Source:CATO institute Date:24Feb2024
Any close observer of the region can see this. Among them is Fawaz Gerges, a renowned expert on Middle East politics, who warned in December: “I have never seen the region as implosive, as
FATF: Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring – 23 February 2024 (Turkey remarks below)
Source:FATF Date:23Feb2024
In October 2021, Türkiye made high-level political commitment to work with the FATF to strengthen the effectiveness of its AML/CFT regime. At its February 2024 Plenary, the FATF made the initial
Book Review: Apparatchiks and Ideologues in Islamist Turkey—The Intellectual Order of Islamism and Populism
Source:Middle East forum Date:23Feb2024
Gürpınar has produced an interesting intellectual history of the late Ottoman Empire and modern Turkish state. In fact, Apparatchiks and Ideologues is a page-turner. It takes a connoisseur of
“We did not fear death but the life there”: The Dire Human Rights Situation Facing Syrian Returnees (February 2024)
Source:Relief Web Date:19Feb2024
Many Syrians who had fled the war face gross human rights violations and abuses upon their return to Syria, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office released today. The documented
National interests and regional turmoil: The Gulf states’ view on Gaza and the Red Sea
Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:11Feb2024
The Gulf states have loudly condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza. But beneath the rhetoric – and amid unfolding regional escalation – many Gulf capitals are hesitant to put their national
Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich): Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell after the meeting
Source:European Union External Action Date:08Feb2024
For the reader’s convenience, I summarized Borrell’s comments and answer to a question from a long text: Finally on Turkey: after a long pause; we brought the topic of our
Asli Aydintasbas: NATO, Gaza, and the future of US-Turkish relations
Source:Council for Foreign Relations Date:07Feb2024
Once the give-and-take is over, the two allies need to sit and talk about the future of Syria and Iraq and the worsening situation in Gaza. Ukraine and the Black Sea are also burning issues, as