Turkey ponders Taliban’s airport offer as Kabul is rocked by bombings
by Leo Kendrick A pair of suicide bombings outside Kabul’s airport yesterday evening (26 August) come as Turkey considers an offer from the Taliban to continue its management of the Kabul airport, a role Turkey has served since 2015. Original Turkish plans to maintain a military presence at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport were scrapped earlier this […]
This Week in Turkey (147): with Sinan Ülgen on Turkey’s motion to deploy troops to Libya
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Sinan Ülgen, who is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, chairman of the Istanbul-based think tank EDAM -The Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies – and a former diplomat. Mr. Ülgen provided insight on the motion to deploy troops to Libya that was approved by the […]
This Week in Turkey (132): Ankara Summit with Prof. İlhan Uzgel and Al Baghdadi’s latest audio recording with Doğu Eroğlu
This Week in Turkey’s guest was İlhan Uzgel, Professor of international relations, who discussed the tripartite Ankara Summit of Turkey, Russia and Iran, and Doğu Eroğlu, journalist specialised on ISIS, who dwelled on the implications of the latest audio recording address of ISIS leader Al Baghdadi.
First pledge of allegiance to al-Baghdadi after ISIS’ “Wilayat Turkey” video
In the aftermath of the video published in 2019 where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was seen holding notes designating Turkey as a “wilayat” (province), ISIS-linked media agency Amaq published a video of Turkish speaking individuals pledging allegiance (ba’yah) to ISIS leader al-Baghdadi. Several heavy weapons are seen in the video, alongside prominent messages addressed for Erdoğan […]
Interview with Wladimir Van Wildenburg on Raqqa after ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1FEBjlxBPE
Güney Yıldız: “Menbiç’te uzun süredir baskı altında yönetilen insanlar, Kürtler önderliğinde birinci yılını dolduran yeni sistemden memnun”
Yayına hazırlayan: Özgür Özdemir Söyleşinin tamamını izlemek için tıklayınız
Exclusive interview with Joost Hiltermann: The perils of post-ISIS Iraq and Syria
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This Week in Turkey (5): With Aydın Selcen on the situation of Syrian Kurds
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Is Turkey ready for the approaching huge Salafi jihadist wave?
Prepared by Deniz Söyke, Melissa Clissold and Elif Akbıyık
Exclusive interview with Muhanad Seloom: Future of Iraq after ISIS
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Reina Massacre: A New Chapter in Terror
(Prepared by Elif Akbıyık, Zeynep Ekmekci, Gülener Kırnalı, Melissa Clissold)
What will ISIS do?
Prepared by Deniz Söyke, Elif Akbıyık, Gülener Kırnalı, Zeynep Ekmekçi and Melissa Clissold For the original version click here