Controversy regarding joint declaration following deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Northern Iraq
12 Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with militants associated with the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in Northern Iraq, according to press releases from Turkey’s Defense Ministry released last Friday and Saturday (December 22-23). Following the deaths of the soldiers, Turkey’s domestic political realm has erupted with controversy regarding a joint declaration signed in […]
US Shoots down Turkish drone over Syria
In a significant and unprecedented incident, a US Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft intercepted and downed a Turkish Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) over Syrian airspace on October 5th. This marks the first deliberate act of shooting down an aircraft operated by another NATO member state by the United States. The Pentagon promptly confirmed the […]
This Week in Turkey (276): BTK-gate 2.0: They are watching | Füsun Nebil
Tonight: We’ll be doing our part 2 on BTK’s mass surveillance scandal and investigative journalist and tech expert Füsun Nebil will be joining us in the studio. The government says economic confidence numbers are the lowest in a year this month, Turkey continues to do it’s very best to launch another military offensive into Syria, […]
This Week in Turkey (269): Turkey signals a new military operation in Northern Syria | NY’s Turken Foundation in the spotlight
Turkey signals a new military operation in Northern Syria. Swede and Finnish NATO delegations are in Ankara. We’ll have former Ambassador and Turkish-EU General Secretary Oğuz Demiralp to comment. Main opposition party CHP’s chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accuses the government of transferring massive amounts of cash to US in preparation to flee the country, and first […]
Erdoğan-Putin meeting, short on Syria details, emphasizes trade and strength of Turkey-Russia ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin yesterday in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders in over a year and a half. Expectations leading up to the summit had anticipated the situation in northwestern Syria to take center stage in the two leaders’ discussion. […]
Killing holiday: More than 40 people drowned last week in Turkey
Translated by Leo Kendrick One of the Muslim worlds most sacred holidays, the Feast of Sacrifice was marred with a high number of drownings all over Turkey. After President Erdoğan announced that the holidays would last for more than a week, millions of Turks flocked to the seaside and their hometowns. Anadolu Agency (AA) reported […]
This Week in Turkey (202): with Ömer Taşpınar on US-Turkey Relations under Biden
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Ömer Taşpınar, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Mr. Taşpınar spoke about what awaits Turkey-US relations under the new Biden regime. Mr Taşpınar focused on key issues such as the humans rights issues, defense procurement and regional conflicts.
Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye? (4) – Turkey, Russia, and the West -Evren Balta & Michael Reynolds
This Week in Turkey (153): with Faruk Loğoğlu on the public diplomacy race between the U.S. and Russian Embassies
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was former diplomat and ambassador Faruk Loğoğlu. He evaluated the public diplomacy race the US and Russian embassies in Ankara engaged in over the past week and if such gestures were sufficient enough to win over Turkish public opinion.
This Week in Turkey (149): with Can Candan on the state of freedom of expression 4 years after the Academics for Peace petition
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Can Candan. Can Candan is a faculty member at Boğaziçi University’s Department of Western Languages and Literature. He is also a documentary filmmaker and an Academic for Peace. Mr. Candan assessed the stated of freedom of speech in Turkey, 4 years after the Academics for Peace petition. He furthermore […]
This Week in Turkey (138): with Abdullah Akyüz on the recent US House bills regarding Turkey
This Week in Turkey’s guest was Abdullah Akyüz. Mr. Akyüz was the representative of TÜSİAD -Turkish Industry and Businesss Association – in Washington for 13 years and is currently an adjunct professor at Washington University. Mr. Akyüz evaluated the US House vote on sanctions against Turkey and the recognition of the mass killings of Armenians in […]
This Week in Turkey (137): with Gönül Tol on Northern Syria post-Sochi agreement
This Week in Turkey’s guest was Gönül Tol, director of the Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies in Washington and an adjunct professor at George Washington University. She evaluated the 10-point agreement reached between Turkey and Russia in Sochi, what it entailed for Northern Syria, and future relations between Turkey-US and Turkey-Russia.
