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Future of Turkish soldiers in Libya
| OpinionHigh-level delegations from Turkey pay frequent visits to the Libyan capital Tripoli. Most recently, Foreign …
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OpinionEU must distance itself from French aggression, Greek maximalism
By Burhanettin DuranPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Azerbaijan and the European Union leaders summit will be the top items on Turkey’s foreign policy agenda this week.
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NewsInsight Turkey Publishes Its Latest Issue “The Future Of The Libyan Crisis: External Actors and Internal Reconstruction”
By SETAThis issue of Insight Turkey focuses on underscoring both promises of internal reconstruction and challenges fueled by different external actors intervening in the Libyan crisis.
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OpinionWhen the West says sorry, everything becomes all right
By Muhittin AtamanWestern countries have been dominating world politics for the last five centuries. Their foreign policies have been based on realpolitik, politics based on practical situations and needs, rather than on moral principles or ideas. Therefore, they can instrumentalize everything and violate basic principles of law to achieve their political and economic objectives, especially when they are stuck.
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Mainstreaming Islamophobia in France
By Talha KöseA French high school teacher, Samuel Paty, was brutally murdered by a young, Russian-born Muslim of Chechen descent, Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov. This heinous terrorist attack caused outrage in French society. The murder of Paty was not the country's first such incident. France had also previously suffered Daesh violence and the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack. Many leaders, including those from Muslim countries, demonstrated solidarity with France in the aftermath of those acts but Muslim communities and institutions were still put under surveillance and heavy pressure.
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Emmanuel Macron needs to unload the white man’s burden
By Burhanettin DuranPeople trying to put labels on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strong reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic provocations make plenty of accusations – all part of a broader, ideologically charged campaign to distort the truth. Critics accuse Erdoğan of waging a "culture war" and contributing to the radicalization of Muslims by promoting an atmosphere of violence. Others question why the Turkish president seeks to write a new, anti-Western story.
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The new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric
By Burhanettin DuranThe latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan to help the country reclaim its Armenian-occupied territories.
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A new chapter in Turkey-EU relations?
By Burhanettin DuranThe dangerous escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean has given way to dialogue and negotiations.
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Can US or EU adopt a logical position in...
By Kılıç Buğra KanatSince the emergence of the Eastern Mediterranean crisis, there have been a lot of debates and questions regarding the role of the major powers in the potential resolution of this dispute. After Turkey’s calls for dialogue and diplomacy fell on deaf ears in the early days of the crisis, many assumed that one of the major powers would play the role of mediator for this problem.