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An incursion east of the Euphrates
| OpinionPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced over the weekend that Turkey had run out of patience …
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Policy ReportSETA Security Radar | Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2019
By Sibel Düz By Murat Yeşiltaş By Rıfat Öncel By Ümit Tetik By Murat Aslan By Ömer Özkızılcık By Selen Öztürk By Melis Ege Kunt By Pınar DemirciThis work aims to provide a timely and accessible assessment of the challenges awaiting Turkey in 2019. Hence, SETA Security Radar: Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2019 pertains to the following topics: Turkey’s role in Syria, Turkey’s counterterrorism strategy, Turkey’s military activism, the Turkish defense agenda, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey’s bilateral relations with the United States and Russia.
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OpinionWhy did Putin reference the Adana agreement signed by Turkey, Syria?
By Burhanettin DuranBy speaking of the Adana agreement signed between Ankara and Damascus in 1998, Russian President Putin aims to encourage both sides to cooperate together for the future of Syria
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OpinionHow the US could sell Turkey on its Syria plan
By Burhanettin DuranIn the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, there has been a lot of movement in the areas to the east and west of the Euphrates River. In Manbij and Hasakah, bomb attacks targeted American troops.
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Turkey’s five objectives for safe zone in NE Syria
By Ömer ÖzkızılcıkWhile Daesh cells still do carry out attacks in Manbij and other YPG/PKK-held areas, the neighboring opposition-held Al-Bab or Jarablus remain safe from Daesh attacks, both of them being among the areas Turkey cleaned from Daesh
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Who was behind the Manbij attack?
By Burhanettin DuranThe best option for Washington is to work with Ankara in the withdrawal process, as terrorist groups are fanning the flames in Syria, just as they did in the bloody Manbij suicide attack
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Where does Putin stand on the Syria safe zone?
By Burhanettin DuranU.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to create a safe zone in northern Syria continues to make headlines.
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US still lacks a coherent agenda in Syria
By Kılıç Buğra KanatU.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton's visit to Turkey was an important opportunity to clarify some of the vagueness that stemmed from the conflicting statements coming from Washington, D.C. in the last three weeks in regards to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
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Washington officials’ mission impossible in the Middle East
By Talha KöseIt has been more than three weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump made his announcement about his decision to withdraw American troops from Syria. Trump's decision immediately created controversy in Washington. Many officials, advisers, and members of the U.S. Congress advised the president to reconsider or at least revise his withdrawal decision.
