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A fresh start in Türkiye-Iraq relations
| OpinionI was in Baghdad and Irbil as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s delegation on …
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OpinionTurning point in Türkiye-Iraq relations
By Muhittin AtamanPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official one-day visit to Iraq on Monday. He was accompanied by a large delegation, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat, Energy Minister Alpaslan Bayraktar, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumaklı and Minister of Industry and Technology Fatih Kacır. Many high-ranking Turkish officials also accompanied President Erdoğan.
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OpinionEarthquake diplomacy: Humane reactions to humane crisis
By Muhittin AtamanThe disaster in Türkiye has once again shown how states with problems in bilateral relations forget their hurdles when faced with a humanitarian crisis
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OpinionIsolated Iran uses controversial policies, fuels regional conflicts
By Muhittin AtamanTehran is facing severe political, economic and social problems domestically such as the negative impacts of the long-time U.S. sanctions, poverty, unemployment, drought, migration and growing uneasiness among different segments of society
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Experts Respond: Whither Iraq after the elections: Possible Outcomes...
By Gloria Shkurti Özdemir By Othman Ali By Mustafa Caner By Hüseyin Aslan By Abbas Kadhim By Ali Semin By Bilgay DumanExperts share their opinions for a better understanding of Iraq’s election results, its outcomes and the future implications.
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Terror, water, stability: Turkey, Iraq revive ties
By Muhittin AtamanSharing similar concerns in the region, Ankara and Baghdad have opened a new page in cooperation, which is particularly bad news for PKK terrorists
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What does France want from Turkey?
By Muhittin AtamanFor the last decade, the main concern of Turkish foreign policy has been the crises in the Middle East and North Africa, which include threats emanating from different terrorist groups and state failures as a result of Arab insurgencies. Ankara, however, has been spending its energy on its relations with Western countries, especially France and the United States, rather than on these crises. Nowadays, many observers both from inside and outside the nation have been trying to answer the question, “What does the West want from Turkey?” In this piece, I will try to trace the roots of Paris' approach toward Ankara.
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It’s game over for the YPG in Syria
By Burhanettin DuranIn the new Syria, where the U.S. will withdraw and Russia is aware of Turkish security concerns, the YPG terrorists have no option other than to stop dreaming of gaining a legal status
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Elections, power struggles and the future of Iraq
By Veysel KurtRegardless of what coalition forms in Iraq, the new government will face the problem of ensuring political stability, government control over non-government groups and encouraging normalization among different ethnic and sectarian elements