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Western media’s Türkiye coverage in focus as elections loom
| OpinionAhead of the May 2023 elections in Türkiye, the Western media launched a campaign to “unite …
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OpinionDoes the West have a containment policy against Türkiye?
By Muhittin AtamanThe West’s policy of otherization and alienation toward Türkiye, a 70-year NATO member, especially in the regional crises of Syria, EastMed and Karabakh is the result of Ankara’s claim for regional leadership and an autonomous global status
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OpinionWestern way of resolving regional crises: The Cyprus issue
By Muhittin AtamanWestern countries have always supported the oppressors instead of the innocent and unsurprisingly, it is no different when it comes to the Greek violence against Turkish Cypriots
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OpinionWhy is the Sochi meeting significant?
By Burhanettin DuranTürkiye made several attempts to deepen its relationship with the United States and the European Union. The response to such attempts should not be abandonment in Syria or support for Greece’s maximalist demands over the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean. Nor should the West respond to Ankara’s military operations in Syria with sanctions.
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The new Western tool against Turkey
By Muhittin AtamanThe United States and the European Union had been exploiting the Middle Eastern context to prevent Turkey from following an assertive and autonomous foreign policy. After the changing dynamics in the world and the normalization process in the Middle East, most regional actors, including Turkey, have restructured their foreign relations in order to adjust their relations according to the new balances.
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Another Ramadan, another Israeli atrocity
By Muhittin AtamanIsraeli violence sees no limit in Palestine, with Muslims attacked, Islam targeted and international human rights violated
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Where is the Russia-Ukraine war heading?
By Muhittin AtamanDespite all their humanitarian rhetoric, Western countries insistently refrain from participating in the peace process to end the Russia-Ukraine war
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Why Erdoğan insists on Putin-Zelenskyy meeting
By Burhanettin DuranThere is no reason to envy Turkey for actively facilitating the solution of a European dispute or to draw unnecessary parallels. Quite the contrary, the West needs to support Turkish efforts to end this war – which happens to hurt everyone’s interests.
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The West must support Turkiye’s Ukraine diplomacy
By Kadir ÜstünRussian invasion of Ukraine has mobilized NATO and the Western alliance, and it is finally creating a new conversation about the future of regional security arrangements