Kadir Üstün
Coordinator, Washington DC
Kadir Ustun is the Executive Director at the SETA Foundation at Washington, D.C. He also serves as an Assistant Editor of Insight Turkey, an academic journal published by the SETA Foundation. Dr. Ustun holds a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University and a Masters degree in History from Bilkent University. He has contributed to various SETA reports and his writings have appeared in various publications such as Insight Turkey, Al Jazeera English, Daily Sabah, Hurriyet Daily News, Mediterranean Quarterly, and Cairo Review of Global Affairs among others. He is also co-editor of edited volumes History, Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey, Change and Adaptation in Turkish Foreign Policy, and Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
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OpinionExperts discuss Turkey-US safe zone deal
Experts stress probability of Turkish military intervention in east of Euphrates as expectations from US not fulfilled yet
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OpinionMilitary activity in Syria must be boosted by diplomacy
Experts discuss consequences of possible unilateral intervention by Turkey east of Euphrates River
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OpinionTurkey will shoulder the ‘heavy burden’ of ending terror...
President Erdogan said the US withdrawal from Syria must be planned carefully and with the right partners, and that Ankara was counting on the international community to stand with Turkey in its commitment to eliminating terror in Syria.
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OpinionReactions mixed to Trump’s decision to pull US troops...
Trump tweeted victory over Daesh and said he was pulling US troops from Syria. Turkey and Russia have welcomed the decision. France and the UK say they're staying engaged. The US withdrawal could change the balance of forces in the Syrian war.
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OpinionWhat does the US withdrawal from Syria mean?
The US has announced that its operation against Daesh is over and that it will withdraw from Syria, after Turkey revealed its plans for an operation in the country.