Ömer Özkızılcık
Research Assistant, Security, Ankara
Ömer Özkızılcık earned his BA in Social Sciences at Humboldt University, Berlin
and is currently pursuing his Masters in International Relations at TOBB University, Ankara. Between August 2017 and September 2018, Özkızılcık worked at the
Middle East Foundation. Since 2016, he is the editor-in-chief of Suriye Gündemi.
Özkızılcık works at the Security Department at SETA Foundation.
and is currently pursuing his Masters in International Relations at TOBB University, Ankara. Between August 2017 and September 2018, Özkızılcık worked at the
Middle East Foundation. Since 2016, he is the editor-in-chief of Suriye Gündemi.
Özkızılcık works at the Security Department at SETA Foundation.
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Policy ReportSETA Security Radar | Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2019
This 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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AnalysisAnalysis: Interfactional dynamics and the future of Idlib
Since the planned wide-scale military operation by the Assad regime in July 2018 against the different military factions, Idlib has been the center of the Syrian conflict...
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OpinionTurkey’s five objectives for safe zone in NE Syria
While 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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OpinionSyrian opposition reacts to US withdrawal
On Dec. 19, U.S. officials stated that the Pentagon had an order to move troops out of Syria as quickly as possible. Later on, they started to inform their partners in northeastern Syria about their plans regarding the immediate pullback of American forces from the region, where they have been trying to wrap up the campaign against Daesh.
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PerspectivePerspective: How Will the U.S. Withdrawal from Syria Change...
How will the U.S. withdrawal reshape the inter- and intra-group dynamics in Syria? How will the withdrawal influence Turkey’s planned operation east of the Euphrates? How will this decision affect U.S.-Turkey relations?