Ömer Özkızılcık
Research Assistant, Security, Ankara
Ömer Özkizilcik works at the Security Department at the SETA Foundation. Between August 2017 and September 2018, Özkizilcik worked at the Middle East Foundation. Since 2016, he is the editor-in-chief of Suriye Gündemi. Özkizilcik's main focus is the Syrian conflict in broader sense, and the intra- and internal dynamics of local non state actors in Syria.
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OpinionCENTCOM’s policies in Syria paving ground for more terrorism
With no Daesh-held territories left and McGurk, Votel gone, time for the US to seriously reassess the role of CENTCOM and its policies
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OpinionHow to tackle the remnants of Daesh
As the last remaining Daesh territory is on the verge of elimination, a worrying number of Daesh militants, mostly women and their children, have surrendered themselves to the People's Protection Units (YPG).
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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