Dr Can Erimtan | With the approaching centennial of the Republic’s foundation, Turkey’s AKP-led government is closer than ever to realising its vision of a new Islamic state in Turkey.
Turkey’s 6th Religious Council: The Dawn of a Sharia-compliant New Turkey
December 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Turks, Kurds, Armenians & Americans: Genocide Denial as the Turkish Republic’s Raison d’être
November 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Denial of an Armenian genocide has become a crucial political calculation in Erdogan’s New Turkey.
No Man’s Land: ‘Former’ American ISIS Terrorist Stranded Between Greece and Turkey
November 13, 2019 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE + South Front | Why is US now abandoning its previously valued jihadi field assets deployed in Syria?
Assad Visits Idlib Province, Slams Turkey’s Erdogan for Looting Syria
October 22, 2019 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE + AMN | Assad called out Erdogan: “a thief who steals wheat, petroleum, and factories, and now he is trying to steal land.”
Turkey in Syria: #OperationPeaceSpring – Purging Kurds as Religious Duty
October 10, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | You need to look inside of Turkish politics in order to understand what’s behind Ankara’s latest foray into Syria.
NATO Crisis? Turkey Defies US Sanctions: ‘We’ll Continue Buying Oil and Gas from Iran’
September 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Patrick Henningsen | Ironically, it’s not be the military largess which will sink this wing of NATO, but rather Washington’s own over-the-top financial warfare.
Kurdish NGO Report Claims New Proof Of Turkey-ISIS Collaboration
September 3, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Robert Inlakesh | New documents appear to demonstrate real cooperation between Turkish state and ISIS terrorists.
İstanbul Election Re-Run: The Culmination of an AKP Policy of ‘Sunnification’
June 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | The recent Instanbul election was billed as a ‘loss’ for Erdogan, but in many ways it has helped reinforce the AKP’s transition towards a more neo-Ottoman Islamist Turkey.
From Idlib to Xinjiang: Uyghur Fighters Trained for Terror
September 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Steven Sahiounie | Are the West and their Gulf partners planning to destabilize Eurasia next?
Erdogan, Putin to Meet Monday in Sochi as Turkey Moves More Weapons into Syria
September 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE | Turkey’s escalated military presence and heavy arms drop into known jihadist havens is unwelcome.
EXCLUSIVE – The New Turkey: An Islamic State in the Making
July 27, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | The country and nation-state founded by Atatürk now appears to be on the brink of disappearing, replaced by a completely different entity.
Andre Vltchek at the Turkish-Syrian Border: Confusion, Destruction and Grief
July 3, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Andre Vltchek | “We love Russians here,” a local man professed, loudly.
Turkey’s ‘Do or Die Moment’: Snap Elections Could Determine Future of the Republic
June 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | Will this upcoming election realise the Sultan’s Islamist vision, or will it usher an end of Turkey’s post-Kemalist era?
Kathimerini: Assad Calls Out Trump, Erdogan and the White Helmets in Exclusive Interview
May 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE + Kathimerini | Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad lays out his thinking on everything from Trump to Turkey to Russia and more in this exclusive interview.
Conquering Afrin as Religious Duty: Operation Olive Branch & Turkey’s Supposed Transformation into a Sunni Superpower
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | Erdogan is playing a high-stakes game, with visions restoring some of Turkey’s former Ottoman glory, but at what price?
Erdogan rebuffs US over his Afrin adventure: ‘How long will you be in Iraq & Afghanistan?
January 22, 2018 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE | Turkey is defending its ‘right’ to carve out a 30-kilometer “secure zone” within Syrian territory.
Erdogan’s Latest U-Turn: ‘Assad is a Terrorist, and Must Go’
December 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE | Erdogan performed yet another u-turn by declaring that Syrian President Bashar Assad is “a terrorist” this week.
UAE: Arabs ‘Won’t be Led by Ankara’ – As Retweet Further Divides Regional Relations
December 28, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Reuters | UAE calling for Arabs to rally around a ‘Saudi-Egypt Axis.’
BANA ALABED: A Lost Childhood and a Future Jeopardized by Ongoing Child Exploitation
July 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Vanessa Beeley + Khaled Iskef | Child exploitation is at the heart of the propaganda underpinning the UK/US intervention in Syria
The New Ankara Shuffle: Caught Between Moscow, Riyadh and Tehran
July 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | At present, all roads lead to Raqqa, but that same road might also be a cul de sac for Kurdish national ambitions.
