Turkey’s Idlib adventure; will it end in tears? Bill Park 03/12/2018 As this piece was being penned, Turkey, Iran and Russia were winding up their eleventh high level meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan. They reiterated their commitment to a ceasefire in Idlib and to i... Read More...
[ANALYSIS] Rule-With-Violence: Emergence of the Erdoğanist Paramilitary in Turkey İhsan Gumus 30/05/2018 Erdoğan’s Novelty: Setting the Repression It is beyond doubt that an autocrat should have a variety of tactics so as to keep his time-horizon as broader as possible. In one hand, he should allow el... Read More...
[OPINION]Despite Setbacks, Kurds Continue Celebrating Newroz Philip Bernard Kowalski 30/03/2018 Newroz, the Kurdish variant of the spring festival commonly known as Nowruz and associated with Iran, is a quintessential example of a subversive holiday. As a festival that celebrates Kurdish identity, Newroz... Read More...
[OPINION] Making Sense of Turkey’s Afrin Offensive M. Behzad Fatmi 24/01/2018 By M. BEHZAD FATMI Over the weekend, Turkey launched a military operation across the border in the north-western Syrian town of Afrin targeting the US-backed Kurdish fighters of People’s Protection Uni... Read More...
