Turkey - International Studies of Strategic and Geopolitics

3May

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Contributors, Dr. Vassilios Damiras, Vassilios Damiras – NetNewsPodcasts

USA-ISRAEL AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHAOS

By Dr. Vassilios Damiras* Dr, Vassilios Damiras analyzes and discusses the Hamas attack in Israel and the international chaos.

14Apr

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TURKEY AND THE WORLD

By Dr. Vassilios Damiras Dr. Vassilios Damiras examines and analyses the Turkish foreign policy. https://thenewscasters.com/podcast/turkey-and-the-world/

Turkey’s Controversial Resettlement Policy: Demographic Shifts in Afrin, Syrian Kurdistan

3Jan

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Middle East, Human Rights

Turkey’s Controversial Resettlement Policy: Demographic Shifts in Afrin, Syrian Kurdistan

By ISSG Staff Introduction In a controversial move, Turkey has reportedly resettled around 10,000 Arab Palestinians in the Turkish-occupied Kurdish city of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava). This strategic demographic shift has significantly altered the ethnic composition of the region, diminishing the Kurdish majority and sparking concerns about the long-term consequences for the displaced population. Background Following the Turkish army's occupation of Afrin in March 2018, after a two-month conflict with Kurdish forces, a policy aimed at the Arabization of the Kurdish region was set in motion. The policy received financial support from various Arab nations, including Palestine. Demographic Changes Abdulrahman Apo, a Kurdish politician no longer residing in Afrin, revealed that in...

Erdoğan’s Paramilitary Unit SADAT Peddles Conspiracies Amid Quake, NATO Expansion

24Feb

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Conspiracy theories

Erdoğan’s Paramilitary Unit SADAT Peddles Conspiracies Amid Quake, NATO Expansion

by Abdullah Bozkurt Nordic Monitor Private Turkish military contractor SADAT, a paramilitary unit loyal to the president of Turkey, has been peddling conspiracy theories claiming that the US might be behind deadly earthquakes that struck Turkey earlier this month and that a Western anti-Islam/anti-Turkish campaign aims to overthrow Turkey's Islamist leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Several articles written0 by Ali Coşar, a retired colonel and board member of SADAT and published by the paramilitary group's propaganda arm, ASSAM (Association of Justice Defenders Strategic Studies Center), claimed the US has been threatening Turkey for some time and that it wasn't a coincidence that the quakes occurred right after the visit of a US warship to Istanbul. Coşar also maintained that the West has...

Sweden on its NATO Membership: Turkey is Asking Too Much

9Jan

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Europe

Sweden on its NATO Membership: Turkey is Asking Too Much

“Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application for NATO membership, but we cannot fulfill all Turkish demands,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Sunday, quoted by the Reuters agency. “Turkey has confirmed that we have done what we said we would do, but they also say that they want things that we cannot or do not want to give them,” the Swedish prime minister said on a conference on defense and security issues in the presence of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. In 2022, Sweden, Finland and Turkey signed a tripartite agreement aimed at removing Turkish objections to the two Scandinavian countries' bids for NATO membership, Reuters recalls. "We are convinced that Turkey will make a decision, we just don't know when," said the Swedish Prime Minister and ...

Will a Turkish Gas Hub Solve Eurasia’s Energy Troubles?

7Jan

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Energy and Geopolitics, Russia and Eurasia

Will a Turkish Gas Hub Solve Eurasia’s Energy Troubles?

By: Nuray Alekberli / James Town Foundation Speaking at the Russian Energy Week held in Moscow in October 2022, President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia hoped to turn Turkey into an energy hub so that Russian gas may be transited to Europe via Turkey. Putin’s proposal surprised Ankara, though Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez declared in a statement that the project should be seriously evaluated (Indyturk.com, October 17, 2022). While Russia’s offer was unexpected for the Turkish side, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated he viewed Russia’s proposal positively and that the Trakya region was being evaluated as the potential site for the distribution center. It is quite clear that the project’s realization also depends on the interests and approaches of th...