Canberra, 16 November 2015 The 2002 electoral victory of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi or AKP) was a turning point in modern Turkey’s political narrative. The relatively young leadership of the party, while subscribing to the secular basis of the Turkish Republic, was openly demonstrative of their devout Muslim identity and […]
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THE IMPROBABILITY OF PEACE IN SYRIA
August 25, 2015 
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Canberra, 25 August 2015 The regime of President Bashar al-Assad now effectively controls only about one-sixth of the territory of original Syria and its control is diminishing on a daily basis because it is losing territory to insurgents and facing a manpower shortage in the military. Till recently the regime continued to hold the core […]
Continue readingTURKEY ENTERS THE MAELSTROM
August 10, 2015 1 Comment
Canberra, 10 August 2015 Turkey is a NATO member and its location at the confluence of Europe, the Middle-East, the Caucasus and the Balkans is a definitive strategic advantage. This location and its history have provided Turkey with ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural connections with a large number of nations, some of which may not […]
Continue readingTURKEY ON THE BRINK PART II: THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE
October 9, 2014 0 Comments
Singapore, 9 October 2014 [This is Part II of a two-part series analysing the precarious situation that Turkey has created for itself in the most recent conflict raging in the Middle-East against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.] Turkey’s decision to join the coalition fighting against the Islamic State (IS) along with other […]
Continue readingTURKEY ON THE BRINK PART I: THE DEBACLE OF FOREIGN POLICY
October 8, 2014 0 Comments
Singapore, 8 October 2014 [This is Part I of a two-part series analysing the precarious situation that Turkey has created for itself in the most recent conflict raging in the Middle-East against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.] For years Turkey has tried to become part of the European Union and for years […]
Continue readingTURMOIL IN TURKEY
July 8, 2013 0 Comments
Canberra, 8 July 2013 In the week that Istanbul celebrated the 560th anniversary of its capture by the Ottomans in 1453, Taksim Square in the heart of the city erupted in protest. The protest began as a peaceful demonstration demanding the preservation of a 75-year old park and the trees within it that were scheduled […]
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