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How will post-election domestic dynamics in Turkey impact the region? (By Yeghia Tashjian)

Second round ballot, May 28, 2023 Turkish presidential election (Kadı Kadı via Wikimedia Commons) On May 28, 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the second presidential run-off against opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu. On his re-election day,...

June 14, 2023    Posted In  Caucasus  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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The “Nemesis” Monument and Turkey’s Reaction (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Nemesis Monument, Yerevan (Photo: David Galstyan/Twitter) On April 25, 2023, a fountain memorial was opened in Yerevan to commemorate the heroes of “Operation Nemesis.” The secret operation took place between 1920-1922 and was decided at the 9th International...

May 11, 2023    Posted In  Armenian Genocide, Diaspora and Republic  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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What is the Kurdish-led HDP’s position on Turkey’s elections? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

CHP chairman and presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (center) with HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan (left) and Mithat Sancar (right), March 20, 2023 (Photo: Official website of the Peoples’ Democratic Party) On March 22, 2023, following a meeting...

March 29, 2023    Posted In  Kurdish affairs  Minority rights monitor  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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Will the earthquake threaten Erdogan’s rule? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes with magnitudes 7.8 and 7.5—the deadliest in Turkey’s history—hit the Syrian-Turkish border. At least 45,000 people died in Turkey. Another 6,000 lives were lost in Syria. The fallout of the catastrophic earthquake...

March 7, 2023    Posted In  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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What is to be expected after the Erdogan-Putin summit? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

On August 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a four-hour meeting in Russia to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues. The Sochi summit comes after Ankara scored a diplomatic victory by helping broker...

August 23, 2022    Posted In  Caucasus  Syria  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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The Impact of the Crisis in Ukraine on the Regional Order in the Middle East (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Background of the Current Russian-Ukrainian Conflict On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognized the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, two self-proclaimed states controlled by pro-Russian...

March 16, 2022    Posted In  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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Have the events in Kazakhstan exposed the limits of Turkey’s regional aspirations in Central Asia? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

In February 2021, I wrote an article “Turkey’s Pivot in Central Asia: A Calculated Risk?” and asked to what extent can Turkey push its pan-Turkic aspirations in Central Asia? If Turkey’s economic and energy relations in Central Asia continue to deepen,...

January 18, 2022    Posted In  Caucasus  Opinion  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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Will Turkey gamble with Ukraine against Russia? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Introduction In the past few years, Turkey has been gradually increasing its influence in Ukraine through trade and military cooperation amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, challenging Moscow’s standing in the Black Sea region....

December 15, 2021    Posted In  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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The Russian-Turkish “Co-opetition” in Eurasia and Beyond (By Yeghia Tashjian)

Introduction  “Co-opetition” was a term coined by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff to describe a paradoxical strategy of cooperation among competitors, enabling them to collectively achieve mutual gains. It’s a relatively new term...

November 23, 2021    Posted In  North Africa  Syria  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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A cry with a hand wave from a high-rise block: Forced dispossession and resettlement in Southeast Turkey (By Özlem Belçim Galip)

  The desperate situation of Kurdish women in the Kurdish region of Turkey struck me first while shooting my documentary film in late 2019 in several cities in the region. I managed to observe the intense changes to the socio-cultural dynamics...

September 28, 2021    Posted In  Kurdish affairs  Minority rights monitor  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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