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International Relations | Diplomacy | Turkey-Syria | Et un peu d'@OL. Personal views here
‘Eternity and a Day’ (1998, Theo Angelopoulos).
03.08.2025 14:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
IFRI and Aurélien Denizeau in particular have recently addressed the difficulties facing Turkish industry (and textiles in particular).I recommend reading.
www.ifri.org/fr/editoriau...
Generally speaking, Okan Müderrisoğlu can be very lucid and critical of the difficulties facing the Turkish economy, pointing out a few months ago, for example, the ravages of inflation.
m.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/mud...
Interesting. Usually full of praise for Erdoğan, pro-government columnist Ôkan Müderrisoğlu questions the Turkish president about the declining performance of Turkey's manufacturing industry and, in particular, its falling export market share.
m.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/mud...
A fascinating study by Gokhan Bacik on citizenship by investment (granting citizenship to foreigners in exchange for investment) in Turkey. With its neoliberal orientation, but also an Islamic conception of citizenship, the AKP and Erdogan defend such practices.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On the last point, I would refer you to Cuma Çiçek's excellent article.
birikimdergisi.com/haftalik/120...
In today's column, Murat Sabuncu calls on the CHP to define a common position on the Kurdish question, notably by drawing up a strategic document. He is right, and the party must also make an effort to address the root causes of the Kurdish question in concrete terms.
t24.com.tr/yazarlar/mur...
prepared, and it is unlikely that senior PKK officials will be allowed to "engage in politics", which was the wish, for example, of Bese Hozat, herself a PKK cadre, who recently affirmed the ambitions of PKK members to become "pioneers" of "democratic politics" in Turkey.
anf-news.com/guncel/-214741
sick and elderly prisoners), others on the contrary will not be (education in the mother tongue, constitutional citizenship, the autonomy of local governments), 4) still in the government's thinking, this commission must not convey a feeling of "impunity". No general amnesty should therefore be
31.07.2025 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 02) in the government's mind, this commission aims to provide a legal and juridical framework for the disarmament process (and not to resolve the Kurdish question), 3) While some topics will be addressed (the anti-terrorist law and the penal execution law, the question of trustees, the situation of
31.07.2025 08:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The same information is being repeated in the Turkish government-aligned media regarding the practical functioning of the 'peace' process parliamentary commission : 1) it will work throughout the summer and present a series of draft laws in October +
www.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/mud...
A late-spring frost cut Turkey’s apricot output from 750,000 tons to 10,000 this year.
Many other crops were damaged, deepening pressure on global and domestic food prices, which were already rising at a record rate in Turkey.
@woutermassink.bsky.social reports:
www.turkeyrecap.com/p/cost-of-co...
2/2 "It would enshrine the power—and define the legacies—of Erdogan, Bahceli, and Ocalan alike. But without the rule of law, equal political representation, and a rights-based approach to society as a whole, the benefits to the rest of Turkey’s population will be limited"
30.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
1/2 "The peace process represents a high-risk gamble to remake Turkey. If successful, it would consolidate Islamist and nationalist elites, both Turkish and Kurdish, under the banner of Turkish supremacy and a carefully managed pluralism" @sinemadar.bsky.social
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/t...
"Turkey’s relationship with Russia is best understood not as part of a coherent grand strategy, but as a practice of adaptive opportunism, a readiness to [...] forge temporary alignments and manoeuvre between rival camps without permanent allegiance"
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
"Ankara’s strategic posture [in the Black Sea] is thus centred on preserving a regional balance of power – supporting Ukrainian capabilities and countering Russia’s hegemonic ambitions, while avoiding a significant expansion of NATO’s direct involvement"
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/07/unde...
A lengthy paper by Ragıp Soylu on Turkey's foreign policy in the South Caucasus (with a focus on vital energy and trade corridors), particularly its interactions with the powers in the region : the EU, Iran, Russia and the USA.
www.cats-network.eu/publication/...
Definitely worth listening to on the reconfiguration of Turkey's policy on Libya, particularly Ankara's recent charm offensive towards the Haftar family (which is not without risk). With Jalel Harchaoui.
www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
Last year, Ali Yaycıoğlu and Yektan Türkyılmaz published an interesting article on the Turkish regime, raising one idea in particular: its ability to maintain a ‘hegemonic rhetoric’ that neutralises opposition. This is more true today than ever, particularly with the notion of the ‘internal front’.
30.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Although Turkey is the country with the largest area burnt in the last month among the Mediterranean countries (90 000 ha), it is also the European country with the lowest proportion of its GDP allocated to fighting forest fires. 📷 : Toplum Çalışmaları Enstitüsü
29.07.2025 19:49 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Much of Turkiye’s recent diplomatic momentum—particularly in its rapprochement with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar—has been driven by pragmatic, leader-level bilateral agreements rather than embedded in multilateral or institutionalized frameworks"
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"Turkiye’s current regional posture reflects a tactical agility shaped by necessity, but its long-term efficacy depends on Ankara’s ability to institutionalize gains, avoid strategic contradictions, and navigate an increasingly multipolar and militarized regional order"
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"The dismantling of checks and balances, the erosion of the rule of law, and the personalization of executive power have collectively undercut Turkey’s capacity for international leadership. As leading theorists have long argued, global influence tends to mirror domestic stability"
29.07.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"In Turkey’s case, foreign policy limitations are no longer primarily the result of external shocks [....] A governance model driven by short-term centralization over long-term planning has weakened the state’s ability to act as a reliable international actor"
www.eliamep.gr/en/metaxy-dy...
Clearly, this stance diverges from much of the analysis that can be read in opposition circles in reaction to Erdoğan's main ally Devlet Bahçeli's proposal for a dual vice presidency with one Alevi and one Kurdish VP.
t24.com.tr/yazarlar/tol...
In Perspektif, Vahap Coskun criticizes the persistence of a rhetoric centered on the idea that Turkey is inevitably bound to become another country. Yesterday, Turkey was compared to Malaysia or Iran, today to Russia and Lebanon.
www.perspektif.online/siz-de-cekos...
"An official of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) told North Press that a meeting will “soon” be held between the delegations of both the AANES and the Syrian transitional government in Paris under international auspices"
npasyria.com/en/127739/
Erdoğan Komisyonunun CHP’siz işlevsiz olacağını ne zaman kabul edecek?
yetkinreport.com/2025/07/29/e...
"Notwithstanding the Turkish official discourse [destroy terrorist networks in Northern Syria], the military operation was soon to be joined by practices to redesign the spatiality of Afrin in a manner that mimics long-lasting domestic efforts to tame the Kurds"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bayram Balci has written a paper on the dissolution of the PKK and its implications for Turkey. A very lucid analysis, I recommend.
lerubicon.org/auto-dissolu...
