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Turkey’s Marine Parks Draw Objection from Greece Amid Ongoing Maritime Dispute Tensions between Greece and Turkey have resurfaced following Ankara’s announcement of two new marine protected areas in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. The Turkish initiative, submitted to UNESC...

Turkey’s Marine Parks Draw Objection from Greece Amid Ongoing Maritime Dispute newsaboutturkey.com/2025/08/03/t...

Sponsoring Peace: Fenerbahçe’s Chobani Deal and the Social Optics of Reconciliation
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"...Central to Öcalan’s political thought is this thinking: “Turks and Kurds grow together.” This notion, articulated in his prison writings and peace process statements, underscores a vision of coexistence, mutual development, and political partnership... 👇

A Turkish-Led Confederation with Potential for Federation: Prospects and Challenges A Turkish-led confederation, comprising Turks, Kurds, and other ethnic groups including Arabs and Turkmens, highlights evolving regional dynamics and shifting geopolitical goals. This strategy necessi...

...Rather than calling for Kurdish separatism, Öcalan has, since the early 2000s, advocated for a democratic confederalist model — one in which Kurds and Turks share power through decentralized, pluralistic governance..." newsaboutturkey.com/2024/10/31/a...

#Rojava Eyes #Turkey and ‘Misak-ı Milli’ If #Damascus Talks Collapse – SOHR
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Rojava Eyes Turkey and ‘Misak-ı Milli’ If Damascus Talks Collapse – SOHR The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has reported, citing private sources, that leaders of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria — commonly known as Rojava — are weighing a p...

Rojava Eyes Turkey and ‘Misak-ı Milli’ If Damascus Talks Collapse – SOHR newsaboutturkey.com/2025/08/02/r...

How Erdoğan Enables Israel’s Narrative
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"Ironically, if Israel is “manufacturing” a new enemy in Turkey, President Erdoğan has been more than willing to supply the raw materials. Much like Iran’s hardliners once lent credence to Israel’s worst depictions by chanting about wiping Israel off the map,

...Erdoğan’s own actions and rhetoric have made it easier for Israel to demonize him..."

" Real Estate, Real Concerns:
A growing wave of Israeli property acquisitions in both Northern and Southern Cyprus has ignited a fierce political and diplomatic debate, particularly over concerns that these purchases could signal a long-term demographic and strategic shift.."

In a June 2025 statement, PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan explicitly warned that Israel doesn’t genuinely support Kurdish or pro‑Kurdish causes. He argued that Israel sees Kurds as pawns for a broader strategic project—employing them as proxies in a “greater Israel” plan.

Öcalan cautioned that if Israel ever gained control over Kurdish territories, it would likely replicate Gaza’s catastrophic outcome for the Kurdish people, leaving them “like Gaza” once Israel’s interests had been served..."

The most striking (and puzzling) example of this emerging narrative is Northern Cyprus. How credible is a full-blown Turkish-Iranian partnership operating out of Northern Cyprus, given Ankara &Tehran’s historical rivalry? Why is Israel sounding the alarm about TR’s decades-old occupation only now? 👇

From Tehran to Ankara: The Rise of Turkey as Israel’s Manufactured Enemy After Assad — Now Echoing in Cyprus In the shifting landscape of Middle East geopolitics, Israel’s so-called threat perceptions are undergoing a dramatic recalibration. For decades, Iran (along with its proxy network and allies like Syr...

From Tehran to Ankara: The Rise of Turkey as Israel’s Manufactured Enemy After Assad — Now Echoing in Cyprus
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Erdoğan’s Divide-and-Coopt Strategy: A New Phase in the War on Gülenists Turkey’s long-running campaign against the Gülen movement has entered a new and alarming phase. Erdoğan’s government, which has already dismantled the movement domestically following the staged 2016 c...

Fabricating evidence to implicate the movement is a staple tactic in Erdogan’s playbook..."
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"...In addition to blaming Gülenists for the 2016 killing of the Russian ambassador, Turkish officials have made outlandish claims, such as accusing Gülen supporters of shooting down a Russian jet in 2015 or orchestrating political assassinations domestically.

3-...under completely fabricated pretenses, if the movement refuses to submit to its demands and serve as a political tool both in Turkey and abroad..."

2-...assassinations against these individuals and then falsely attribute the violence to the Gülen movement itself. By doing this, Ankara could create the conditions necessary to push for the international criminalization of the Gülen community—including labelling it as a ‘terrorist’ organization—..

a-"...The most concerning aspect of this government strategy is the possibility that some former Gülenists—who are now openly critical of the movement—could be targeted for elimination not despite their dissent, but because of it. The Turkish state might orchestrate attacks or assassinations...

2-...clemency, financial reward, or professional rehabilitation for those who publicly recant or denounce the movement..."

1- "...This strategy operates on both “stick” and “carrot” principles. On one hand, MİT’s long arm continues to intimidate: dissidents abroad face surveillance and physical and verbal harassment and even potential assassinations. On the other hand, Ankara also dangles inducements: promises of...

Erdoğan’s Divide-and-Coopt Strategy: A New Phase in the War on Gülenists Turkey’s long-running campaign against the Gülen movement has entered a new and alarming phase. Erdoğan’s government, which has already dismantled the movement domestically following the staged 2016 c...

Erdoğan’s Divide-and-Coopt Strategy: A New Phase in the War on Gülenists newsaboutturkey.com/2025/08/01/e...

Victor Osimhen Completes €75 Million Move to Galatasaray, Becomes Club’s Record Signing Galatasaray has officially completed the signing of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen from Napoli in a landmark deal worth €75 million, marking the most expensive transfer in the club’s history and one ...

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Turkey Moves to Drop Terror Charges for Disarmed PKK Members The Turkish parliament is preparing legislation that would allow PKK members who voluntarily lay down their arms to have terrorism-related charges dropped. A special parliamentary commission has been...

Turkey Moves to Drop Terror Charges for Disarmed PKK Members
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Suppression ‘Sans’ Borders: Pakistan’s Campaign of Transnational Repression - Geopolist | Istanbul Center for Geopolitics By: Dimitra Staikou The poet Dinos Christianopoulos, in his poem “The Body and the Worm,” writes: “And what didn’t you do to bury me, but you forgot that I was a seed.” It is truly a blessing if this ...

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"...One prominent Fenerbahçe fan platform urged calm, accusing provocateurs of twisting facts to undermine the club. They noted that “Chobani” actually comes from çoban, the Turkish word for “shepherd,” not from any Syrian Kurdish reference..."

...Some users circulated doctored images splicing Fenerbahçe’s famed canary logo with the insignia of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) guerrilla group. Others sneered that “Chobani” sounds like “Kobani,” the Syrian Kurdish town synonymous with Kurdish resistance..."

"...Even Chobani’s dairy terminology was weaponized: outraged voices fumed that Ulukaya built his fortune marketing “Greek yogurt” – a term for strained yogurt that nationalists felt should be recognized as Turkish...👇

"...Now, insert “Chobani” at the front of that stadium name. The juxtaposition of Saracoğlu’s legacy with the brand of a Kurdish-American businessman was jarring. It felt to hardliners like a clash of narratives: a nationalist shrine rededicated with a Kurdish touch. “What’s next, Apo Stadium?”..."👇

"...Turkey has had similar experiences where sports served as a conduit for political thaw. In 2008, Turkey and Armenia engaged in a notable episode of “football diplomacy” to ease decades-long political animosity, using World Cup qualifying matches as opportunities for dialogue..." 👇

Sponsoring Peace: Fenerbahçe’s Chobani Deal and the Social Optics of Reconciliation Istanbul’s Fenerbahçe SK – one of Turkey’s biggest football clubs—has unveiled a historic sponsorship deal with US-based yogurt giant Chobani. Under the agreement, Chobani will pay €10 million per yea...

Sponsoring Peace: Fenerbahçe’s Chobani Deal and the Social Optics of Reconciliation newsaboutturkey.com/2025/07/31/s...