On August 19, Turkish government removed the office the recently elected mayors of Diyarbakir, Van and Mardin. The ruling AKP is unpopular in these areas for a while. PKK blames AKP for leaving Kobani
Fundamental changes in International system in the last decade have been such that it pushes Turkey to awkward situation necessitating a choice between pleasant to unpleasant alternatives. Thus,
Everybody considers that Turkey will come closer to Russia and China but it won't. There are lots of barriers against that cooperation; mainly economic and collision of interests. Turkey will
It seems it is not only Kurds demanding autonomy but also Basra wants it. While Basra holds the 2/3 of the oil production in Iraq, it receives less than it considers. Lately, Basra Provincial
US announced the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist will complicate any future talks. Moreover, it opens doors to other international actors to declare rival armies as terrorists. That