Can Russian Defence Industry fill the US role in longer period for Turkey?
Domestic budget limits and decreasing exports are affecting Russian arms manufactures severely. Kremlin's efforts to promote import substitutions policies are not effective. The Russia defence's
Banning Muslim Brotherhood won't work
Muslim Brotherhood is founded in 1928 in Egypt. It was one of first normal attempts by an rganized and explicilty Muslim organizationto define a new relationship beetween traditional Islamic values
Military confrontation between Greece and Turkey is a great risk in Mediterranean Sea
Unless there is a permanent peace between Greeks and Turks, the military confrontation in Mediterranean Sea is imminent. Unfortunately, the tension between Turks and Greeks intensifies since the
Basra goes for Autonomy
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 has pushed the limits by declaring IRGC as terrorist
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
Unless coalition neglect AKP power, they may have a chance against Erdogan
Losing Ankara and Istanbul to opposition party is a big blow to AKP and President Erdogan. Even with this level support, he still has enormous power and almost all resources of state under his hand.
