In the strongest indication thus far that Kurdistan may seek full independence, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said on Monday that the time had come for Kurds to decide their own fate.
Kurdish leader sets sights on independence amid Iraq crisis
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Iran and Turkey team up despite Syria rivalry
During a historic visit to Ankara on Monday, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani announced that his government and Turkey’s were determined to stand against together against violence and extremism in the Middle East.
Erdogan gets back to work on Turkey’s foreign policy
Armenian condolences are part of a broader push by Turkey’s foreign ministry to steady a ship that has been rocked by the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
Erdogan strikes a conciliatory tone on Armenian genocide
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan unexpectedly offered a conciliatory message for the mass killings of Armenians under Ottoman rule during the First World War — the first time a Turkish prime minister has ever offered such explicit condolences for the atrocity.
Erdogan lays the groundwork for presidential bid
In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, the leader assured lawmakers that the elections would be held without sparking tensions that could threaten the economy, in thinly-veiled warning to his opponents.
Turkey condemns U.S. push on Armenian Genocide
Though a U.S. Senate push is unlikely to go anywhere, in the weeks leading up to Armenian Remembrance Day the case of Armenian activists has been unexpectedly bolstered in the wake of the capture of the predominantly Armenian village of Kassab in northern Syria.
‘Cuban Twitter’ a major misstep for Washington
That the U.S. government was effectively paying the Cuban regime (through its state-run cell-phone company) to subsidize this failed program is only the tip of the iceberg.
Could Egypt follow Turkey’s lead on Twitter ban?
The surge in popularity of an anti-Sisi hashtag has been seized on by prominent Egyptian pundits as both evidence of the depravity of the military leader’s opponents as well as the necessity of a ban on Twitter.
Erdogan’s misguided war on Twitter
The intensifying reaction to his government’s attempt to block the network is now threatening to eclipse the very scandal that prompted the ban in the first place.
Turkish soccer politics: a mesh of murky politics and alleged corruption
A stocky military contractor and football club president convicted on charges of match fixing is emerging as a potent symbol of mounting popular anger against politicization of Turkey’s judiciary and police force, apparent rampant corruption in the country, secularism and opposition to the country’s powerful, rival Islamists factions.
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