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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Monday Commentary: Turkey - an awkward but indispensable partner and ally for the west
19 February 2018
"Diplomatic efforts have managed to clear some of the air in the relations between Turkey and the west. An increasingly ambitious and assertive Turkey will need to be dealt with differently in the future. However, different should not be an excuse for indifference" , writes Dennis Sammut
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Turkey and the United States agree "to normalise ties"
17 February 2018
"The Republic of Turkey and the United States, as allies and strategic partners, reaffirm their mutual and unequivocal commitment to each other's security and defense", says a joint statement issued in Ankara on Friday
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Opinion: Armenia caught in a peculiar transit trap
15 February 2018
"The South Caucasus is facing an infrastructure development boom. However, Armenia is in stark isolation, with no major project passing through the country.", writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Intensive diplomatic contacts between Turkey and the United States expected next week
9 February 2018
American and Turkish officials and diplomats on both sides are trying to defuse a crisis in the relations between the two NATO allies.
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Monday Commentary: Turkey’s excursion into Syria is costly both in human terms, as well as politically
6 February 2018
President Erdogan is learning the hard way the lesson that it is easy to get into a messy situation such as Syria, it is much more difficult to get out, writes Dennis Sammut
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Turkey eyes more exports to eurozone countries as trade deficit soars
3 February 2018
In 2017, more than half of Turkish exports, which totaled USD 157.1 billion, went to the 28 EU countries.
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Updated: Istanbul court orders the release of Amnesty International's Turkish Chair. He was later rearrested
1 February 2018
The Turkish government had accused the group of "aiding armed terrorist organizations" through civil society actions in Turkey.
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Opinion: Armenia, the Turkish threat, and the Russian antidote
31 January 2018
The Afrin events are being used to assert the notion that without Russian military guarantees, and a Russian military base deployed in Armenia, Yerevan will be under a constant threat from a potential Turkish offensive, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Turkey launches military operation across the Syrian border
21 January 2018
Early reports suggest that the Kurdish militias are using a tactic of melting into the civilian population rather than defending military positions, complicating the Turkish operation