by Pepe Escobar, published on Strategic-Culture, January 29, 2025 On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent analytical minds from Bursa to Diyarbakir. ISTANBUL – The scene is a Circassian restaurant off fabled Istiklal street in historic Beyoglu. On the table, a geopolitical banquet …
Read More »Erdogan Hosts Syria’s De Facto President, Offers ‘Support to Rebuild’
from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 4, 2025 Editor’s note: In this little article, history is turned on its head. Speaking alongside de facto Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Ankara on 4 February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkiye will support the Syrian people, who now …
Read More »Istanbul Terror Attack May Prompt Turkish Invasion and Deportations
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 18, 2022 On November 13, a blast ripped through Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian area in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul. The explosion killed six people and wounded 81 at about 4:30 pm local time. Among the dead were Arzu Ozsoy and …
Read More »Turkey Prepares for Military Operation Against Kurds After Istanbul Blast
by Ahmed Adel, published on InfoBRICS, November 16, 2022 The Turkish armed forces may launch an operation in northern Syria as the order for the recent terrorist attack in Istanbul was allegedly given from the Kurdish-majority city of Kobani. The November 13 explosion on the Istiklal pedestrian street in central …
Read More »Moscow Reaffirms Support for Damascus
from The Cradle, May 27, 2022 For the first time since the start of the war in Syria, Russian forces carried out airstrikes against positions held by Turkish-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early hours of 27 May. According to local reports, the Russian Air Force attacked …
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