Here are the details of the plan, its reflections on the ground, and its possible effects… By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Writer The remarks made by Tom Barrack, the US Special Representative for Syria, in recent months that ‘the Sykes-Picot era is now over’ have undoubtedly sparked a new debate. While some commentators suggest that this is an admission that Western ...
Today we present the third and last part of our interview with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva. In this part, Yuva speaks about the vision of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, for Türkiye and Syria. Especially in your recent writings and speeches, you refer to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s plan for a regional confederation including Türkiye and Syria. ...
The public agenda in Turkey has been quite busy last week. An extensive air strike campaign is still ongoing by the Turkish Armed Forces against the US-backed PKK terrorist organization targets in northern Syria and Iraq. And a possible ground support for the operation is now on agenda in Türkiye. Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), made ...
Today we publish the second part of the interview with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva, who worked for a long time in the department of history at Damascus University, where he lectured on the history of the US and modern history. Yuva also taught modern history of Cyprus, Türkiye and Syria in the graduate program of the same university. He took ...