Mahmut Sami Söylemez
Student at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University, Turkey
10.11.2020
Search: Turkey (500 materials)
Turkish and Russian Approaches to Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
... chessboard for international actors and has gained importance as a result of recently discovered natural gas resources The Eastern Mediterranean has been an important intersection of trade paths for thousands of years. The sea, which bordered The Coasts of Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant, witnessed the rise of the first civilizations from the first look and witnessed the birth and fall of dozens of civilizations. From the built-in life, people have been looking for resources to live their lives. These ...
10.11.2020
Pandemic Amid an Economic Crisis: Challenges for Syria
... 2020, taken from coronavirus-control.ru ): COVID-19 in Syria and Neighbouring Countries The good indicators are partly explained by the fact that wartime Syria under sanctions has been a closed country compared to the more open Israel, Lebanon and Turkey, this reducing the objective risk of infection. Even after Damascus International Airport (which had not functioned since March) was opened on October 1, 2020, the number of scheduled flights remained small compared to Beirut Airport, which has ...
09.11.2020
Shaky Bridges Between Russia, Turkey and the EU
... number of challenges internally and in its immediate neighbourhood. Andrey Kortunov , Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), shares his analysis of President Putin’s situation amid these crises, and of Russia’s relations with Turkey and the EU. What does Vladimir Putin's current situation look like, amid the different crises Russia is facing at home and in its immediate neighborhood? Is he able to provide stability in the region? Andrey Kortunov: How the Pandemic Will Change ...
03.11.2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Transformation From an Ethnic-Territorial to Ethnic-Religious Conflict
... asking for permission from the Sunni Ulamas. Therefore, the presence of the Salafi and Jihadi groups would be a Damocles Sword which threatens the Shia society of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the long run. In turn, countries in the region, such as Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan, have become particularly aware of such threats. In the meantime, extremists in Georgia and North Caucasus of Russia might also expand their domain as they did in the early 1990s. Under the current circumstances, ...
21.10.2020
Russians Don’t Back Down
... countries, leap years are generally seen as bad luck in Russia, full of unpleasant surprises, unforeseen problems and bitter trials. And this year has been no different. In February, Russia nearly got caught up in a direct military confrontation with Turkey in Syria. In March, world oil prices plummeted, ushering in a global economic recession. And by April, Russia was entirely at the mercy of the coronavirus pandemic. The summer was marked by mass protests in Khabarovsk and came to an ignominious ...
19.10.2020
The Deepening Crisis in Turkey-Egypt Relations
Only a common threat or personnel renewal of the top leadership of one of the countries can reconcile Cairo and Ankara The Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Turkey are the largest states in the Middle East and claim the leading role in the Islamic world. Relations between them soured in 2013 when a group of officers led by Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew President Mohammed Morsi, ...
13.10.2020
Hidden Traces in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Сonflict
... Armenia. The city of Tovuz is located near the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline, both of which are gates for Azerbaijan to transport its oil and natural gas, the so-called "Caspian Sea wealth," to Turkey, Europe and other global markets. A Blow to Russian Interests Christian Wollny: Nagorno-Karabakh: A Frozen Conflict Rethawed The location of the attack or the clashes indicates that they were against Turkish-Western and Turkish-Azerbaijani interests....
12.10.2020
Prospects for Settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh Discussed at Al Jazeera Debate
... newspaper Handelsblatt, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, took part in the discussion. The topics addressed included the likely outcome of Russia-Armenia-Azerbaijan trilateral negotiations on ceasefire held in Moscow, the possible roles of Turkey and the European Union in the development of the events in the South Caucasus, the future of the OSCE Minsk Group, and other issues related to stabilizing the situation in the region.
11.10.2020
Middle East Issues Discussed at the Diplomatic Academy Conference
... in the Middle East, and approaches to ensuring security in the region. Ivan Bocharov, Referent at the Russian International Affairs Council, took part at this conference. His report was devoted to the deepening crisis in relations between Egypt and Turkey.
10.10.2020
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