The secret to achieving success in Syria
Etyen Mahçupyan When the performances of the actors in the Middle East are considered, the success of the outlawed PKK and its Syrian affiliate Democratic...
The US’s rational mistake
Etyen Mahçupyan Turkish and American bureaucrats from the two countries worked on a joint text following an 80-minute telephone conversation between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
The PYD or refugees?
If Russia and the Assad regime, both which have had a role in the escalation of the Syrian civil war, continue to consider the PYD as their partner, it is impossible to talk about stopping the refugee influx
Why did CHP leave the Constitution Conciliation Committee?
Etyen Mahçupyan It was not expected that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) would nullify the recent efforts for a new constitution that had...
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Six stages in the USA’s PKK strategy
When Obama became president, he adopted a dual Kurdish strategy. Common economic interests were highlighted so as to prevent South Kurdestan and Turkey being pitted against each other as two hostile entities. With regard to Turkey, the Kurdish question was broken down into two subheadings of democracy and the PKK. This strategy then changed dramatically with the intervention in Syria as different interests and expectations came to clash. The US updated its Kurdish strategy in a way that heralded the apocalypse.