By: Reuters Iraqi Kurdistan will press ahead with building its own oil export pipeline to Turkey, the region’s energy minister said on Thursday, despite U.S. objections due to fears the project could lead to the break-up of Iraq.
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GMF's "On Turkey" series features two new briefs
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) releases new analyses by Prof. Bülent Aras on U.S.-Turkey relations during the new Obama administration, and by Amberin Zaman on the murder of three female activists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Read More …
The Washington Institute publishes "The New Turkey and U.S. policy"
Soner Çağaptay of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy offers insight into the trends shaping Turkey’s policies today and highlights what this means for the future U.S. Turkey relations in a new strategic report titled “The New Turkey and U.S. Read More …
Turkey-U.S. ties 'closer than ever' says Turkish Ambassador Tan
By: Semih Idiz / Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse The Pew Research Center indicates that Turks are still among the world champions in anti-Americanism. Pew’s “Global Attitude Project” for 2012 showed that 72% of Turks rated the US unfavorably, while only 15% rated Read More …
U.S. contingent in Turkey could be operational by Saturday
Stars and Stripes reports that the U.S. contingent for NATO air defense support being deployed in Turkey could be operational by Saturday. Matt Millham writes, “Most of the U.S. contingent deploying to help defend Turkey from any spillover of Syria’s Read More …