Roughly 370 kilometers (230 miles) off Somalia’s central coast, between Xarardheere and Hobyo in Galmudug state of Somalia, the Turkish drillship Çağrı Bey has begun what is arguably the country’s most consequential energy experiment to date. The target, Curad-1, is the first test well within a trio of offshore blocks mapped using advanced 3D seismic […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Sinem Cengiz Last week, for the first time in almost a century, a Turkmen was elected to govern Iraq’s Kirkuk district. It is important to understand what this development means for Turkiye and its Iraq policy. Turkiye described the election of Mohammed Saman Agha, head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, as a “historic” […]
Read MoreANKARA: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkiye did not want to resort to military action again against Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), but warned that the patience of the actors involved was running out over what he described as delays in implementing an integration deal. “We just hope that things go […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Sinem Cengiz Since the signing of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal last month, regional countries have been working to keep Washington as engaged as possible in managing the next phase. At the same time, a new dynamic is emerging: these countries do not want to rely solely on the US for the implementation […]
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