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myemail.constantcontact.com | Ken Thomas |Mujib Mashal |Elvan Kivilcim |Sudarsan Raghavan
Quotes of the Day: “I think today’s algorithm of winning for us and our allies is the actions of the SOF forces, plus the actions of the rest of the joint force, plus the actions of the interagency, plus the actions of our allies and partners, plus the actions of the private sector all together to create exponential return on time and exponential return on capital.” – General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, May 8, 2025 "Power has such a nature that even in those who have...
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
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2 months ago | 
tovima.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
ISTANBUL—An imprisoned Kurdish militant leader urged his followers on Thursday to give up their weapons, opening an opportunity to defuse a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people in recent decades, and destabilized Turkey and the wider Middle East. Abdullah Öcalan , the leader and founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, also called for the group to disband and for its allied factions to disarm after some 40 years of violence.
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2 months ago | 
wsj.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
ISTANBUL—An imprisoned Kurdish militant leader urged his followers on Thursday to give up their weapons, opening an opportunity to defuse a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people in recent decades, and destabilized Turkey and the wider Middle East. Abdullah Öcalan, the leader and founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, also called for the group to disband and for its allied factions to disarm after some 40 years of violence.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Bertrand Benoit |Elvan Kivilcim
While governments urge caution, calls are rising across Europe for Syrians who fled the Assad regime to returnYour browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:38This article is in your queue. Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. On Monday, Germany and Austria said they were putting asylum applications by Syrians on hold.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:40This article is in your queue. Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive Islamist cleric accused by Turkey of plotting a stunning but short-lived military coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, has died at 83. He was in self-imposed exile in the U.S. where he lived for more than two decades.
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Mar 30, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
ISTANBUL—Turks are voting in an election on Sunday that will decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s ruling party will retake control of Istanbul, the country’s largest city and a global center of culture and trade, from the main opposition party. The mayoral election has far-reaching consequences for Turkey and for Erdogan, who has amassed enormous power over more than 20 years as the country’s top leader.
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Mar 30, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
ISTANBUL—Turkey’s main opposition party kept control of the country’s largest cities and rose to power in others while clinching a surprise victory in local elections that represent a rebuke to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reflecting discontent with the country’s turbulent economy.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Jared Malsin |Elvan Kivilcim
IZMIR, Turkey— Selcuk Bayraktar ’s TB2 drones played a pivotal role in stalling Russia’s invasion on the plains of Ukraine, blowing up the Kremlin’s military convoys on their way to Kyiv. The drones remain a part of Ukraine’s long-term plans for its defense. Bayraktar’s company is building a manufacturing plant in the country as Western support wavers. Azerbaijan used them against Armenian forces in 2020. In Libya, they helped thwart an attack by a Russian-backed warlord.
