Nihat Ali Özcan, PhD
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How can generals take initiative from the PKK?
Arguments about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) reminded me of an event that happened years ago. In 1989 PKK attacks increased and many soldiers lost their…
What would be Iran’s reply to Turkey?
It won’t be a surprise to see that Iran would give a start to its covert operations, waking its “sleeper cells” and activating its old networks. Turkish-Iranian…
On the strategy in the fight against the PKK
We have to acknowledge that without providing security, other economic, social and diplomatic tools will not yield any results. After the collapse of negotiations with…
The paper war
The U.S. and the U.K., Turkey’s allies, do not want to disappoint Turkey on the Syria issue. According to statements made following U.S. Secretary of State Hillary…
Proxy war and the PKK
Nowadays, everyone is asking the reasons for the increase in outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks. However, if there are about 5,000 to 6,000 militants in…
Between realities and dreams: the future of Syria
The fire in Syria will extinguish with its own domestic dynamics, which will cause numerous civilian deaths. At the beginning of the week, Foreign Minister Ahmet…
The meaning of the Syrian civil war for the PKK
Strong links were formed between Syria’s intelligence service and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the 1970s. Father [Hafez] al-Assad was one of the…
Erdoğan’s Russia visit and the Syria issue
Information about and comments on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Russia have been debated in the media. One of the reasons this visit is so…
The Leyla Zana Case
Leyla Zana was able to find a place in the media with her female, Kurdish identity and experiences in jail. Her explanation on a solution to the Kurdish problem, which…
Turkey’s and Syria’s proxy war capacity
The tension in Turkey-Syria relations is rising. For now, no one expects a conventional war. However, this does not mean that there is no struggle. While diplomatic and…
Is the post-al-Assad era important?
Political targets which are not clarified at the beginning would break down allies as time passes. The conflicts in Syria are turning out to be a civil war. The number…
Iran, Turkey and the Kurds
As has been foreseen, the attacks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have begun to increase with the coming of summer. We are receiving a lot of conflict…