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According to a local information centre, in the past decade alone, Israel has demolished 200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem leaving 440 Palestinians homeless. In the cruellest and...
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Back in 2017, two Israeli advisors to the Jerusalem Municipality, David Koren and Ben Avrahami, shared their concerns about Turkey's increasingly visible role in the Holy City. These two...
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Over the past week, two brutal events added more sadness to the morbid climate of the coronavirus pandemic. In Minneapolis, a black American citizen was killed by a police...
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April 22, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The antagonism of Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Turkey has been incremental and provocative. Nevertheless, Turkey is maintaining its de-escalation strategy with a conciliatory approach. For how long,...
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March 17, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Slanted news coverage has a major impact on public perceptions of the topic in question. Media bias doesn't exclusively mean content bias, though; the presentation style of the report...
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March 11, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The crisis in Idlib has undoubtedly been the most serious test for the resilience of Turkey-Russia relations. The military calculus and political dynamics of both sides are highly complicated...
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Following the killing of Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib province and the dramatic rise in atrocities, Turkey has allowed more than 100,000 migrants and refugees across its border with...
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February 4, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Reacting to Donald Trump's "deal of the century", Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that "Jerusalem is not for sale". On Saturday, the Arab League completely rejected Trump's plan during...
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January 22, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The Palestinians have realised that American President Donald Trump is seeking to solely bolster Israel and to utterly isolate the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). When...
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January 11, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The Iranian assassinated military commander, Qasem Soleimani, was carried to his final resting place on the shoulders of huge crowds packing the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Speakers...
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January 9, 2020
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced recently that Turkish troops have begun moving into Libya after Turkey's parliament approved the deployment last week. The move comes after Ankara and Tripoli...
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October 28, 2019
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
When Turkey's third cross-border operation in Northern Syria started on 9 October, condemnation of the Turkish "invasion" came from around the world, as well as calls for it to...
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The war of words between Turkish and German officials and diplomats started when Germany prevented Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag from holding a rally in Germany. The minister headed...
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January 28, 2017
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Ever since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, Hamas has found itself in Egypt's crosshairs. The regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has opted for a multifaceted retributive strategy toward...
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November 24, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport before leaving for Pakistan: "They have also appointed their envoy. I believe they start their duty today." Turkey, he...
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October 26, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The Arabs have long been indoctrinated that the Ottomans were foreign invaders who occupied Arab lands, while Turks were taught that "Arabs betrayed our ancestors". Were our history lessons...
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September 26, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Did Erdogan, symbolically the only leader ready to stand up to Israeli arrogance, make a pragmatic U-turn in his country’s relations with Israel at the expense of the Palestinians?
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September 2, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Erdogan is not only proud of his country’s past, but he also tries to attach his name as a sequel to the Ottoman civilisation
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The Turkish government embarked legally on an operation against insurgents in 2013 when their dirty games emerged; the latest coup attempt will boost the government’s efforts to purge the army of mutineers and traitors
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Recently, there have been genuine calls by intellectuals in Islamic movements in the Arab world for the recalibration and reassessment of strategies, ideologies, paradigms and tactics. Some even called...
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Politically, Netanyahu and his narrow coalition was about to accomplish a Turkish-Israeli compromise to warm up relations with Turkey after sever intensions. The sudden invitation to Lieberman, however, most likely blows away previous efforts and agreements.
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Obama’s allies in the region, explicitly Turkey, repeatedly offered him options which avoided a full-scale offensive. People are striving for feasible solutions such as a no-fly zone for refugees.
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Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that he is "ready to concede all positions in order not to inflict any harm to our party's cause or to my...
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April 18, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Egyptian anger at the government's handover of two islands in the Gulf of Aqaba to Saudi Arabia is palpable. "The outrage of the Egyptian activists and bloggers is utterly...
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March 28, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
The Kurds in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey have made no secret of their longing for a self-governing state. Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the Kurds...
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February 29, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Abu Jihad, a Palestinian businessman has lived in Istanbul for more than 25 years and exporting goods to Gaza for almost all of that time. “For God’s sake,” he...
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January 27, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
A letter written by a Turkish soldier has been published in the local media in Turkey. The soldier is currently fighting against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
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January 11, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
Despite their regional political rivalry, Turkey has maintained its relations with Muslim rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. Since the Ottoman war with Safavid Persia almost 400 years ago, Turkey...
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January 2, 2016
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
“I counted all the gunshots in his chest one by one. Why did they shoot him? He was naked and waving with his hands pleading for their help to...
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December 24, 2015
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Dr Ahmed Al-Burai
If Deniz Zeyrek, a famous leftist journalist in Turkey, was to say, “The state of Israel and its people are undoubtedly sincere friends of Turkey and our condemnations until...
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According to a local information centre, in the past decade alone, Israel has demolished 200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem leaving 440 Palestinians homeless. In the cruellest and...![Muslims gather to perform the Friday Prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem on February 21, 2020. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200221_2_40966713_52375403.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Back in 2017, two Israeli advisors to the Jerusalem Municipality, David Koren and Ben Avrahami, shared their concerns about Turkey's increasingly visible role in the Holy City. These two...![Palestinians in Gaza show solidarity with the Eyad Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli police and with US protesters following the death of George Floyd who was killed by a white police officer by pinning him to the ground, 2 June 2020 [Abedalrahman Hassan/ApaImages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/George-Floyd.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Over the past week, two brutal events added more sadness to the morbid climate of the coronavirus pandemic. In Minneapolis, a black American citizen was killed by a police...![President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference held after the coordination meeting of fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) process at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey on 18 March 2020. [Ali Balıkçı - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200318_2_41434083_53205646.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The antagonism of Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Turkey has been incremental and provocative. Nevertheless, Turkey is maintaining its de-escalation strategy with a conciliatory approach. For how long,...
Slanted news coverage has a major impact on public perceptions of the topic in question. Media bias doesn't exclusively mean content bias, though; the presentation style of the report...![A Syrian man carries an injured girl following air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime on 12 July 2019 [Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190712_2_37312180_46011245.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The crisis in Idlib has undoubtedly been the most serious test for the resilience of Turkey-Russia relations. The military calculus and political dynamics of both sides are highly complicated...![A refugee woman sits next to a tent in Nea Kavala camp, near the city of Kilkis, northern Greece, on September 3, 2019. [SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GettyImages-1165814200.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Following the killing of Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib province and the dramatic rise in atrocities, Turkey has allowed more than 100,000 migrants and refugees across its border with...![Palestinians stage a protest against so-called 'Deal of the Century' announced by US President Donald Trump, in Gaza City, Gaza on 28 January 2020 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Abbas20200128_2_40558218_51615269.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Reacting to Donald Trump's "deal of the century", Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that "Jerusalem is not for sale". On Saturday, the Arab League completely rejected Trump's plan during...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US President Donald Trump in New York City, US on 3 May 2017 [Thaer Ghanaim/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_5-13-President-Mahmoud-Abbas-andtrump030517_TH_00-3.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Palestinians have realised that American President Donald Trump is seeking to solely bolster Israel and to utterly isolate the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). When...![Palestinians mourn Soleimani's death in Gaza city, on 4 January 2020 [Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200104_2_40159037_50911601.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Iranian assassinated military commander, Qasem Soleimani, was carried to his final resting place on the shoulders of huge crowds packing the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Speakers...![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi meets with Commander of the Libyan national army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in Cairo, Egypt, on 13 May 2017 [Egyptian President Office/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017_5-11-Khalifa-Hafter-sisi130517_EPO_00-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced recently that Turkish troops have begun moving into Libya after Turkey's parliament approved the deployment last week. The move comes after Ankara and Tripoli...![Members of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) continue operations against Kurdish militia during Turkey's Operation Peace Spring in Ras Al Ayn, Syria on October 17, 2019 [TURKISH ARMED FORCES / HANDOUT - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191017_2_38805157_48581082.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When Turkey's third cross-border operation in Northern Syria started on 9 October, condemnation of the Turkish "invasion" came from around the world, as well as calls for it to...![Image of Turkey's Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag delivers a speech on 3 March 2017 [Ayhan İşcen - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_3_3-urkeys-Minister-of-Justice-Bekir-Bozdag-delivers-a-speech-20170303_2_22179022_19466610-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The war of words between Turkish and German officials and diplomats started when Germany prevented Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag from holding a rally in Germany. The minister headed...![The deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh returns to Gaza [Mohammed Asad/middleeastmonitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017_1_27-Haniyeh-returns-to-Gaza-7.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Ever since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, Hamas has found itself in Egypt's crosshairs. The regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has opted for a multifaceted retributive strategy toward...![President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the meeting of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on 23 November 2016 [ Aytaç Ünal/Anadolu]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016_11_23-President-Recep-Tayyip-Erdogan-delivers-a-speech-during-the-meeting-of-Standing-Committee-for-Economic-and-Commercial-Cooperation-of-the-Organization-of-Islamic-Cooperation-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport before leaving for Pakistan: "They have also appointed their envoy. I believe they start their duty today." Turkey, he...
The Kurds in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey have made no secret of their longing for a self-governing state. Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the Kurds...
Abu Jihad, a Palestinian businessman has lived in Istanbul for more than 25 years and exporting goods to Gaza for almost all of that time. “For God’s sake,” he...
A letter written by a Turkish soldier has been published in the local media in Turkey. The soldier is currently fighting against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
Despite their regional political rivalry, Turkey has maintained its relations with Muslim rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. Since the Ottoman war with Safavid Persia almost 400 years ago, Turkey...
“I counted all the gunshots in his chest one by one. Why did they shoot him? He was naked and waving with his hands pleading for their help to...
If Deniz Zeyrek, a famous leftist journalist in Turkey, was to say, “The state of Israel and its people are undoubtedly sincere friends of Turkey and our condemnations until...