TURKEY
Suggested reading & research from Ed Knox
Topics to research for 8/5/16 discussion of "Continuities and Change":
- Ottoman Empire after Suleyman the Magnificent
- Turkey as the Sick Man of Europe
- Ataturk and his goals
- Greek-Turkish war
- Chanak crisis
- Creation of a secular Turkey
- Turk Neutrality in WWII
- Turkish contribution to Korean War
- Military culture from Ottoman Empire to Erdogan
- Turkey and NATO
Manifesto:
- "Needs and Demands of the Kurds in Turkey" - provided by Betty Hanks Leonard
- "Turkish troops in Libya's proxy war" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "Erdogan to hold up NATO plan unless allies recognize terror threats against Turkey" by Diego Cupolo on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "The U.S. Turned Syria’s North Into a Tinderbox. Then Trump Lit a Match." by Max Fisher in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," Oct 16, 2019
- "Four maps that explain the Turkish offensive in north-east Syria" on "BBC News," Oct 9, 2019
- "Turkey launches ground offensive in northern Syria" on "BBC News," Oct 9, 2019
- "Challenging the World Order: Erdogan Wants Right to Develop Nuclear Weapons" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Sept 12, 2019
- "Turkey defies US as Russian S-400 missile defence arrives" on "BBC News," July 12, 2019
- "Istanbul mayoral vote: Is ‘disastrous’ loss beginning of Erdogan’s end?" by Mark Lowen on "BBC News," June 24, 2019
- "Eyes on Istanbul" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "Turkey’s Autocratic Slide" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Turkey and America’s Arms Standoff" by Giorgio Cafiero and Theodore Karasik on "LobeLog," April 10, 2019
- "Turkey’s Choice: Russian Missiles or American Planes?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan in big cities" on "BBC News," April 1, 2019
- "Why Erdogan's big Turkish ambitions could come tumbling down" by Mark Lowen on "BBC News," March 28,2019
- "Turkey Is Changing the Middle East. The U.S. Doesn’t Get It." by Hussein Ibish on "Bloomberg," March 14, 2019
- "Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met: 'The World Between Empires'” by Holland Carter in "The New York Times," March 14, 2019
- "Bribes and Big-Time Sports: U.S.C. Finds Itself, Once Again, Facing Scandal" by Billy Witz, Jennifer Medina & Tim Arango in "The New York Times," March 14, 2019
- "Turkey Enters Recession, a Blow for Erdogan as Elections Near" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
- "The Investor Seth Klarman, in a Rare Interview, Offers a Warning. Davos Should Listen" by Evan Osnos in "The New Yorker," Jan 22, 2019
- "Economics Falls From Grace" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Syria Is Now About Turkey and Russia" by Aaron Stein ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Syria Is Now About Turkey and Russia" by Aaron Stein ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Turkey dismisses Trump threat to economy over Syrian Kurds" on "BBC News," Jan 14, 2019
- "Spurning Erdogan’s Vision, Turks Leave in Droves, Draining Money and Talent" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Jan 2, 2019
- "The Turks Aren’t Buying the Saudi-Trump ‘Cover-Up’ in the Khashoggi Murder" by Roy Gutman on "Daily Beast," Nov 15, 2018
- "What Erdogan Was Really Saying Today" by Patrick Wintour on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "Don’t Be Fooled by Turkey’s 'Change of Heart'" by Eli Lake on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
- "Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment" by AFP on "Informed Comment," Aug 16, 2018
- "Erdoğan’s Achilles Heel" by Gönül Tol on "The Cairo Review of Global Affairs," Summer 2018
- "Turkey’s currency crisis rages on" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Axios World: Trump vs. Erdogan, Netanyahu's secret trip, Global language gap" by David Lawler on "Axios," Aug 13, 2018
- "Competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Is Trump Missing the Point?" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Aug 3, 2018
- "The fighter jet that could break US-Turkey defense relations" by Sitki Egeli on "Middle East Institute," June 26, 2018
- "Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 28, 2018
- "Syria–Turkey barrier" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "May government courts Erdogan" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "Turkey’s new reality" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
- "The fall of Afrin" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 19, 2018
- "Russia, Turkey and Iran take reins in Syria" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 12, 2018
- "Turkey’s pivot to Africa" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 5, 2018
- "No progress in US-Turkey talks" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 12, 2018
- "Erdogan’s Vatican visit to touch on Trump’s Jerusalem decision" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 5, 2018
- "Turkey's preoccupation with Syrian Kurds could spell disaster for US" by Patrick Wintour in "The Guardian," Jan 23, 2018
- "72 Turkish Jets Bomb U.S.-Backed Kurdish Militias in Syria" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Jan 20, 2018
- "As US throws Kurds under the Bus, Is Turkey preparing to invade Syria?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2018
- "The Difference between Israeli Policy and Turkish: Calling Each other Terrorist State" by Juan Cole on "Informed Coment," Dec 11, 2017
- "Syria, Jerusalem, Energy Top Agenda for Putin-Erdogan Meeting" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Dec 11, 2017
- "Will Trump manage to stab both Syrian Kurds and Turkey in the Back at same time?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Nov 26, 2017
- "U.S.-Turkey Relations Hit All-Time Low" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Weekly Briefing," Oct 10, 2017
- "Turkish Troops Enter Idlib" by Ibrahim al-Assil on "Middle East Institute: Weekly Briefing," Oct 10, 2017
- "After the Vote, Does the Kurdish Dream of Independence Have a Chance?" by David Zucchino in "The New York Times," Sept 30, 2017
- "Can Turkey’s Erdogan Ride Rohingya Crisis to Global Muslim Leadership?" by Simon P. Watmough on "Informed Comment," Sept 17, 2017
- "Russia and Turkey: The Arms Deal that Signals the Age of Pragmatism" by Nikolai Pakhomov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 9, 2017
- "Kurdish separatist vote means war, warns Erdogan ally Devlet Bahceli" by Richard Spencer & Hannah Lucinda Smith in "The Times," Aug 25, 2017
- "Turkey’s 'Three Options' in Idlib amid Growing Tehran-Ankara Cooperation" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Aug 23, 2017
- "Top Turkish Military Official to Visit Tehran for Further Talks" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Aug 21, 2017
- "Was Emir Tamim’s Speech a Turning Point in the Qatar Crisis?" by Giorgio Cafiero on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 25, 2017
- "Erdogan Visits Gulf to Resolve Crisis" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Al-Qaeda Takeover of Idlib Tests Turkey" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Turkey Sees Foes at Work in Gold Mines, Cafes and 'Smurf Village'" by David Segal in "The New York Times," July 22, 2017
- "Turkey's Alevis, a Muslim Minority, Fear a Policy of Denying Their Existence" by Patrick Kingsley in "The New York Times," July 22, 2017
- "Is Turkey on brink of Invading Syrian Kurds, US BFF?" on "Informed Comment," Aug 8, 2017
- nd Iran Comes In" by Carlotta Gall in"The New York Times," Aug 5, 2017
- "G.C.C. Crisis Escalates" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," July 31, 2017
- "Mysteries, and a Crackdown, Persist a Year After a Failed Coup in Turkey" by Patrick Kingsley in "The New York Times," July 13, 2017
- "Middle East to Loom Large at G-20 Summit" by Allen Keiswetter on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 3, 2017
- "U.S. Position on Gulf Crisis Still Muddled" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 3, 2017
- "Astana Talks Enter Fifth Round" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 3, 2017
- "Reading Erdogan’s Ambitions in Turkey’s New Mosques" by Norman Behrendt in "The New York Times Magazine," June 14, 2017
- "Does Qatar Really Threaten the Gulf?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 14, 2017
- "How the Saudi-Qatar Rivalry, Now Combusting, Reshaped the Middle East" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," June 13, 2017
- "Will Qatar’s Crisis Become Turkey’s Too?" by Giorgio Cafiero on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 9, 2017
- "Qatar crisis: The deep diplomatic tensions behind the row" by James Robbins on "BBC.com," June 9, 2017
- "The Necessary Empire" by Robert D. Kaplan in "The New York Times," May 5, 2017
- "Inside Turkey’s Purge" by Suzy Hansen in "The New York Times," April 13, 2017
- "Foes on the Run as Erdogan Makes Power Personal" by Patrick Kingsley in "The New York Times," April 5, 2017
- "The Demise of Academia in Erdogan’s Turkey" by Emre Celik on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 6, 2017
- "Turkey’s Risky Gambits" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Turkey Sending Delegation to Israel" by W. Robert Pearson in the "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 7, 2017
- "Merkel-Erdogan to Hold High-Stakes Meeting this Week" by W. Robert Pearson in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Jan 30, 2017
- "Trump’s Radical Anti-Americanism" by Adam Gopnik in "The New Yorker," Feb 13 & 20, 2017
- "Where History Is Being Made" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 7, 2017
- "Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian jail, says Amnesty" by Martin Chulov in "The Guardian," Feb 7, 2017
- "What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read" By Eliana Johnson and Eli Stokols on "Politico," Feb 7, 2017
- "Steve Bannon Carries Battles to Another Influential Hub: The Vatican" by Jason Horowitz in "The New York Times," Feb 7, 2017
- "Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 7, 2017
- "Turkey Plans Massive Transfer of Assets to State Wealth Fund" by Ercan Ersoy on "Bloomberg," Feb 6, 2017
- "Turkey: The Crucial Anti-ISIS Ally That Trump … Forgot?" by Roy Gutman on "The Daily Beast," Feb 2, 2017
- ped to Transform the World. It Transformed Him." by Adam Shatz in "The New York Times," Jan 12, 2017
- "The Middle East in the Year Ahead" by various authors on "Middle East Institute," Jan 5, 2017 (includes pieces on Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the "War on Terror")
- "Top Eight Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 31, 2016
- "Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 28, 2016
- "Turkey takes another step toward despotism" by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," Dec 16, 2016
- "European Parliament Votes to Suspend Talks With Turkey" by James Kanter in "The New York Times," Nov 24, 2016
- "Turkey and E.U. Near Breaking Point in Membership Talks" by Rod Nordland & James Kanter in "The New York Times," Nov 23, 2016
- "Erdogan Hopes Trump will Extradite Gulen" by Gonul Tol in Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing," Nov 21, 2016
- "Turkey: A Mix of Trust and Uncertainty" by Marc Pierini at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump" by Tobias Stone on "The Huffington Post," July 25, 2016, updated Nov 11, 2016
- Middle East Institute's "Briefing: Middle East Reactions to the U.S. Election" includes "Trump’s Win Adds New Dynamics to Unstable Middle East" by Paul Salem, "What a TrumRetryp Presidency Means for Syria/Iraq" by Robert S. Ford, "Israel’s Right Welcomes Trump’s Victory" by Eran Etzion, "Erdogan Treads Carefully on Trump" by Gönül Tol, "Iran’s Moderates Fear Trump Presidency" by Alex Vatanka, and "G.C.C. Uncertain About Trump" by Gerald Feierstein, Nov 9, 2016
- "Turkey's Post-Coup Crackdown Targets Kurdish Politicians" by Ceylan Yeginsu and Safak Timurov in "The New York Times," Nov 4, 2016
- "Turkey: the road towards dictatorship and the west’s responsibility" by Mehmet Ugur on "Informed Comment," Nov 6, 2016
- "Is Turkey still a democracy?" by Mark Lowen on "BBC News," Nov 5, 2016
- "Why Turkey Is Entering A Dangerous Phase After Arresting Kurdish Opposition Leaders" by Borzou Daragahi on "BuzzFeed," Nov 4, 2016
- "Turkish Gov’t arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship" by Juan Cole on Informed Comment," Nov 4, 2016
- "Can Turkey's Democracy Survive President Erdogan?" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Nov 1, 2016
- "Turkey Detains Prominent Opposition Journalists" by Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Oct 31, 2016
- "The Plot Against America or the Plot by America?" by Mustafa Akyol in "The New York Times," Oct 28, 2016
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Erdogan Purge Against Gulenists Could Prove Lucrative" by Robert Olson on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Why the Middle East knows not to trust the United States" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Oct 25, 2016
- "Turkey Barges Into the Mosul Fight" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Oct 24, 2016
- "Turkey's Push to Join Battle for Mosul Inflames Tension with Iraq" by Tim Arango & Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," Oct 23, 2016
- "Turkey After July 15 - Dawn or Disaster?" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute," Oct 17, 2016
- "The good, the bad and the Gülenists" by Asli Aydintaşbaş on "European Council on Foreign Relations," Sept 23, 1016
- "Turkey’s Thirty-Year Coup" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," Oct 11, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkey-Iraq Row Complicates Mosul Operation" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Oct 17, 2016
- "Diplomatic Dead-End on Syria" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "Putin, Erdogan Continue Diplomatic Dance" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "American Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action" by Dilip Hiro on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 11, 2016
- "Russia and Turkey Make up: What implications for Syria, Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 11, 2016
- "Turkey’s Kurds are in the crosshairs as government crackdown widens" by Erin Cunningham in "The Washington Post," Oct 10, 2016
- "Turkey’s tourism industry reels from a year to forget" by Constanze Letsch in "The Guardian," Oct 5, 2016
- "No End to Syria’s Agony in Sight?" by Peter Jenkins, Sergey Batsanov & James Watt on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 1, 2016
- "The aftermath of Turkey’s failed coup threatens its ties with Western allies" by Michael Birnbaum & Karen DeYoung in "The Washington Post," Sept 21, 2016
- "What is Eurasianism?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 18, 2016
- "England's Forgotten Muslim History" by Jerry Brotton in "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "Turks See Purge as Witch Hunt of 'Medieval' Darkness" by Tim Arango, Ceylan Yeginsu & Safak Timur in "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2016
- "Facing Water Challenges in the Middle East" by Aysegul Kibaroglu on "Middle East Institute, Sept 14, 2016
- "Turkey's Intelligentsia Kneels to Erdogan" by Sevgi Akarcesme in "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2016
- "Turkey's Suspicious Mind-Set Has Been a Century in the Making" by Tim Arango in "The New York Times," Sept 12, 2016
- "Turkey Uses Post-Coup Emergency Decrees to Purge Mayors and Teachers" by Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Sept 9, 2016
- "The free-for-all in Syria will make your head spin" by Richard Allen Greene on "CNN," Aug 25, 2016
- "Foreign Policy after the Failed Coup: The Rise of Turkish Gaullism" by Omer Taspinar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 2, 2016
- "The Middle East Institute Denounces Fabrications and False Accusations Against one of its Scholars" by MEI Staff on "Middle East Institute," Sept 1, 2016
- "US: Turkish-backed campaign against our Allies in Syria ‘unacceptable’" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 30, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkish Incursion into Syria, OPEC Meeting" By Gönül Tol, Daniel Serwer & Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute," Aug 29, 2016
- "America’s Syria SNAFU: Pentagon’s Militias fight Turkey & CIA’s Militias" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 28, 2016
- "Can Israel and the Arab States Be Friends?" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2016
- "Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 25, 2016
- "Russian Realism in the Middle East" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 20, 2016
- "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart" by Scott Anderson with photos by Paolo Pellegrin in "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "What Russia and Turkey Bring to Syria" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "Turkey in a Tailspin: The Foiled Coup Attempt of July 15" by Ümit Cizre on "Middle East Report," Aug 10, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Erdogan Reaching Out to Russia; Update on Battle for Aleppo" by W. Robert Pearson, Alex Vatanka, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum & Mabrouka M'Barek on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2016
- "Turkey’s New Anti-Americanism" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 4, 2016
- "Fallout From Turkey Coup Leaves Syria Rebels in the Lurch" by Yaroslav Trofimov in "The Wall Street Journal," Aug 4, 2016
- "The Scale of Turkey’s Purge Is Nearly Unprecedented" by Josh Keller, Iaryna Mykhyalyshyn & Safak Timur in "The New York Times," Aug 2, 2016
- "Partial Assessment of Turkey’s Post-Coup Attempt Military Purge" by Jennifer Cafarella with Elizabeth Sercombe & Charles Vallee on "Institute for the Study of War," July 30, 2016
- "Turkey's military 'is now a broken force' — and 'it will take years for it to heal'" by Humeyra Pamuk & Gareth Jones of Reuters on "Business Insider," July 26, 2016
- "Turkish lawyer files complaint accusing U.S. generals of aiding coup attempt" by Ishaan Tharoor in "The Washington Post," Aug 3, 2016
- "Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup" by Tim Arango & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times, Aug 2, 2016
- "The Failed Coup Will Help Turkey Become A Major Power" by Mauldin Economics on "ValueWalk," Aug 1, 2016
- "Turkey's President Erdogan seeks to rein in spy agency after coup" on "BBC News," July 31, 2016
- "Turkish-Russian Rapprochement Turbocharged by Istanbul Coup Attempt" by Dorian Jones on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 30, 2016
- "Pentagon scrambles to patch up ties with Turkey at pivotal moment in Islamic State fight" by Missy Ryan in "The Washington Post," July 29, 2016
- "Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?" by TeleSur on "Informed Comment," July 29, 2016
- "With Army in Disarray, a Pillar of Modern Turkey Lies Broken" by Tim Arango & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," July 28, 2016
- "Why Turkey wants to silence its academics" by Fatma Müge Göçek on "Informed Comment," July 27, 2016
- "No, Turkey 2016 is not Iran 1979" by Eldar Mamedov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 26, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkey's Post-Coup Military Restructuring and US-Russia Meeting in Geneva on Syria Coordination" by Gönül Tol & Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute," July 25, 2016
- "Fethullah Gulen: I Condemn All Threats to Turkey's Democracy" by Fethullah Gulen in "The New York Times," July 25, 2016
- "Islamists at War in Turkey" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 22, 2016
- "Post-Coup Purge Adds to Turkey's Instability" by Gönül Tol on "Middle East Institute," July 21, 2016
- "Bring in the Military" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 21, 2016
- "The Foreign Policy Implications of Turkey’s Attempted Coup" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 19, 2016
- "Turkish authorities expand massive purge of opponents following coup attempt" by Erin Cunningham & Hugh Naylor in "The Washington Post," July 18, 2016
- "Turkey Interrupts U.S. Air Missions Against ISIS at Major Base" by Eric Schmitt & Dan Bilefsky in “The New York Times,” July 16, 2016
- "Turkey’s Coup That Wasn’t" by Roger Cohen in “The New York Times,” July 16, 2016
- "Turkey Accuses US Of Being Behind Military Coup, Demands Extradition Of Cleric Gulen" by Tyler Durden on "Zero Hedge," July 16, 2016
- "The Purge Begins in Turkey” by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," July 16, 2016
- "Inside ISIS: Quietly preparing for the loss of the ‘caliphate’" by Joby Warrick & Souad Mekhennet in "The Washington Post," July 12, 2016
- "A century on: Why Arabs resent Sykes-Picot" on "aljazeera.com" [undated]
- "ISIS Has Lost Many of the Key Places It Once Controlled" by Sarah Almukhtar, Tim Wallace & Derek Watkins in "The New York Times," July 3, 2016
- "Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?" by Patrick Cockburn on "Informed Comment," June 29, 2016
- "Behind the Barricades of Turkey's Hidden War" by Robert F. Worth in "The New York Times Magazine," May 24, 2016
- "Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot" by Akil N. Awan on "Informed Comment," May 17, 2016
- "100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?" by Stephen Pascoe on "Informed Comment," May 13, 2016
- "The Middle East’s fading frontiers" by Thanassis Cambanis in "The Boston Globe," May 1, 2016
- "Sending the Wrong Signal to Turkey" by "The New York Times" Editorial Board, April 19, 2016
- "Erdogan and Merkel's Comic Comeuppance" by Anna Sauerbrey in "The New York Times," April 15, 2016z
- "Turkey’s Plan to Expand Its Periphery" by Robert Olson on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 5, 2016
- "Erdogan’s Failed Washington Visit" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," April 4, 2016
- "Mr. Erdogan Goes to Washington" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 1, 2016
- "Embattled Erdogan visits US as mysterious nemesis watches from compound in Pa. mountains" by John Lauinger on "Fox News World," April 1, 2016
- "When the Necessary Is Impossible" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 30, 2016
- "A Truce in Syria" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," March 7, 2016
- "Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 25, 2016
- "Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 20, 2016
- "The media are misleading the public on Syria" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Feb 18, 2016
- "How Can Turkey Overcome Its Foreign Policy Mess?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 19, 2016
- "Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?" by Baher Kamal on "Informed Comment," Feb 17, 2016
- "Russian Intervention in Syrian War Has Sharply Reduced U.S. Options" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "As Syria Devolves Further, Allies Criticize American Policy" by Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "NATO to Expand Military Presence in Europe to Deter Russians" by Michael S. Schmidt in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "Syria, already a catastrophe, seems on the verge of an uncontrollable disaster" by Karen DeYoung & Liz Sly in "The Washington Post," Feb 9, 2016
- "Erdogan Threatened Europe with Refugees, now Demanding US abandon Syrian Kurds" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 9, 2016
- "Syrian Forces Press Aleppo, Sending Thousands Fleeing" by Anne Bernard in "The New York Times," Feb 5, 2016
- "Europe's Huddled Masses" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Feb 4, 2016
- "The Demise of the Two-State Solution and Israel’s Culpability" by Robert Olson on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 4, 2015
- "Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 5, 2016
- "The Front Lines: On the border of ISIS territory, Iraqi civilians fight for their survival" by Luke Mogelson in "The New Yorker," Jan 18, 2016
- "Gulf States Guarding Their Interests in Saudi-Iran Rift" by Declan Walsh in "The New York Times," Jan 5, 2016
- "How do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?" by John Harney in "The New York Times," Jan 3, 2016
- "Top 7 Middle East Foreign Policy Challenges in 2016" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 1, 2016
- "Most important Neglected Middle East Stories of 2015" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 31, 2015
- "Russia Rearms for a New Era" by Catrin Einhorn, Hannah Fairfield & Tim Wallace in "The New York Times," Dec 24, 2015
- "New Poll Highlights Need for Reform in the Middle East" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 10, 2015
- "What Are Turkish Troops Doing in Northern Iraq?" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," Dec 9, 2015
- "#You Ain't No American, Bro" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 9, 2015
- "Vacuum of Knowledge: What you Need to know about the History of Syria" by Joseph Richard Preville & Julie Poucher Harbin for "ISLAMiCommentary" on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East" by Lina Eklund on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "How Turkish President Erdogan went Wrong: Dividing and Not Ruling" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 4, 2015
- "Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane? The Proxy War in Syria" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Nov 25, 2015
- "Putin Plan: The Russian President's Strategy for Syria" by Matthias Schepp on "Spiegel Online," Nov 14, 2015
- "The Attacks in Paris Reveal the Strategic Limits of ISIS" by Olivier Roy in "The New York Times," Nov 16, 2015
- "The AKP’s Surprising but Pyrrhic Victory" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Nov 2, 2015
- "Erdogan's Party in Turkey Regains Parliamentary Majority" by Tim Arango & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Nov 1, 2015
- "A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Yet Get Worse" by Rod Nordland in "The New York Times," Oct 31, 2015
- "Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 30, 2015
- "What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? - What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 22, 2015
- "Putting Out the Syrian Fire: Can Diplomacy Do What War Couldn’t?" by Jo Comerford & Mattea Kramer on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 18, 2015
- "Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 17, 2015
- "Has Erdogan Shattered The Myth of Turkish Exceptionalism?" by Shireen Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 15, 2015
- "Turkey Expresses Concern to U.S. and Russia Over Help for Syrian Kurds" by Tim Arango & Anne Barnard in "The New York Times," Oct 14, 2015
- "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow" by Gordon Adams & Stephen M. Walt in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2015
- "How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare" by David Stupples on "Informed Comment," Oct 10, 2015
- "Putin’s Imperial Adventure in Syria" by Simon Sebag Montefiore in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2015
- "Abdallah al-Muhaysini, a Pivotal Figure in the Islamist Insurgency in Syria" by Waleed Rikab on "Syria C0mment," Oct 7, 2015
- "Turkish Leader Says E.U. Should Do More About Syria" by James Kanter & Tim Arango in "The New York Times," Oct 5, 2015
- "EU refugee summit in disarray as Tusk warns 'greatest tide yet to come'" by Ian Traynor in "The Guardian," Sept 23, 2015
- "US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment, Sept 14, 2015
- "Middle Eastern Zen" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2015
- "Just What Is Turkey Up To?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 31, 2015
- "The Kurdish Elephant" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 30, 2015
- "Goals Diverge and Perils Remain as U.S. and Turkey Take on ISIS" by Anne Barnard and Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," July 27,
- "Turkey’s new 'war on terror' mainly targeting Kurds" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 26, 2015
- "The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 30, 2015
- "Pres. Erdogan sees Syrian Kurds’ advance against ISIL as 'danger' to Turkey" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 15, 2015
- "Defying Gravity: Working Toward a Regional Strategy for a Stable Middle East" by Ross Harrison at "Middle East Institute," May 6, 2015
- "ANZAC Day at 100: Gallipoli Begins" by the editor of "Middle East Institute" blog, April 25, 2015
- "The slaying of the Saudi spider" by David Hearst on "Middle East Eye," Jan 31, 2015
- "How Islamist rebels engineered Israel’s oil grab in Syria" by Nafeez Ahmed on "Middle East Eye," Jan 28, 2015
- "Graham Fuller’s Five Middle East Predictions for 2015" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 4, 2015
- "Turkey Obtains Release of Hostages Held in Iraq" by Ben Hubbard, Sebnem Arsu & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2014
- "The Arabs, three years after Bouazizi" by Rami Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Dec 18, 2013
- "The Middle East warmly welcomes Iran Deal, sees it as Step toward Denuclearizing Israel" by Juan Cole in "Informed Comment," Nov 26, 2013
- Jailed Leader of the Kurds Offers a Truce With Turkey, by Sebnem Arsu in the "New York Times," March 21, 2013
- Capping Visit, Obama Brokers Israeli Apology to Turkey, by Mark Landler & Jodi Rudoren in the "New York Times," March 22, 2013
Book:
- Louis de Bernieres, Birds Without Wings - a brilliant novel about Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire
- Bliss (original title: Mutluluk) (2007) - a Turkish film, adapted from Zülfü Livaneli's international best-selling novel.
- "ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Turkey's failed coup" with Mark Leonard, Asli Aydintaşbaş & Jeremy Shapiro of "European Council on Foreign Relations," July 18, 2016
Maps of Turkey produced by the CIA: