Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 17 January 2024 | AR
Syria has been off the regional radar except once mentioned within the scope of the Gaza crisis. This situation was unsurprising, as the country has undergone a relatively calm period since early 2020,
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 06 December 2023 | TR | AR
Since the eruption of the Gaza war, the question of whether the crisis would take a regional shape has made headlines in international media outlets. The aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines sent to the [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 10 November 2023 | TR | AR
The Arab Spring provided Turkey with a window of opportunity to project power in some Arab countries of the region that were traditionally neglected in Turkish foreign policy. Turkey’s pro-Arab Spring position drove a [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 08 February 2023
Almost 12 years following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, Turkey, the most important supporter of the Syrian opposition, has been making overtures to normalize relations (or at least start a political opening) with [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 20 September 2022 | TR
The Turkish-Iranian geopolitical rivalry has been growing increasingly tense as of late. Although the two countries have different political directions, priorities and conflicting interests
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 22 October 2021
Lately, there has been an overt increase in the efforts to legitimize the Syrian regime and reintegrate Bashar Al-Assad into international politics following the fraudulent presidential elections held in Syria in May
Bedir Mulla Rashid Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 27 August 2021 | TR | AR
Following the presidential elections held in Syria in May 2021, the PYD-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has witnessed protests in the territories under its control. The deteriorating economic living standards coupled with the Syrian Democratic Forces’ forced military conscription led people to organize protests
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 19 April 2021
The intra-Kurdish unity talks between the PYD and the KNC seem to be at an impasse. The unity negotiations, which are undoubtedly the product of times of crisis in Kurdish politics in Syria, started in April 2020, and two rounds of negotiations have already passed. Nevertheless, face-to-face negotiations between the sides stalled months ago, and the third round of talks could not be initiated despite various attempts and US mediation. Moreover, many obstacles lie ahead of the success of the unity talks.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 28 October 2020 | TR
The Democratic Union Party (PYD) has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries in the Syrian war, triggered by the Arab Spring. Since its inception in 2003 until 2011, the party had not found the chance of being a significant actor in the Syrian political theatre. However, the Syrian war eruption and the rise of ISIS opened a new chapter for the PYD and its military wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG).
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 01 September 2020 | TR | AR
The emerging security and energy equation in the Eastern Mediterranean has been increasingly becoming a decisive dynamic for the MENA region. The growing disputes and competition over maritime zone boundaries due to the lucrative [...]
