This article is a shortened translation of the Turkish original “Suriye’ye çok yakın…” by Ragıp Duran, published in Birdirbir.org on 11 July 2012. We mean this translation to be a continuation of an article series about Syria, which you can follow using the Syria label. In Antioch, Iskenderun or Samandağ, the people are …
Tag: Middle East
Jul 29
Syria issue. Samandağ reflections: Zero neighbors, zero ministers, lots of problems – Ragıp Duran
This article is translated from the Turkish original “Samandağ izlenimleri: Sıfır komşu, sıfır bakan, çok sorun” by Ragıp Duran, published in Birdirbir.orgon 18 July 2012. We mean this translation to be a continuation of an article series about Syria, the first of which can be found here. We went to Samandağ1for the “Evvel …
Jul 25
Turkey: From Iraq to Syria – Bülent Kale
This article is translated from the Turkish original “Türkiye: Irak’tan Suriye’ye” by Bülent Kale, published in Bianet‘s Turkish website on 5 July 2012. Nine years ago in 2003, when Turkey applied to NATO in accordance with Article 4 before the Iraq Occupation; NATO sent five Patriot air defense systems and three AWACS aircrafts …