Treaty of Sèvres

The Kurds field some all-woman combat units in a region not known for it (Israeli Defense Force excepted) and the women, as well as the Kurdish men, are fierce. They’ve had to be; they live in a rough neighborhood. Kurdistan, in the “home of the Kurds” sense, includes parts of…

April 23 is National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey and this year is a special occasion - the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the modern Turkish state. Sputnik looks at the events of 1920 and how Kemal Ataturk created a nation out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.On 23 April…

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM, Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi), usually referred to simply as the Meclis ("parliament"), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst…

A former colleague of mine from Turkey, Oya Dursun-Özkanca, has just published an informative monograph on "Turkey-West Relations."  The author examines Turkish foreign policy since the ascendancy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkish prime minister in 2003 and …