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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 10h

#Vučić (Oct. 2024):👇
- #Turkey [is] the greatest power in the Balkans… #Erdogan understands the problems..
- Parts of Serbia survive thanks to #Turkish investments.
- Welcome to #Serbia, dear friend.
- Friends like #Erdoğan are rare… Whatever happens, he calls me::::))))

GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 10h

Weren’t #Erdogan and #Vučić just calling each other “friends” and trading birthday wishes?
Amazing how fast “strategic friendship” turns into “Ottoman dreams” overnight:;)))👇

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 10h

Weren’t #Erdogan and #Vučić just calling each other “friends” and trading birthday wishes?
Amazing how fast “strategic friendship” turns into “Ottoman dreams” overnight:;)))👇

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 22h

1- "...Amid all the chatter about who might succeed Erdoğan, lead the CHP or MHP, or become a contender in the next presidential election, one crucial figure is conspicuously absent from the conversation: Selahattin Demirtaş. While analysts debate İmamoğlu’s chances or Erdoğan’s possible heir,...👇

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 23h

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan newsaboutturkey.com/2025/10/08/f...

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan

On October 7, in a last-minute move, the Turkish government submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) challenging a recent ruling that the continued imprisonment of Kurdish pol...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 22h

2-...they overlook the man whose vision and influence could redefine Turkey’s democratic future. Far more than a prisoner or a polarizing opposition voice, Demirtaş represents the only bridge between Turkey’s fragmented social blocs and its long-deferred promise of coexistence.

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 22h

3-Ignoring him means misreading the country’s most important political equation..."

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 22h

"...As Turkey gropes for a lasting peace, it must recognize that its future security and unity are better served by embracing democratic and popular leaders like Demirtaş rather than deferring to the grudges of an aging insurgent leader..."👇

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 23h

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan newsaboutturkey.com/2025/10/08/f...

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan

On October 7, in a last-minute move, the Turkish government submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) challenging a recent ruling that the continued imprisonment of Kurdish pol...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 23h

"...Ironically, the insistence on keeping Demirtaş locked up may have less to do with Ankara’s own strategic interests and more to do with the wishes of another imprisoned figure: Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)..."👇

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 23h

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan newsaboutturkey.com/2025/10/08/f...

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan

On October 7, in a last-minute move, the Turkish government submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) challenging a recent ruling that the continued imprisonment of Kurdish pol...

newsaboutturkey.com

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 23h

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan newsaboutturkey.com/2025/10/08/f...

Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan

On October 7, in a last-minute move, the Turkish government submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) challenging a recent ruling that the continued imprisonment of Kurdish pol...

newsaboutturkey.com

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 4d

Responding to a question about the opening-of-the-legislative-year reception, Özgür Özel said: “Party leaders are being subjected to unfair treatment. I called Tuncer Bakırhan, Ali Babacan, Ahmet Davutoğlu, and Mr. Müsavat [Dervişoğlu]. What began as a simple invitation has shifted into a tone that

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 4d

trivializes—or even ignores—the strong opposition parties that stand together for democracy and their solidarity, unsettling both their leaders and their members. I expressed my regret about this.”

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 6d

Erdogan (yesterday): "God willing, history will inscribe in golden letters that, because of our backbone in Gaza, the Republic of Turkey stood as the monument of conscience of its era."👇

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 7d

Meanwhile, DEM cadres greet Erdoğan with “Esteemed President, Chairman,” with hands crossed in exaggerated respect. Autocracy isn’t destiny—it’s furnished by puppets in opposition costumes.👇

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 7d

Erdoğan Can’t Cancel the CHP—He Needs It

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newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/15/e...

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 10d

We’ve been saying it for months:'legitimacy'. Barrack said the quiet part out loud-—clearly following our analysis. A little credit to GEOPOLIST / News About Turkey (NAT) next time?😉👇

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 13d

It isn’t just interlocutors at home like Özgür Özel and Abdullah Öcalan who bolster Erdoğan’s 'legitimacy'; Western figures such as Donald Trump do as well.👇

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 7d

2-...In the photo, our national pride KAAN is behind us; and we, for our part, will stand behind KAAN to the very end.”

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 7d

1- In his social media post, Özel said: “The journey that began in 1973 has been full of obstacles and difficulties, but we have full confidence in Turkish engineers and workers in reaching the critical goal. Our KAAN draws its strength not from abroad, but from our nation...👇

GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 7d

From day one as CHP leader, Özel has played validator-in-chief—turning crises into photo-ops. The regime’s real currency is legitimacy; he keeps minting it for free.👇

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GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social · 7d

From day one as CHP leader, Özel has played validator-in-chief—turning crises into photo-ops. The regime’s real currency is legitimacy; he keeps minting it for free.👇

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

"...However, the senior insiders like Fidan are both architects and witnesses to the most controversial chapters of the last decade—before, during, and after July 2016—and therefore too valuable (or too risky) to leave unattended..."👇
newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/30/l...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

1- "...Against this tableau, the fairest reading is the simplest: Fidan turned a wonky procurement hurdle into a leadership trial. It also wouldn’t be surprising, in this climate, if President Erdoğan reassigns or sidelines Fidan in the near future. Erdoğan has repeatedly reshuffled cabinets...

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/30/l...

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, recently said in New York that export licenses from the U.S. Congress for General Electric F110 engines are “stalled,” adding that KAAN fighter production canno...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

2-... and top posts to rebalance inner-circle dynamics and message discipline—elevating allies one year, rotating portfolios the next, and changing high-salience jobs with little warning. From the 2023 post-election reset to periodic ministerial swaps since 2021 and even this summer’s senior...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

2-...communications change, the pattern is established: mobility is a tool of control..."

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/30/l...

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, recently said in New York that export licenses from the U.S. Congress for General Electric F110 engines are “stalled,” adding that KAAN fighter production canno...

newsaboutturkey.com

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

1- "...The timing matters: Turkey’s succession talk has moved from whispers to open positioning. We’ve (NAT) argued for months that two tracks now overlap: a dynastic path with Bilal Erdoğan—the heir Erdoğan prefers to succeed him—and a technocratic path in which Fidan markets himself...

News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/30/l...

Licenses on Hold, Succession in Motion

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, recently said in New York that export licenses from the U.S. Congress for General Electric F110 engines are “stalled,” adding that KAAN fighter production canno...

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

2-... as the competent steward of constraints..."

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News About Turkey-NAT @newsaboutturkey.bsky.social · 8d

Öcalan warns AKP against “false victory” narrative as Kurdish peace talks stall newsaboutturkey.com/2025/09/30/o...

Öcalan warns AKP against “false victory” narrative as Kurdish peace talks stall

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has accused Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of trying to manufacture a sense that it has already defeated the PKK, warning that Kurds “have altern...

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