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The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 10

To Understand Erdogan's Turkey, Watch the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan says @kayagenc.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader: “This corridor [TRIPP] will not become a passage owned by Trump, but rather a graveyard for Trump's mercenaries”
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Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

The proposed Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity would run across southern Armenia, giving Azerbaijan a direct route to its exclave of Nakhchivan and in turn to Turkey.

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Israel won’t escape the trauma of October 7 until hostages are free

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Israel won’t escape the trauma of October 7 until hostages are free.
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of October 7, 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hostage and bereaved families announced they would initiate a nationwide shutdown next Sunday to protest the Security Cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza City. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Hostage families to escalate protests, nationwide shutdown | The Jerusalem Post

Hostage families and bereaved families represented by the October Council said that Sunday, August 17, would mark a nationwide shutdown to protest the cabinet's decision to expand Gaza operations.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 8

Netanyahu’s security cabinet today approved his proposal for a gradual military takeover of Gaza, his office said. The plan goes against the advice of Israel’s military and promises to take the two-year conflict into unknown territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Aug 6

Greek Armed Forces Bolster Defenses with Arrival of Spike NLOS Missiles. These precision missiles, manufactured in Israel, will be deployed in the Evros region and on Greek islands, bolstering the anti-tank platoons of mechanized infantry battalions. greekcitytimes.com/2025/08/05/g...

Greek Armed Forces Bolster Defenses with Arrival of Spike NLOS Missiles Greek City Times

Greece will receive its first Spike NLOS missile systems in August 2025, enhancing its military with Israeli precision weapons. Deployed to Evros and the islands, these systems will bolster anti-tank units, special operations vessels, and Apache helicopters, creating a formidable defense network.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Rusya Devlet Başkanı Sözcüsü Dmitri Peskov, Kamçatka’daki depreme hazırlıklı olduklarını ve bütün uyarı sistemlerinin zamanında devreye girdiğini söyledi. www.diken.com.tr/rusya-binala...

Rusya: Binalar depreme dayanıklıydı, can kaybı yok - Diken

30/07/2025 - Rusya Devlet Başkanı Sözcüsü Dmitri Peskov, Kamçatka'daki depreme hazırlıklı olduklarını ve bütün uyarı sistemlerinin zamanında devreye girdiğini söyledi.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 30

“bu çağda hakikat saklanmaz; unutturulur. Ve unutuşa karşı en eski, en kadim direnç biçimi anlatıdır.”https://www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/unutmanin-teolojisi-kronos-antigone-ve-kuller-arasinda-zamanin-bedenini-aramak-11505

Unutmanın teolojisi: Kronos, Antigone ve küller arasında zamanın bedenini aramak

Antigone'nin sorusu canlı kaldıkça, anlam da yaşamaya devam edecek.

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Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?
Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
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Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Trump and von der Leyen made a deal. But the US and EU are drifting apart on trade. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...

Trump and von der Leyen made a deal. But the US and EU are drifting apart on trade.

Many elements of the Turnberry deal still need to be finalized, and the difficult process could drive the two sides even further apart.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Starting Aug. 2, Syria will begin receiving 3.4 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan to Aleppo governorate via Turkey," Bashir said in a statement carried by the Syrian state-run news agency SANA.
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Turkey to begin natural gas exports to Syria on Aug. 2: What to know

Turkey will supply gas via a swap deal with Azerbaijan, backed by Qatar financing, the Turkish energy minister said.

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 17

“The real measure of success lies in whether enduring security, stability, deterrence have been achieved or whether this was merely the opening salvo in a new era of protracted, hybrid confrontation” Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran warontherocks.com/2025/07/less...

Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran - War on the Rocks

The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 17

Syrie : après les frappes israéliennes, le président syrien annonce transférer le maintien de la sécurité à Souweïda à des factions locales druzes

L’armée israélienne a bombardé, mercredi, le sud de la Syrie ainsi que des cibles à Damas dans le but, affirme-t-elle, de défendre les Druzes. Plus de 350 personnes sont mortes depuis dimanche des vio...

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Libya files UN complaint over Greek maritime zones | eKathimerini.com

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) south of Crete, which it claims encroaches on Libyan maritime zones. www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...

The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) south of Crete, which it claims encroac...

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 13

Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day. The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...

Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day | The Jerusalem Post

The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began.

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Bakü’ye İsrail modeli - Sözcü Gazetesi

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 9

Bakü’ye İsrail modeli - Güney Öztürk www.sozcu.com.tr/baku-ye-isra...

Rusya’nın arka bahçesi bahçıvan değiştirdi! Geçtiğimiz hafta Rusya’nın Yekaterinburg kentinde 50’ye yakın Azeri kökenli kişi gözaltına alındı. Olay, iki kardeşin - Ziyaddin ve Hüseyin Safarov’un - göz...

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The Concept of Middle Power and Türkiye’s Foreign Policy - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jul 7

⭐️The Concept of Middle Power and Türkiye’s Foreign Policy
We posed 3 questions to Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan whose insights provide valuable perspectives on Türkiye’s strategic positioning www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/t...

Ongoing conflicts and crises across various regions continue to underscore the intensifying power rivalries that define today’s international relations. The

Orta Büyüklükte Bir Güç Olarak Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası – Karel Valansi – Global Panorama

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 26

⭐️Orta Büyüklükte Bir Güç Olarak Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası. Panorama Soruyor için Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, Mehmet Ali Tuğtan’ın kapısını çaldık⭐️ www.globalpanorama.org/2025/06/orta...

Farklı bölgelerde devam eden savaş ve krizler, uluslararası ilişkilerde güç rekabetini öne çıkarıyor. Buna ABD’nin büyük güç olarak alışılmış rolünü yerine

“A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking” Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 22

“The future trajectory of Iran also depends on the international response. How Russia and China would react to a potential military involvement of the United States would radically change the script and reshape the international balance.” www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...

“We shall defend our people with all the means at our disposal. We shall not allow any enemy to develop weapons of mass destruction turned against us. another

“A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking” Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 21

My take: “A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking”
Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...

“We shall defend our people with all the means at our disposal. We shall not allow any enemy to develop weapons of mass destruction turned against us. another

As Iran Recedes, Türkiye Fills the Void - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 12

My latest: Wherever Iran looks, it now sees Türkiye; expanding its diplomatic, economic, and military presence across Eurasia, the Middle East, Africa. Comprehending the nature and consequences of this rivalry is crucial for any enduring strategy in the region www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/a...

Three months later, this strong warning looks less like a threat and more like a prediction. A decade ago, Iran was the region’s shadow puppeteer, proudly

Bir roman okudum, bütün hayatım değişti - I

Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 11

📚T24 okuyucularının önerdiği 104 kitap t24.com.tr/yazarlar/meh...

Büyük Birader seni izliyor. Düşünce polisi her yerde. Nelere kadirdir bir yemek? Hangi baharat kılavuzdur kalbe giden yola? Şan ve şerefle kandırılıp ölüme gönderilen piyonlar. Yalnızlık kader midir? ...

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Karel Valansi @karelvalansi.bsky.social · Jun 11

The United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Iraq due to a growing security risk in the Middle East.