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<title><![CDATA[Fehim Tastekin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32962.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Fehim Tastekin]]></description><category domain="32962">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Eying Gaza Mediator Role, Turkey Cools Hamas Ties]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/eying-gaza-mediator-role-turkey-cools-hamas-ties-erdogan-restrains-rhetoric</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ankara has politely shown the door to Hamas leaders staying in Turkey, according to two sources, as it walks a diplomatic tightrope, careful not to jeopardize its recent thaw with Israel while maintaining support for the Palestinian cause.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Emerges as Catalyst for Middle East Realignment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/02/iran-emerges-catalyst-closer-ties-turkey-uae-israel-triangle</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attacks on Emirati and Turkish targets by forces hostile to normalization with Israel are unlikely to be just coincidence as the prospect of new regional partnerships irks Iran.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Lies Behind Erdogan's Syria Offer to the West?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/03/what-lies-behind-erdogans-syria-offer-west</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Turkish president's appeal to the West to back Turkey in Syria and make political gains at minimum cost comes as a sign he has little intention of giving up his ambitions in Syria.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is Turkey's Role in Tripoli Political Tremor?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/09/turkey-libya-sarraj-dismissal-of-interior-minister-bashagha.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The power struggle inside the Tripoli government is drawing Turkey into a political brouhaha with unpredictable consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Libya's 'Syrianization' Scenario Mean?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/05/turkey-russia-libya-may-lead-to-faceoff-similar-to-syria.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Turkey may have gotten kudos for tipping the balance in Libya, but Russian countermoves raise the prospect of Turkish collaboration with Russia in the North African country, which is not to the liking of countries that have been giving plaudits to Ankara.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Turkey on Moderation Path in Its Foreign Policy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/05/turkey-israel-egypt-libya-uae-ankara-moderate-diplomacy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conciliatory messages coming out of Ankara recently may appear as an effort to moderate Turkish foreign policy vis-a-vis the United States, Europe and Israel, but they are likely to be just maneuvering to weather the many stalemates in Turkey's foreign ties.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Turkey Planning to Curb Radicals in Idlib?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/02/turkey-syria-russia-is-ankara-changing-strategy-in-dlib-hts.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a scenario that invokes its Afrin operation in 2018, Ankara speaks of reining in radical groups and asserting field control in Idlib, hoping that Moscow will give it a nod to avoid war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Golan Heights Decision Deepens Rift With Turkey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/turkey-israel-usa-cost-of-ankaras-anger-over-golan-heights.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The list of disagreements between the United States and Turkey is growing with Washington's decision to recognize the Golan Heights as belonging to Israel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Turkey's Christians as 'Fine' as They Say?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/08/turkey-local-christians-after-detention-of-american-pastor.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid a simmering crisis over a detained American pastor, Turkey'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s non-Muslim minorities asserted they enjoy religious freedom in the country, but the declaration belies ongoing grievances and fears.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Syrian Kurdish Self-Rule Succeed?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/turkey-syria-kurds-confident-their-self-rule-succeed.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Fehim Tastekin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many analysts are busy trying to understand the motivation that led to the unexpected declaration recently of a federal system by Syrian Kurds, who until then were promoting a cantonal model that would incorporate divergent ethnic and religious groups.Al-Monitor asked Abdul Karim Omar,...]]></description>
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