Kadir Ustun

The trans­for­ma­tion of Turkey’s po­lit­i­cal sys­tem will ush­er in a pe­ri­od of sta­bil­i­ty for civil­ian rule.

Turkey’s air strikes on PKK-af­fil­i­at­ed groups in Iraq and Syr­ia should be a wake-up call for the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion.

If the US in­sists on sup­port­ing the YPG against Turkey’s wish­es, Syr­ia’s post-ISIL sta­bil­i­ty is go­ing to be in per­il.

Turkey is seek­ing to pro­tect its eco­nom­ic and po­lit­i­cal in­ter­ests in north­ern Iraq while fight­ing against PKK and ISIL.

For the anti-ISIL strat­e­gy to suc­ceed, hav­ing a se­ri­ous strate­gic di­a­logue with Turkey would go a long way.

With­out the sup­port of Syr­ia’s mod­er­ate op­po­si­tion or boots on the ground, ISIL will only grow stron

Crit­ics say Turkey’s Syr­ia pol­i­cy doesn’t work be­cause As­sad is not re­form­ing – but the crit­ics are wrong.