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Message to Ankara.
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Message to Ankara.
a- "...the Syrian theater has flipped since the regime’s collapse on December 8, 2024, when an opposition offensive—with political cover from Ankara and Western partners—pushed Bashar al-Assad from power. Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), now leading the transitional government, has moved...
"...One immediately recalls the mysterious plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August 2023 – a crash U.S. intelligence believes was caused by an intentional explosion on board, quite likely an assassination ordered from the highest levels in Moscow..." 👇
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara? geopolist.com/tuaf543-acci...
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
a- "...the Syrian theater has flipped since the regime’s collapse on December 8, 2024, when an opposition offensive—with political cover from Ankara and Western partners—pushed Bashar al-Assad from power. Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), now leading the transitional government, has moved...
"...One immediately recalls the mysterious plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August 2023 – a crash U.S. intelligence believes was caused by an intentional explosion on board, quite likely an assassination ordered from the highest levels in Moscow..." 👇
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara? geopolist.com/tuaf543-acci...
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara?
Video footage captured by onlookers appears to show the Turkish Air Force C-130E spiraling downward from the sky in multiple pieces, leaving a trail of white vapor or smoke in its wake. The hulking fo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"...One immediately recalls the mysterious plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August 2023 – a crash U.S. intelligence believes was caused by an intentional explosion on board, quite likely an assassination ordered from the highest levels in Moscow..." 👇
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara? geopolist.com/tuaf543-acci...
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara?
Video footage captured by onlookers appears to show the Turkish Air Force C-130E spiraling downward from the sky in multiple pieces, leaving a trail of white vapor or smoke in its wake. The hulking fo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
TUAF543: Accident at FL240—or a Message to Ankara? geopolist.com/tuaf543-acci...
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Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Free the Future: Why Turkey Should Prioritize Demirtaş Over Öcalan
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"...The result is a document that reads like both manifesto and command briefing. Its tone is not consultative. Even when Öcalan gestures to pluralism—praising the women’s movement’s discipline after Songül Çelik asks about duties—he speaks from a lectern, issues assignments, and reserves the ...
a- "...Erdoğan doesn’t want a democratic Kurdish partner. He wants an authoritarian mirror image—someone who can speak on behalf of the Kurds without being accountable to them. In this model, Abdullah Öcalan becomes useful not as a representative of Kurdish aspirations, but as a controllable figure
The Myth of Bahçeli: The Kurdish Peace Process, Power, Patronage, and the Illusion of a New Republic newsaboutturkey.com/2025/04/22/t...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"...The result is a document that reads like both manifesto and command briefing. Its tone is not consultative. Even when Öcalan gestures to pluralism—praising the women’s movement’s discipline after Songül Çelik asks about duties—he speaks from a lectern, issues assignments, and reserves the ...
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...right to settle accounts with those he deems obstructive, whether in Qandil or in Iraqi Kurdistan..."
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On the Brink of “Dissolution”: Öcalan’s Alleged Teleconference Unpacked
A set of leaked minutes, said to transcribe a teleconference held on 2 May 2025 between imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and senior figures from the movement, portrays the most far-reaching rheto...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
...right to settle accounts with those he deems obstructive, whether in Qandil or in Iraqi Kurdistan..."
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On the Brink of “Dissolution”: Öcalan’s Alleged Teleconference Unpacked newsaboutturkey.com/2025/11/11/o...
On the Brink of “Dissolution”: Öcalan’s Alleged Teleconference Unpacked
A set of leaked minutes, said to transcribe a teleconference held on 2 May 2025 between imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and senior figures from the movement, portrays the most far-reaching rheto...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On the Brink of “Dissolution”: Öcalan’s Alleged Teleconference Unpacked newsaboutturkey.com/2025/11/11/o...
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We’re excited to announce that, in response to growing demand, Geopolist now offers project-based risk advisory—including Risk Reports, Due Diligence, and Investment Analysis—focused on Turkey and its neighbourhood: MENA, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
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Contact: geopolist@proton.me
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Contact: geopolist@proton.me
September 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We’re excited to announce that, in response to growing demand, Geopolist now offers project-based risk advisory—including Risk Reports, Due Diligence, and Investment Analysis—focused on Turkey and its neighbourhood: MENA, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
👇
Contact: geopolist@proton.me
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Contact: geopolist@proton.me
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#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::::))))
- #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::::))))
October 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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...👇
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.👇
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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...👇
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2-...In the photo, our national pride KAAN is behind us; and we, for our part, will stand behind KAAN to the very end.”
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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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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.👇
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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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Özel calls the litigation track “risky” because it could further “weaken the rule of law“,his assurance that “not all judges are under Erdoğan’s control” serves as a legitimacy voucher, used whenever the government needs to claim the courts are independent enough
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September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Özel calls the litigation track “risky” because it could further “weaken the rule of law“,his assurance that “not all judges are under Erdoğan’s control” serves as a legitimacy voucher, used whenever the government needs to claim the courts are independent enough
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On the Eve of White House Talks, #Turkey Sends AWACS to Lithuania as #Trump Hints at Fast-Track Sanctions Relief
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September 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
On the Eve of White House Talks, #Turkey Sends AWACS to Lithuania as #Trump Hints at Fast-Track Sanctions Relief
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"...As we have cautioned, this “managed transition” model dangerously concentrates power. In effect, Turkey is being—if it hasn’t already been—steered away from competitive autocracy toward a dynastic autocracy..."
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September 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"...As we have cautioned, this “managed transition” model dangerously concentrates power. In effect, Turkey is being—if it hasn’t already been—steered away from competitive autocracy toward a dynastic autocracy..."
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After Trump’s comment below, what’s the competitive-authoritarianism chorus in academia saying about Turkey—anything new?::)))👇
The very voices that later castigated Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the 2023 loss—and claimed he kept Ekrem İmamoğlu off the ballot—are now breathlessly sharing Trump’s “He knows about rigged elections better than anybody…” quip as if it were a revelation. Same crowd, same reflex—utterly spineless.
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
After Trump’s comment below, what’s the competitive-authoritarianism chorus in academia saying about Turkey—anything new?::)))👇
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After Strasbourg says ‘free him,’ Bahçeli echoes: Demirtaş’s release would benefit Turkey
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November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After Strasbourg says ‘free him,’ Bahçeli echoes: Demirtaş’s release would benefit Turkey
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Ankara court tosses bid to oust CHP leader Özgür Özel, calling case ‘moot’
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October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ankara court tosses bid to oust CHP leader Özgür Özel, calling case ‘moot’
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The DEM Party’s İmralı team rejected only the fake line Ergan put in Öcalan’s mouth, but they carefully avoided denying whether Öcalan actually blocked Demirtaş’s release.👇
The thief Ergan built his article on our analysis and then propped it up with an Öcalan👇 quote that he made up - explicitly rejected by the İmrali team of the DEM party:
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
Another example of our analysis resurfacing 24–48 hours later, rebranded as insider chatter from the corridors of power in Ankara—with no attribution.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The DEM Party’s İmralı team rejected only the fake line Ergan put in Öcalan’s mouth, but they carefully avoided denying whether Öcalan actually blocked Demirtaş’s release.👇
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The thief Ergan built his article on our analysis and then propped it up with an Öcalan👇 quote that he made up - explicitly rejected by the İmrali team of the DEM party:
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
Another example of our analysis resurfacing 24–48 hours later, rebranded as insider chatter from the corridors of power in Ankara—with no attribution.
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The thief Ergan built his article on our analysis and then propped it up with an Öcalan👇 quote that he made up - explicitly rejected by the İmrali team of the DEM party:
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
“Demirtaş’s active involvement would not yield good results—for me, for the government, or for the continuation of the process.”
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Allegation: Öcalan prevented Demirtaş’s release — first response from the DEM Party.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Allegation: Öcalan prevented Demirtaş’s release — first response from the DEM Party.
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Another example of our analysis resurfacing 24–48 hours later, rebranded as insider chatter from the corridors of power in Ankara—with no attribution.
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Another example of our analysis resurfacing 24–48 hours later, rebranded as insider chatter from the corridors of power in Ankara—with no attribution.
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...
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halktv.com.tr/makale/ankar...