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Porkins Great Game: Episode #15 – Turkey Coup Special

On this special episode of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I talk about the recent coup attempt in Turkey. We lay out the timeline of events on July 15 and explain why the coup failed before offering our take on the various theories floating around about what really happened that night. Pearse and IContinue reading “Porkins Great Game: Episode #15 – Turkey Coup Special”

Syrian Turkmens, Turkish Nationalists, Russian Jets and the Battle for Bayırbucak

Within hours after the first Russian airstrikes in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Western journalists began to explain why Russia’s intervention “is doomed to fail.”[1][2] A few days later, Western media gleefully announced that Russia’s intervention has failed.[3] But four months into Russia’s Syria campaign, it is now becoming increasingly difficult to denyContinue reading “Syrian Turkmens, Turkish Nationalists, Russian Jets and the Battle for Bayırbucak”

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