Fulya Ozerkan

Fulya Ozerkan Is AFP correspondent in Istanbul. Her reporting has also appeared at Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo, France 24, Mail & Guardian, The Times South Africa, and Middle East Eye . Follow her at @FulyaOzerkan.

Kurds

Turkey will set up and itself Manage Syria ‘Security Zone’ after Trump Call

Fulya Ozerkan

By Fulya OZERKAN | – Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey welcomed the planned withdrawal of some 2,000 US troops from Syria but the future of US-backed Kurdish militia forces there labelled terrorists by Ankara has poisoned US-Turkish ties Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Ankara would set up a “security zone” in northern Syria […]

Turkey

Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

Fulya Ozerkan

Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues including the Syria conflict, Russian relations and migrants in his new term, but he may also show signs of compromise. Foreign policy will be immediately on the agenda after Erdogan’s inauguration Monday, as […]