Şaban Kardaş

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Dr. Şaban Kardaş is a research professor and programme coordinator at the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University. He has published books, articles and book chapters on Turkish domestic and foreign policies, energy policies and international security, regional security issues in the Middle East and Gulf, and has been an occasional contributor to international media.

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For that, collective action will be needed now.

Oil tanks at Saudi Aramco facility in Abqaiq

If the HDP is serious about delivering on Kurdish demands, it has to consider forming a coalition with AK party.

Selahattin Demirtas arrives for a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey [AP]

Turkey’s policy to rise above sectarianism will prove to be a bulwark against the cycle of violence in the Middle East.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu looks through binoculars at Syria from a Turkish military base at the border with Syria [Reuters]

The latest developments in Iraq have proven Turkey’s foreign policy strategy effective.

Turkey's former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has maintained good relations with various groups in Iraq, writes Kardas [AFP/Getty Images]

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