Turkey-Armenia: Open the Gate (5.5.21)
DuvarEnglish article on the closed Turkey-Armenia border: Turkey and Armenia don’t have diplomatic relations, nor an open land border. The reason is not different interpretations of the past, but the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh. This changed last fall, so that there is no formal reason left why Turkey should not have an open border with Armenia. Time to open the gates! Read the full article: https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkey-armenia-border-open-the-gate-article-57358
Damaged Laschet vs rising Baerbock (DuvarEnglish, 22.4.21)
DuvarEnglish article about the candidate nomination of the two biggest German political parties, the CDU and the Greens. Abstract: The two biggest German parties finally have their candidates for the elections in fall. While there are no losers within the Greens, there are many losers in the CDU, the most important one the chairman and now chancellor candidate. The CDU/CSU turned it into a dirty power struggle that severely damaged Read More …
Intervista sul caso giudiziario di Ömer Faruk Gergerlioglu (9.4.21)
Intervista col correspondente di Radio Radicale in Turchia, Mariano Giustino, su la personlità die Ömer Faruk Gergerlioglu e perchè é diventato un target del governo. L’intervista sul sito di Radio Radicale (in totale 16 minuti) https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/633841/turchia-intervista-allanalista-ekrem-guzeldere-sul-caso-giudiziario-di-omer-faruk
A new EU framework for Turkey? (7.4.2021)
DuvarEnglish article on Turkey-EU relations after the EUCO summit, Turkey is still a candidate, but is not treated as such and all sides seem to be OK with it. For the record, Turkey is still an EU candidate. However, a parallel framework has emerged after the EU summit of March 25, which treats Turkey as a third party rather than a candidate for membership. If Turkey deescalates in the East-Med, Read More …
Intervista sul vertice europeo (Radio Radicale, 26.03.21)
Intervista sul vertice del Consiglio europeo del 25 marzo 2021 in merito ai rapporti Turchia-UE con Mariano Giustino, correspondente dalla Turchia per Radio Radicale. Per ascoltare tutta l’intervista: https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/632693/intervista-con-ekem-eddy-guzeldere-in-collegamento-da-berlino-sul-vertice-del
The inconvenient impact of Gergerlioğlu (24.3.21)
DuvarEnglish article ahead of the EUCO Summit later this week … Read the full article: https://www.duvarenglish.com/the-inconvenient-impact-of-gergerlioglu-article-56766
Germany’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis (9 March 2021)
DuvarEnglish article about what has been going wrong in Germany concerning the Corona-pandemic, from missing masks and limiting testing to the slow vaccination process. Full article: https://www.duvarenglish.com/germanys-mishandling-of-the-covid-19-crisis-article-56555
From (virtual) Munich with harmony (23 Feb 2021)
Article for DuvarEnglish about the new rhetorical harmony between the US and Europe. For U.S. President Biden, the world is at a crossroads between autocracy and democracy. He is counting on allies in Europe to strengthen the democratic bloc. After four years of Trump, who declared the EU an enemy of American interests, one can understand the relief in Europe over Biden and his foreign policy course. However, whether the Read More …
Laschet not to change Germany’s approach towards Turkey (21.1.21)
DuvarEnglish article about the election of Armin Laschet to the presidency of the CDU, what it means for the party, its direction, but also the approach towards Turkey and the German-Turks. https://www.duvarenglish.com/laschet-not-to-change-germanys-approach-towards-turkey-article-55932
Intervista sull’elezione di Armin Laschet come presidente della CDU (17.1.21)
Abbiamo parlato con Mariano Giustino, correspondente di Radio Radicale in Turchia sull’elezione di Armin Laschet alla presidenza della CDU. Potete ascoltare l’intervista sull sito di Radio Radicale: https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/626572/intervista-a-ekrem-guzeldere-in-collegamento-da-berlino-sullelezione-del-governatore