Can Erimtan

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Dr. Can Erimtan is an independent scholar residing in İstanbul, with a wide interest in the politics, history and culture of the Balkans and the Greater Middle East. He attended the VUB in Brussels and did his graduate work at the universities of Essex and Oxford. In Oxford, Erimtan was a member of Lady Margaret Hall and he obtained his doctorate in Modern History in 2002. His publications include the book “Ottomans Looking West?” as well as numerous scholarly articles. In the period 2010-11, he wrote op-eds for Today’s Zaman and in the further course of 2011 he also published a number of pieces in Hürriyet Daily News. In 2013, he was the Turkey Editor of the İstanbul Gazette. He is on Twitter at @theerimtanangle

Will Turkish vote thwart ‘foreign plans’ for independent Kurdistan? Opinion
Turkey's recent elections have produced an unexpected outcome as voters appeared to oppose the one-party AKP rule and allowed the Kurdish their moment in the sun. The result seems to run counter to the plans of the US, Israel and even Saudi Arabia.
Jun 10, 2015 15:46
Spelling out Zbig's legacy on Turkish Riviera: NATO's Antalya summit Opinion
The two-day NATO foreign ministers' meeting in the Turkish city of Antalya has reaffirmed the West's commitment to the continuation of the New Cold War as well as its dedication of armed opposition to Islamic militancy.
May 15, 2015 12:43
ISIS and its mission: Religious cleansing, genocide & destruction of the past Opinion
The Islamic State has become part and parcel of global news cycles, but its goals remain little discussed. Instead, Westerners focus on determining whether or not IS should be understood as representing Islam or rather as an aberration of the faith.
May 10, 2015 07:55
Terror in Turkey: What lies behind it? Opinion
The spectacular terrorist attack on the Caglayan Justice Palace and its bloody resolution, culminating in the deaths of the hostage-takers and their hapless hostage, are events that occupy public opinion in Turkey.
Apr 2, 2015 14:39
The abduction of Suleyman Shah Opinion
Turkey, ruled by the Justice and Development Party (or AKP), has over the past years openly opposed Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria. Still, it took Recep Tayyip Erdogan many years to actually send his troops next door . . . until late February that is.
Mar 3, 2015 16:28
134-day Islamic State siege of Kobani lifted Opinion
The apparently unstoppable progress of the IS terrorist group now seems to have come to an end on the Syrian-Turkish border. Kurdish fighters, opposition forces and coalition air strikes have thwarted the Caliph's designs on the town of Kobani.
Jan 30, 2015 15:16
Matter of deadly legacies: War on terror and new Cold War Opinion
Today the West, and the rest of the world, is faced with a whole host of deadly threats affecting many people in many regions close by, as well as wide and far removed.
Jan 28, 2015 16:40
The end of "Secular Turkey" or Ottomans re-emergent? Opinion
On the international scene Turkey is playing a high stakes game, trying to transform itself into an international energy hub as vividly illustrated by the recent rapprochement between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Jan 13, 2015 10:55
The Charlie Hebdo attack: Geo-politics, eurocentrism, Islamophobia, and blowback Opinion
The recent violent outrage in Paris that saw cartoonists and other innocents killed is but the latest example of the way in which Muslim extremists nowadays manage to occupy the airwaves and dominate the news broadcasts.
Jan 9, 2015 20:46
The Prez, the FSA, and the Caliph: A Zero Problem Policy? Opinion
Prime Minister-turned-President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (aka the Prez) performed a remarkable U-turn some years ago - a U-turn that transformed Bashar Assad from a "brother" of his into a "bloody handed dictator.”
Dec 15, 2014 14:49

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