Militarization of Armenia is not a new development since it became a vital agenda for the country from the independence, said Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu, analyst at the Turkish Strategic Outlook analytical center. Oztarsu made the remark as he commented on news that the Armenian side has approved the deal with Russia on weapons supply to [...]
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Azerbaijan should be careful for new provocations
Ekim 19th, 2017 
oztarsu Georgia to start new projects with Korea
Haziran 9th, 2017 oztarsu Georgia, which is located at the heart of the Caucasus region, has a great willingness to improve relations with South Korea. The country’s newly appointed Ambassador Otar Berdzenishvili has shared his significant projects for the bilateral relations with journalists during a press meeting in early May.
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No Comments »Korea’s Springboard: Smart City Concept
Haziran 5th, 2017 oztarsu A significant conference was held in early April and provided good opportunities to show Korean economic and urban progress to the world journalists. Government establishes new cities in the empty areas of the country and gets benefits economically as well as inviting foreign investors. So, the Korean governors follow the concept of Smart City.
Korea-peaceful power in East Asia
Nisan 20th, 2017 oztarsu One hundred journalists from 55 countries discussed the role of media in building peace, at the five-day 2017 World Journalists Conference which was organized by Journalists Association of Korea in early April. The program included significant topics to discuss especially on conflict resolution and the role of media. The program started in Seoul and continued [...]
New Armenian policy for the Nagorno-Karabakh issue
Nisan 17th, 2017 oztarsu Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region voted in a referendum to change the presidential powers on February 20. The separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region has strengthened the leader’s powers in a referendum that international observers warned was illegal. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a territorial and ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which by de-facto, is [...]
Turkey’s choice between Shanghai, EU
Aralık 19th, 2016 oztarsu Turkey, located between Europe and Asia, faces several conflicts due to recent political tension. Its geographical location provides significant opportunities as well as vital threats. The current Turkish government is trying to eliminate dangers and puts forth great efforts to create sustainable security in the region. But it seems that neither the European Union nor [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: european union, shanghai cooperation organisation, turkey No Comments »Turkey in anticipation: will Putin visit the country?
Eylül 30th, 2016 oztarsu Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey in October. A spokesman of Russian President Dmitry Peskov informed yesterday, commenting on the statement of the chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Stock Exchanges Rifat Hisarciklioglu, who reported about the possibility of Putin’s visit to Turkey in October. Before the expected visit of the Russian [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES, NEWS ABOUT ME Tags: putin visits turkey, turkey russia relations No Comments »The South Caucasus and Its Neighborhood
Eylül 19th, 2016 oztarsu The region of the South Caucasus is famous for its rich culture, and sadly, for numerous conflicts that sprung up as the Soviet Union was collapsing. Frustrated have been the hopes that after the initial spark of violence in the early 1990s, these conflicts would remain non-violent and “frozen” until sustainable peace was reached. In [...]
Russian-Turkish relations will be stronger than they were before crisis
Ağustos 11th, 2016 oztarsu Relations between Russia and Turkey not only returned to the previous level, but will get even stronger in some time after yesterday’s meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish experts Mehmet Perindzhek and Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu said.
Should the West Fear a Turkey-Russia Convergence?
Ağustos 10th, 2016 oztarsu In each installment of “CGI Asks,” a selection of experts respond to a question on the latest developments in Russia and Eurasia. In the run-up to the widely anticipated meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St. Petersburg on August 9, we asked experts to consider the extent to which a [...]
