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Karol Wasilewski

@kwasylewsky.bsky.social
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Head of the Department for Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia @osweng.bsky.social | Co-founder of the Institute for Turkey Studies. Foresighter.

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Karol Wasilewski @kwasylewsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My (co-authored) analysis on the CHP and its not-so-distant future. www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...
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Awaiting a verdict. Turkish opposition under pressure
On 15 September, a court in Ankara decided to postpone proceedings concerning the general congress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) until 24 October. The main opposition party had feared a rulin...
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The third report of the project, "Poland's Security and Turkey: Apart and Yet Together", written by @kwasylewsky.bsky.social is now online. 👇 www.cats-network.eu/assets/cats/...
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Turkey recap @handle.invalid · 30/04/2025
Recap radio lives! Watch our webcast today on Turkey-Italy relations and defense cooperation. A big thanks @riccardogasco.bsky.social, Samuele Abrami and all who joined the live call: www.turkeyrecap.com/p/webcast-tu...
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Webcast: Turkey-Italy ties and defense cooperation
Watch now (79 mins) | Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Rome Tuesday for a Turkey-Italy intergovernmental summit, highlighting fast-developing trade and defense ties between the two NATO alli...
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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
My take on the events in Turkey: kulturkampftr.substack.com/p/turkey-res...
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Turkey Resists
By arresting İmamoğlu, Erdoğan banks on public apathy. He's getting the opposite.
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JamesInTurkey.com @jamesinturkey.com · 23/03/2025
Now that Ekrem İmamoğlu has been formally charged and he has been stripped – temporarily, we are told – of his Istanbul mayoralty, what happens next? A thread 🧵
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Since yesterday, I have been watching the pro-govt A-Haber. Its framing of the arrests has four pillars: i) we are witnessing the largest corruption scandal of the century, ii) corrupt politics contaminate CHP, and iii) Ozel's call for demonstrations is a fifth-column activity +
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Karol Wasilewski @kwasylewsky.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
In my debut for Centre for Eastern Studies, I am trying to decipher Turkey’s approach towards negotiations between 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺. Briefly speaking - “no discussions on Ukraine without us”. www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...
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Turkey’s stance on US negotiations with Russia: no discussions on Ukraine without us
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Ankara on 18 February provided Turkey with an opportunity to present its stance on negotiations between the United States and the Russian Federation. During a p...
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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 10/02/2025
"Turkey has intensified its military involvement in Chad, taking control of the Abeche military base. This move marks a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape of the region, as Turkey expands its influence in Africa amidst ongoing conflicts and instability." balkaneu.com/turkey-expan...
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Turkey Expands Military Presence in Chad: A New Strategic Move
Turkey has recently intensified its military involvement in Chad, taking control of the Abeche military base. This move marks a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape of the region, as Turkey...
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Given its economic and foreign policy challenges, Ankara is cautious about not acting alone in Syria. This is why the initial offer to support Damascus in ISIS-related matters (deterrence& management of camps)
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Will Todman @willtodman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Amid reports that Trump will withdraw U.S. troops from NE Syria, Jon talked with Dr @sinemadar.bsky.social about Turkey's strategy in Syria after Assad's ouster. open.spotify.com/episode/4FPQ...
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Sinem Adar: Turkey's Syria Challenge
Babel: Translating the Middle East · Episode
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I have written a short piece about the new initiative of the People's Alliance towards solving Turkey's decades long armed conflict with the PKK. My first attempt to write something in German... www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
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Zwischen Versöhnung und Repression: Was hinter Ankaras neuer Politik steckt
Die türkische Regierung ändert ihre Strategie im jahrzehntelangen türkisch-kurdischen Konflikt. Doch geht es dabei um Versöhnung oder um...
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Diego Cupolo @diegocupolo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New Pew Research Center survey finds 11 percent of respondents in Turkey classified themselves as "religious nationalists". Other points for consideration: www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Regularly Pınarhisar based Turkish Army 5th Corps Engineer Regiment have completed the construction of a temporary bridge over Biała Lądecka river in Krosnowice, Lower Silesia Poland, after the original structure was destroyed during devastating floods in September: tvpworld.com/84572538/tur...
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Turkish troops rebuild bridge in flood-hit Polish village
The bridge was destroyed during September’s catastrophic floods.
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Points of divergence: "Most Kurds" instead of „all Kurds“ (as exp. by Ahmet Turk); counting Ozel together with Erdogan&Bahceli (Ocalan refers to the latter two); the need for Ankara to orient itself towards Kurds (again ref. Ahmet Turk‘s statement)&no mention of external powers.
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Karol Wasilewski @kwasylewsky.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thrilled to embark on new challenges in the new year! I'm joining the dynamic team at the Centre for Eastern Studies (www.osw.waw.pl/en) to lead the departament for Turkey, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Keep your finger crossed 🤞 for this new analytical adventure.
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"A com­prehensive look at the restructuring of the security landscape, including but not lim­ited to the TAF, demonstrates a structural transformation that goes beyond the di­chotomy of a strong versus weak military.
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Ankara's widened space for manoeuvre in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime has implications for domestic politics in Turkey. Firstly, it bolsters the narrative about a strong Turkey under Erdogan's leadership.
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Artur J. Dubiel @handle.invalid · 11/12/2024
Miało być kilka minut, wyszło nam pół godziny... Zapraszamy z dr. @kwasylewsky.bsky.social do odsłuchania naszej kuluarowej rozmowy.
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Karol Wasilewski @kwasylewsky.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great discussion about Russia disinformation in the Middle East and Turkey. Thank you very much @abryc.bsky.social @yoruk.bsky.social Łukasz Fyderek and Günter Seufert for your insightful interventions 👏!
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It sounds like he might have listened to James Jeffrey, who in his recent interview with Al-Monitor said - if I recall correctly - that the US withdrawal from N.Syria would create security vacuums, which would not be good for Turkey.
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Turkey recap @handle.invalid · 07/02/2024
"It was a day of sorrow and anger; one to remember what was lost, and a chance to confront the officials who attended the memorial in Antakya." Nimet Kıraç on the commemoration of the Feb. 6 earthquake in Hatay:
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“Can anyone hear my voice?”: Earthquake survivors seek justice, dignity a year on
ANTAKYA – Tuesday morning at 3:50 am, thousands of people gathered by the wrecked city center of Antakya with cloves and basil in their hands. It was cold and a thick mist hung in the air, concealin...
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Patronage distribution of resources by the AKP to consolidate its own constituency and to simultaneously punish opposition voters is known. What is striking in Erdogan‘s remarks today addressing citizens in Hatay is the overtness of the threat. www.duvarenglish.com/turkeys-erdo...
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Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Hatay constituents to elect AKP mayor if they ‘want service’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed residents in the earthquake-torn Hatay province and urged them to vote for the ruling AKP’s mayoral candidate in the local elections if they wanted ...
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