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MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : FETULLAH GUELENS MAGNIFICENT ISRAEL CONNECTION
Despite detente, Erdogan may find Israel too good a scapegoat to resist
Turkish leader can be expected to cite main suspect Fethullah Gülen’s past links to Israeli dignitaries, Bar-Ilan scholar Efrat Aviv says
By Raphael Ahren July 19, 2016, THE TIMES OF ISRAEL – Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel. – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to start blaming Israel for the attempted coup that threatened to depose him over the weekend, due to a perceived connection between the Jewish state and the cleric he accuses of instigating the putsch, a leading Israeli expert on Turkey said. Erdogan blames the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, now in exile in Pennsylvania, for instigating the failed coup. Gülen, who denies the allegations, has had ties with various Jewish groups and in the 1990s met with Israel’s chief rabbi and a senior Israeli diplomat. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76171
MESOP SPECIAL
MESOP : DON TRUMPS PARTIALLY NATO-EXIT ? AN OLD EUROPEAN LEFT-WING FAVOR / FACING TURKEY TODAY
Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack
By DAVID E. SANGER and MAGGIE HABERMAN – “! July 2016 – NEW YORK TIMES – Reiterating a hard-line nationalist approach, Mr. Trump raised new questions about his commitment to automatically defend NATO allies. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76177
MESOP : THE FUTURE OF NATO & TURKEY & SECURITY SYSTEMS – COMMENTARY BY SONER CAGAPTEY (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)
Turkey’s Troubling Turn – Terrorism and Security After the Attempted Coup – By Soner Cagaptay
20 July 2016 – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76179
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP : THE TURKEY/EU STORY – A NEVER ENDING ROAD – Turkey’s long road to EU membership just got longer (THE VOTE FOR LEAVE CAMPAIGN)
President Erdoğan is now more concerned about seizing extra powers to deal with internal opposition than in cosying up to Brussels
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels – THE GUARDIAN – 20 July 2016 06.00 BST Last modified on Wednesday 20 July 2016 23.45 BST – Tanks on the street, parliament under attack and fighter jets buzzing over the Bosphorus: Turkey’s failed military coup, which led to the deaths of at least 232 people, has underlined the fragility of democracy in a country that thought it had left military adventurism in the past.But the chaotic events also underscore how far away Turkey remains from joining the European Union, …. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76181
MESOP : ISRAEL INTEL DEBKA FILES
Erdogan locks US airmen, nuclear arms in Incirlik – DEBKAfile Special Report July 20, 2016, 11:29 AM (IDT)
20 July 2016 – Some 1,500 US airmen and their families have been locked in the southern Turkish air base of Incirlik together with a stock if tactical nuclear bombs since President Reccep Erdogan crushed an attempted coup on Saturday, July 16. In the four days up until Wednesday, July 20, therefore, no air strikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq have been staged that Turkish base.This extraordinary situation, reported here by debkafile’s military sources, whereby a large group of American military personnel are held virtual captive by an allied government, was almost certainly raised in the phone call that took place Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Erdogan. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76190
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : FIRST TIME IN HISTORY – PKK/PYD NOW OIL STATE – US-backed Kurdish Forces Benefiting From Oil in Syria
By Sirwan Kajjo – 2016-07-21 02:26 GMT – SHADDADI, SYRIA (VOA) — When Kurdish-led forces took control of Shaddadi in northeastern Syria in February, they not only pushed back Islamic State militants who had been there for nearly one year, but they also got hold of the sprawling oil fields that stretch into the desert. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76192
MESOP REPORT : 3-hours-ago – U.S.-Backed Syrian Force Gives ISIS 48 Hours to Leave Manbij
Asharq Al-Awsat English – Asharq Al-Awsat English – 21 July 2016 – A U.S.-backed force fighting to drive ISIS out of Manbij said on Thursday it was giving the jihadist group 48 hours to pull out of their stronghold in the northern Syrian city, aiming to “protect civilian lives” there. “This initiative is the last remaining chance for besieged members of Daesh (ISIS) to leave the town,” said the Manbij Military Council, part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, using an Arabic acronym for the jihadist group. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76198
| MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP TOP OF THE AGENDA : COALITION DEFENSE CHIEFS DISCUSS CHALLENGES OF ISIS / PLUS COMMENTARIES BY BBC / CFR / NYT / AFP / AP & MORE Representatives from more than thirty countries are in Washington to discuss contingency plans in the event that the self-proclaimed Islamic State strongholds of Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria, fall in the coming months (NYT). U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that the biggest concern was that governance and stabilization efforts would lag behind the military campaign (AP). French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said his country would increase support to Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces and strengthen its cooperation (Medill) with the United States. UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said he would double UK troops in Iraq to five hundred (BBC). Meanwhile in Syria, U.S.-backed rebels issued an ultimatum for Islamic State fighters to leave the city of Manbij in forty-eight hours (AFP), and the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the U.S. anti-Islamic State bombing campaign following reports of dozens of civilian deaths around Manbij (Reuters). Read all commentaries |
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP Turkey Analysis: How Erdogan Used Social Media to Save Himself
July 21 – By Scott Lucas – eawordview – Early Saturday morning, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on the brink of being overthrown by a section of his military.
On vacation in Marmaris in the southwest, the President had escaped assassination or detention — by less than 30 minutes — in an attack by commandos. However, he seemed to be cut off. The military controlled the airspace and key positions in Istanbul and the capital Ankara. It was attacking the Parliament building and intelligence headquarters. And it appeared to control the airwaves, having taken over State TV and forced the anchorwoman to read, over and over, the declaration of the coup to restore democracy and human rights. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76200
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : FROM IDIOT TO IDIOT !
Steinmeier ruft Erdogan zu Verhältnismäßigkeit auf (FAZ 21 July 2016)
MESOP : DIE SCHARIA GEHÖRT LÄNGST ZUR RECHTSPRECHUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND / MIGRATIONSFUNKTIONÄRE & “PRO ASYL” SCHWEIGEN
Hält die Scharia Einzug in deutsche Gerichte? / Eine repräsentative Betrachtung
20.07.2016 Bonn. In Deutschland gelte das Grundgesetz und nicht die Scharia, stellte die Bundeskanzlerin fest. Ein näherer Blick auf die Praxis zeigt jedoch ein anderes Bild.
Scharia und Jihad gehören jetzt zu Deutschland. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=76183
MESOP BACKGROUNDER : DIE MILLIARDENANLAGEN DER TÜRKEI IN DEUTSCHLAND / OYAK – DER PENSIONSFOND TÜRKISCHER SOLDATEN IN DER BRD
- Die Türkei-Turbulenzen bedrohen die deutsche Ökonomie –
Die Unsicherheit wächst über Geschäfte mit dem Militärfonds und Kredite europäischer Förderbanken. Hochschulen vom Ausreiseverbot für Wissenschaftler entsetzt.
itz. WIEN, 20. Juli. Die Verwerfungen in der Türkei könnten stärker auf Europa aus-strahlen als bisher bekannt. Zum einen dürften die weitreichenden Geschäfte des Militärs leiden, das sich nach dem gescheiterten Putsch einer Verhaftungswelle ausgesetzt sieht. Der Pensionsfonds der Soldaten, Oyak, bildet eines der mächtigsten Wirtschaftskonglomerate des Landes, ihm gehören auch Unternehmen in Deutschland. Zum anderen könnten die europäischen Förderbanken EBRD und EIB in Mitleidenschaft gezogen werden, die aufgrund der Bedeutung der Türkei in der Flüchtlingsfrage ihre Milliardenkredite stark ausgeweitet haben. Nach Informationen dieser Zeitung hat die EIB wegen der Turbulenzen die Entscheidung über Neukredite bereits vertagt. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=76185
….. mit Compliments an Gerhard Scheit !
MESOP: SCHMITTIANISCHER DECISIONISMUS DER NEUEN SOUVERÄNE / EZB HEBT EIGENE REGEL AUF – ES GILT ALLES NUR NOCH BIS ES SICHER WIEDER AUFGEHOBEN WIRD
Europas Währungshüter tappen in ihre eigene Falle
Die EZB kauft jeden Monat für viele Milliarden Euro Staatsanleihen auf, um ein Aufflammen der Euro-Krise zu verhindern. Doch die wichtigsten Papiere sind bald ausverkauft – die deutschen. – Von Anja Ettel , Holger Zschäpitz – DIE WELT – 21 Juli 2016 – Seit Juni kauft die Europäische Zentralbank neben Staatsanleihen auch Unternehmenstitel. Nun hat die EZB erstmals die Liste dazu veröffentlicht: Viele der Firmen haben ein Rating in der B-Kategorie. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=76188