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In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics
Al Monitor-Türkiye’nin Nabzı bölümünün yazarlarındandır. Farklı gazetelerde çalıştıktan sonra uzun süre Radikal gazetesinde köşe yazarlığı yaptı. Ajans Kafkas’ın kurucu editörüydü. IMC TV’de dış politika programı ‘SINIRSIZ’ın daimi yorumcusuydu. Türk dış politikası, Kafkasya, Orta Doğu ve Avrupa Birliği konularında uzmanlaşmıştır. “Suriye: Yıkıl Git, Diren Kal”, “Rojava: Kürtlerin Zamanı” ve “Karanlık Çöktüğünde: IŞİD” adlı kitapların yazarıdır. Twitter: @fehimtastekin
![U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts a bilateral meeting with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED KINGDOM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR453HP](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/09/RTR453HP.jpg/RTR453HP.jpg?h=077ac243&itok=1hWKtBAn)
![A Iraqi Turkmen Shiite fighter, who volunteered to join the government forces, runs for cover on August 4, 2014 in Amerli, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of Baghdad, as the city has been completely surrounded by Islamic State (IS) Sunni militants for more than six weeks. Residents say a humanitarian disaster is imminent in the town, which has been without power and drinking water for days. IS fighters, who run large swathes of neighbouring Syria, launched a blistering offensive on June 9 that saw the](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/08/453167654.jpg/453167654.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=vhm2grSK)
![A picture taken on August 19, 2014 shows people making the victory sign as they attend the funeral ceremony of Mehdi Taskin, 24, who died during clashes that erupted between protesters and security forces during an operation to remove a statue of Mahsum Korkmazare, one of the founders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). One person was killed and two were wounded in the clashes that erupted when a group of protesters gathered at the cemetery to prevent security forces from removing the statue. Meh](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/08/453819256.jpg/453819256.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=2d0p_cRv)
![A demonstrator hold pictures of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen (R), during a protest against Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP), demanding the resignation of Erdogan, in Istanbul December 30, 2013. Erdogan swore on Sunday he would survive a corruption crisis circling his cabinet, saying those seeking his overthrow would fail just like mass anti-government protests last summer. Gulen denies involvement in stirring up the graft case, but he regularly censures Erdogan, a](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/08/RTX16XIB.jpg/RTX16XIB.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=RwlWK4TH)
![Palestinian youths take part during a rally in support of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (seen on banner), at the Seaport of Gaza City June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX10RQC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/08/RTX10RQC.jpg/RTX10RQC.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=BI7zyE5j)
![Youths wave Kurdish and Syrian opposition flags from the top of a building during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kobani near Aleppo July 3, 2012. Picture taken July 3, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR34KQ3](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/07/RTR34KQ3.jpg/RTR34KQ3.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=DJI_bPyv)
![Turkish trucks and tankers, shuttling between Turkey and Iraq, queue on a road leading to the Habur border gate in southeastern Turkey, before crossing into Iraq with their goods, February 23, 2008. Turkey's exports to Iraq jumped nine percent last year to $2.8 billion and its influence can be felt across northern Iraq in the form of supermarkets, consumer goods, construction firms and traders from all over Turkey. To match feature TURKEY-IRAQ/CONFLICT REUTERS/Fatih Saribas (TURKEY) - RTR1XKEF](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/07/RTR1XKEF.jpg/RTR1XKEF.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=E28WYt2M)
![Kurdish demonstrators hold flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012, in support of Ocalan, who was captured on February 15, 1999, and is currently serving a life sentence in Turkey. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2XXY4](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/06/RTR2XXY4.jpg/RTR2XXY4.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=wKiIBzkA)
![Iraqi Shi'ite Turkmen fighters take part in an intensive security deployment in the town of Taza, south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, June 19, 2014. The United States is contemplating talks with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3UORW](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/06/RTR3UORW.jpg/RTR3UORW.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=Au-AtzCn)
![Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, chant slogans in Baghdad, June 14, 2014. Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged followers to take up arms against a full-blown Sunni militant insurgency to topple Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, escalating a conflict that threatens civil war and a possible break-up of the country. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS M](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/06/RTR3TRBZ.jpg/RTR3TRBZ.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=hISkRTab)
![- PHOTO TAKEN 27OCT05 - Alevi women rock back and forth as they worship in the haunting rhythm and religious chants during their prayers "Cem Ayini" at an Alevi cemevi in Istanbul October 27, 2005. Long oppressed under Ottoman rule, the Alevis say they still face discrimination, even though the government has officially championed religious freedoms and human rights as it bids to gain membership to the [European Union]. Photo taken October 27, 2005. - RTXNXQC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/06/RTXNXQC.jpg/RTXNXQC.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=OFMMcm1n)