Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
The threat made by Turkey: a guide
Since the immoral and illegal EU/Turkey Deal was enacted on 20 March 2016, it seems as if we have written almost once a week about the...
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 7, 20199 min read
Turkey and Northern Syria part one: Invasion?
i. Turkey to be ‘allowed’ to enter/invade Northern Syria The US’ White House Press Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham announced this morning...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Jul 31, 201934 min read
Idlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 2019
2019 Statistics so far 1. New arrivals by sea 2. Transfers from the islands to mainland 3. Other removals from the islands 4. Detention...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Jul 23, 201933 min read
New democracy? A guide to Greece under Nea Dimokratia
People who like to deal in political aphorisms will tell you that the first weeks a government spends in power are its most important....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 22, 20189 min read
Numbers: the missing 17,951?
There are at least 17,951 people who were registered as refugees and/or made an application for asylum, in Greece, from 1 January-18...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Apr 6, 201829 min read
Greece - an ongoing, and growing, crisis
Arrivals to Eastern Aegean islands, 1 January – 4 April 2018, inclusive Lesvos, 3,079. Total arrivals since 30 March: 351. Chios, 397....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Mar 20, 201820 min read
The EU/Turkey Deal, two years on
The exact date of the anniversary of the initiation of the EU/Turkey Deal is a matter of some debate, as the document was signed on 16...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 21, 20173 min read
The problem with the EU/Turkey Deal is not its 'failure', but its absolute immorality, and i
In an actually quite dangerous article, Greek national newspaper Kathimerini this morning pretends that the EU/Turkey Deal ‘is failing’....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 14, 20173 min read
US advice on Turkey risks wild misunderstandings; skirts with disaster
US national security advisor HR McMaster has claimed that Turkey is ‘funding and encouraging’ extremist Islamic and terror organisations....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 23, 20176 min read
Turkey, Iran and Russia: how war in Syria has changed three rivals, and what happens next
In a joint statement after talks in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish and Iranian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 23, 20172 min read
Greece should 'be bridge for Turkey' - Kathimerini
Greek daily Kathimerini has this morning run an examination of the difficulties surrounding the planned visit of Turkish President Recep...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 19, 20172 min read
Greece 'not planning to abolish Sharia practice' in Western Thrace - Professor
Professor Ali Huseyinoglu, of Turkey’s Trakya University Balkans Research Institute, moves to reassure Turkish people that Greece is not...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 12, 20172 min read
Turkish coastguard fires on refugees in international waters
Seawatch, Refugee Rescue and Lighthouse Relief have called for the UNHCR to investigate an incident in which the Turkish coastguard...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 9, 20174 min read
Greek politicians (wrongly) blame Turkey for refugee arrivals
Lesvos’ leading politicians, including its Mayor Spiros Galinos, have warned the Greek government that it must take actions to reverse...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 22, 20175 min read
Syria: the future
IS appears to have suffered further set-backs in Syria, with the announcement by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF – a US-backed...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 20, 20172 min read
Fake news? Turkey, Somalia and Reuters
A brief note in two parts, as an illustration of how the media works. Yesterday, Daily Sabah, reported that Turkey had responded to...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 19, 20174 min read
Turkey and the EU: a deal in danger
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a state visit to Poland asks the EU to state clearly whether it wants Turkey to be a member of...
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