Det stikker af i Tyrkiet denne uge. PKK siger stop for væbnet konflikt. Putin og Zelensky siger (måske) hej til hinanden i Ankara i morgen. Og demonstrationerne imod Imamoglus fængsling fortsætter. På DR2 Deadline havde de Tyrkiet på tapetet. dr.dk/drtv/se/deadli…

The UFO-curious teenager in me resists this, but secrecy culture has a way of cannibalising itself, basically turning bureaucratic dysfunction into cosmic mystery. Somehow, terrestrial failures look better when framed as extraterrestrial. wsj.com/politics/natio…

All sides of this fight from the Bedouin to the Druze to the Syrian government to the Israeli government have all committed war crimes the past few days. No one is innocent. And it’s not a contest. It’s all bad.

Turkey has announced it will terminate its 1973 oil pipeline agreement with Iraq, effective July 2026. While framed as a legal move, the decision is likely a strategic manoeuvre in ongoing energy negotiations with Baghdad. t24.com.tr/haber/turkiye-…

Quick backdrop: Iraq halted oil exports via the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in March 2023 after an international arbitration ruling found Turkey in breach of the agreement for allowing independent KRG exports without Baghdad’s approval.