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Ömer Özkizilcik

Ömer Özkizilcik

Ömer Özkizilcik is a foreign policy and security analyst based in Ankara.

Analysis: As Russia recruits thousands of Syrian regime forces to fight in Ukraine, it's unclear whether Western powers have a strategy to confront Russian aggression that accounts for Syrian fighters.

15 March, 2022

Analysis: The Ukrainian military claims it has successfully used Turkish-made drones against Russian forces. With a proven track record in other conflicts, could the Bayraktar TB2 be decisive in the Ukraine war?

07 March, 2022

Why are former Centcom officials propagating the betrayal of Syrian Kurds when they have argued that the SDF are a multi-ethnic group for years, questions Ömer Özkizilcik.

18 October, 2019

Analysis: Three years after the failed coup attempt in Turkey, Ankara is pursuing its national interest with fewer distractions, writes Ömer Özkizilcik

15 July, 2019

Analysis: The Turkish-backed rebels are understandably praising Turkey's efforts to avoid a bloodbath in Idlib, but confusion remains over exactly where they are to be, reports Ömer Özkizilcik.

02 October, 2018

Comment: The cost of reconstruction of Syria could be split between the regime axis, the US and its allies, and Turkey and its allies, suggests Ömer Özkizilcik.

25 September, 2018

Analysis: Many consider the armed opposition defeated and the Syrian uprising dead. But Syria's rebels are keeping faith in their revolution, writes Ömer Özkizilcik.

24 July, 2018