Ömer Özkizilcik

@OmerOzkizilcik

Work at the Security Department of in Ankara, columnist at and as the editor in chief of E-Mail: hozkizilcik@setav.org

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    29 Dec 2018

    My new work about the factions belonging to the National Army Were they formed before ES? Did they receive US support via MoM or Pentagon? Have they fought ISIS, Assad or YPG? Compose they of Arabs, Turkmens & Kurds? For high quality

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  2. 13 hours ago

    And the National Army is again involved in the current offensive. For example, the 112 Brigade of the National Army is also participating in the current attack which succeeded in capturing Hamamiyat and Tal Hamamiyat.

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  3. 14 hours ago

    After the regime couldn't retake lost areas of Tal Malah and Jubayn despite dozen attempts and airsupport, the opposition have started two attacks. In the first, they inflicted huge damage in . Now, they captured Hamamiyat and Tal Hamamiyat.

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    Jul 9

    Three Ways to Increase Security in Afrin By Read More on

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    Jul 9

    This weeks column for : "Three Ways to Increase Security in Afrin" There are three ways to improve security in : The cleansing of Tel Rifaat, a strong footprint model and the formation of a hierarchic governance model.

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  6. Jul 9

    "Security apparatus in Afrin could be changed towards hierarchic governance in which a government oversees the work of all sections & has full control, basically to establish an alternative government in the northwest of the country. However, this move is a double edged sword."

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  7. Jul 9

    "If TR implements its New Southeast Strategy, security of the region might improve but it may result in the impression of a Turkish annexation of Afrin. TR’s engagement in Syria is based on preserving Syria’s territorial integrity & such a move might harm Turkey’s reliability."

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  8. Jul 9

    "TR needs to find a way to clean the area, but R & regime are rejecting any attempts, while not doing anything against the YPG themselves. The source of insecurity will remain over the foreseeable future. Only way of dealing is trying to prevent infiltration as much as possible."

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  9. Jul 9

    This column will discuss some possible ways of improving security in Afrin: 1. Cleansing of Tel Rifaat 2. Strong Turkish footprint model 3. Forming a hierarchic governance

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  10. Jul 9

    "The YPG has explicitly tried to undermine efforts to increase security as a strategy, but security is also undermined by crimes of Syrian National Army fighters and as a result of mass migration towards Afrin due to the forced displacement by the Assad regime."

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  11. Jul 9

    "Based on a dataset of two months of YPG attacks, I wrote earlier how the YPG is trying to sabotage security and how the YPG propaganda machine defends these terrorist attacks. Bellingcat published a report about the insurgency of the YPG in Afrin."

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  12. Jul 8

    What changed with the new regulations:

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    ▪️Syrian Turkmen Assembly Amendment in Regulations What does it bring?
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  13. Jul 8

    An important step by the Syrian Turkmen Assembly moving their headquarters from to . By doing this, the Assembly as the representative of Syrian Turkmens aims to accelerate the return of and Syrian to their home countries.

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  14. Jul 7

    Most of my followers know I am writing weekly columns for If you have any topic suggestions you want me to write about, feel free to tweet it beneath this tweet. I'll try to take each suggestion into consideration, and inform the person when it's published 👇👇👇

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    Jul 1

    My article for in which I argue that the current developments in open a way out for and to re-enforce the deal in a bid to de-escalate. "A way out for Russia and Turkey from Idlib's spiral of violence"

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    Jul 1

    Had the honor to participate in recent book entitled (The Syrian Military Establishment In 2019: sectarianism, militias and foreign investment) my paper tackled the Military Groups & Networks within the Army, & its long/short term affect

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    Jul 4

    The Network.. Bir FETÖ belgeseli.. TRT World kalitesiyle..

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    Jul 2

    Can Trump prevent a train wreck in S-400 rift? - by Burhanettin Duran | DS Column

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    Jul 3

    Escalation in has set off a spiral of violence, threatening millions and prompting an aggressive Turkish response. But could the upheaval create an opportunity to expel HTS and revive the Sochi deal? for

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  20. Jul 2

    Great thoughts and comments from a Russian perspective by discussing my proposal how Russia and Turkey might get out of the spiral of violence in Idlib.

    analyzing recent escalation in proposes for and try again political process. Good article and I agree on do smth in (or Istanbul format - all players need to be serious). Some first thoughts:
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