Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak is an expert on contemporary Turkish politics and foreign policy, Turkish-Israeli relations, and the Kurds. He is co-editor of Turkeyscope, a publication of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.
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Trump’s plan to weaponise the Kurds against Iran – and why it could fail
The Telegraph, 05.03.2026
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