These days, Turkey is wedged between its past and present… Regardless of Ankara's attitudes on Iraq and on Cyprus, we are going to undergo their short and long-term effects all together. We retain our understanding that our national interests will be preserved in both issues in the future just as they have been preserved up until now. A difficult process awaits our country in these days when one considers that global dynamics have started changing and important turning points are being experienced. STRADIGMA.COM hopes to contribute to this process by producing unique and high-quality content offering strategic analyses.

Following our first issue, we have included commentaries on those dimensions of the Iraq war and the post-war situation which concern Turkey and studies on ensuring the priorities of Turkey and the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) and their future interests in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem in our second issue.

In this issue, we have discussed the prospective shape of regional structures when and after war breaks out in Iraq and sought to focus on the future of Turkish elements within Iraq, Turkey's historical rights on Mousul, the effects of the war on Turkish domestic politics, the conceivable forms threats to our country can take and the extent to which Turkey could become involved in decision-making processes within this context.

As we have suggested in our first issue, STRADIGMA.COM attaches great importance to experts' articles, analyses and assessments with its principle of distinguished and scientific publishing. Our journal is primarily on international relations, politics, history, governance, security, economics, science and technology is open to all other disciplines suitable for strategic analysis. We kindly request you to send your articles and analyses to be published after copyright fees.

In our April issue, we want to include analytical studies which focus on alleged genocide claims made up by Armenians and realities, attitudes and policies of the USA and EU countries on this, Cyprus and Turkish-Greek relations, missionary activities aimed at our country and ethnic and sectarian similarities and differences between Iran and Azerbaijan.

We are pleased to have published our second issue with your support.

Executive Editor
Yüksel SAMAST