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4th Week of April: Creating Pressure and Profiteering

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of April. Events from the past week have revealed that Erdoğan's problem with Istanbul is not only political but...

Constitutions and Their Ailments

One of the most persistent issues in Turkish public discourse is the debate over the constitution. Once again, a new constitutional initiative is on...

Recent Relations between Turkey and Armenia

Relations between Turkey and Armenia have been developing positively since the 2020 Karabakh War. As it will be remembered, after the war, the two...

Is War Possible between Turkey & Israel?

Syria’s decade-long-plus civil war has weakened and divided it to the extent that Turkey from the north and Israel from the south have been...

The Türkiye-Israel Confrontation in the Shadow of Antisemitism

On April 8, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and made a striking public appeal:...

The Significance of Ekrem İmamoğlu’s Arrest

The detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, 2025, amid terrorism and corruption investigations marks a new stage in President...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of March

False Peace and an Increasingly Repressive Regime   Turkey's agenda remains constant yet tense. This week’s key topics included the PKK’s disarmament, Erdoğan’s meeting with DEM...

The Implications of the New PKK Peace Process

  The first thing I will say is, “What peace process”? Maybe I am wrong. Indeed, I hope I am, but this so-called PKK peace...

A Social Contract for Syria

  With the end of the Baath regime, Syria has entered a totally new era. However, stability has yet to be achieved among the country’s...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of March

Is the Kurdish Movement Integrating into the Regime? Turkey has plunged into a deep debate following PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call from İmralı. The key...

Europe’s Response to Trump: Time to Grow Up?

Three years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest-scale and deadliest war in Europe since 1945. However, Ukraine’s heroic resistance—bolstered by military and political...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of February

4th Week of February: Peace with an Iron Fist The last week of February witnessed rapid developments in Turkey, marked by the regime's new oppressive...

The New Trump Administration’s Approach to Rojava and the Kurdish Issue

Despite his mercurial style, we probably can tell a lot about the new Donald Trump administration’s (Trump 2.0) approach to Rojava and the Kurdish...

Turkiye Returns to Confiscation

A Historical Perspective on the New Law Granting Expanded Seizure Powers On January 30, 2025, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) passed a new law expanding...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of February

3rd Week of February: The Judicial Whip In February, Turkey witnessed that pressure on opposition groups was steadily increasing and that efforts to make society...

A Brief Assessment of Turkey in 2024

2024 was a painful year for both the world and Turkey, but Turkey surpassed many countries in challenges such as poverty, polarization, lawlessness, and...

The Crisis of the Muslim World and Democracy

It is evident that the Muslim world is experiencing a profound and widespread crisis. While the crisis manifests differently across regions, its core nature...

The Collapse of Turkey’s Balance Policy and the Return to “Precious Loneliness”

The year 2024 may be recorded in history as the year when the balance policy, which has formed the backbone of Turkish foreign policy...

The Single Goal of Erdogan’s Foreign Policy

  This paper claims that Erdoğan’s ongoing quest for strategic autonomy has been motivated by his neo-Ottoman-inspired identity and personal desire to consolidate his power...

Ukraine’s Echoes in Bosnia

For anyone who lived through the horrors of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) in the 1990s, the Russian aggression in Ukraine feels...

Rethinking the Value of Turkey in NATO

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Turkey's place in NATO has become even more critical in parallel with Europe's comprehension of how vital NATO is....

Encouraging Turkish Democracy by Removing the PKK from the Terrorism Lists

The potential removal of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from terrorism lists by Turkey, the EU, and the US could foster peace and enhance Turkish democracy. This designation often serves political motives rather than reflecting legal truths, complicating peace efforts. Historical context reveals that both Turkey and the PKK share blame for violence. Delisting the PKK might renew negotiations, benefiting all parties, albeit with risks of restoration to the terrorist list if unsuccessful.

The US and Turkey relations: The returning of the Cold War 

The US and Turkey relations: The returning of the Cold War    While Joe Biden, as President, was in the White House, Turkey and US relations...