NATO’s Ankara Summit is over and, as expected, the winner is Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish host has a lot to be happy about.
First, the summit put on display his special relationship to Donald Trump. Trump made it clear that he showed up at the Bestepe Palace largely thanks to his ties to Erdogan. In the run-up to the summit but also in Ankara,...
As is known, NATO is a military alliance established after the Second World War to protect the military security of the West against communism and Soviet expansionism. Beyond being merely a military alliance, NATO is a war machine that has also assumed the mission of maintaining the West’s political, diplomatic, strategic, and even cultural superiority. In the 1990s, when the Soviet system collapsed and...
On March 19, 2025, the arrest of Istanbul Mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu reignited a political crisis that has been smoldering for...
The Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of May
In terms of political operations, Turkey increasingly resembles a softened version of Stalin’s Russia. The regime periodically purges...
The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of March.
The arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor and Republican People's Party’s (CHP) official presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has...
The Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of March.
Turkey has just experienced a pivotal and tumultuous week, marking a clear fracture in the AKP-MHP regime....
The detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, 2025, amid terrorism and corruption investigations marks a new stage in President...
