Using The Kurds Again: Will the Iranian Kurds Enter The Iran War on The Side of The United States and Israel?
The United States has a long record of using the Kurds as auxiliaries when fighting against its enemies in the Middle East. The formula is deceptively simple. Promise the Kurds their autonomy or even independence if they will support the U.S. Usually this...
To understand the stance of Turkey’s political class and society regarding the attacks on Iran, two main points must be examined: the fact that Turkey’s secularist circles were raised within an anti-imperialist discourse, and the Palestinian and Islamic sensitivities of the political Islamists. Additionally, both groups share a common sentiment: the belief that the United States and the West are trying to divide Turkey,...
Weekly Turkiye Report: 1th Week of January 2026: Members of the Gülen Movement Labeled “Terrorists,” ISIS Members Treated as “Suspects”
Executive Summary
Turkey was shaken...
Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of November 2025 – Is Erdoğan Preparing to Shut Down the CHP?
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Prosecutors filed a 3,809-page indictment against...
Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of November 2025: Lower Courts Defy the Constitutional Court
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Several local courts continue to defy binding Constitutional Court...
Weekly Turkey Report: End of October 2025: Europe Embraces Erdoğan
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped global balances and increased Turkey’s value in the eyes...
Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of October 2025
Conflict within the Ruling Party
President Erdoğan’s visit to the United States has ended, but the controversy it...
Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of September 2025
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did everything he could to please the U.S. President Donald Trump, yet he...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of August
Polls indicate that the public neither trusts nor supports the government’s latest “Kurdish opening.” Unlike the AKP’s first...
Weekly Turkey Report – 1st Week of August
Under AKP rule, Turkey has experienced a moral decline while simultaneously carrying out unprecedented repression and violence...
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....