A version of this blog appeared on Carnegie Endowment
On May 9, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss energy cooperation and the war in Ukraine. The meeting highlights a broader trend in Central and Eastern Europe: Even after Viktor Orban’s fall from power in Hungary, several regional leaders continue to engage with Russia in search of economic...
Turkey’s path to the dictatorship
The first phase of Erdoğan’s plan to neutralize the main opposition party — carried out in cooperation with former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — has been completed. The crisis escalated when figures close to Kılıçdaroğlu, along with individuals linked to organized crime, made their way to CHP headquarters. It intensified further after Kılıçdaroğlu submitted a petition to the Ankara Police...
Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of August
Turkey spent another week grappling with debates over peace with the Kurds, threats against Rojava, and increasing...
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: 2nd Week of August 2025
While Turkey is trapped in a spiral of repression against the opposition, economic collapse, and the impoverishment...
Weekly Turkey Report – 1st Week of August
Under AKP rule, Turkey has experienced a moral decline while simultaneously carrying out unprecedented repression and violence...
Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of July
Turkey continues to flounder amid wildfires, a deepening economic crisis, corruption, and lawlessness. The state, inadequate in fighting...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of July
As Turkey debates the potential for PKK disarmament, the ongoing civil war risk in Syria, the economic crisis,...
Weekly Turkey Report – 1st Week of July
Last week, President Erdoğan escalated efforts toward an authoritarian transformation of the regime. In a display of...
The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of June
ECONOMY
Turkey is in political and economic turmoil amid the scorching summer. As emphasized in an in-depth analysis...
Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of May
Türkiye continues down a turbulent path marked by internal and external unrest, an increasingly repressive regime, and deepening...
The Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of June
After visiting the grave of Alparslan Türkeş, founder of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), MHP leader Devlet...
