Your book is organized around four major historical moments: the Early Republic, the Cold War, the Özal period, and Erdoğan’s neo-patrimonial era. How should readers understand the scope and ambition of this book?
This book should be read as a major interpretive history of modern Turkey. In that sense, it enters into conversation with two classic works: Bernard Lewis’s The Emergence of Modern Turkey and...
In Lebanon, the question of who possesses weapons is never merely a security issue. It is also a question of who governs, who protects the country, and who has the authority to decide between war and peace. This is why the approaching end of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, commonly known as UNIFIL, is generating an unusually sensitive debate. The issue is...
Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of April 2026 - Erdoğan Moves to Neutralize CHP Under Cover of Regional Tensions
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Arrests and detentions are...
Weekly Turkey Report: First Week of April 2026 – Erdoğan is suffocating CHP
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CHP Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Bozbey was detained along with...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week Of March – The War and The Peace
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A sweeping investigation coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's...
Weekly Turkey Report: Third Week Of March - A Political Bombshell: Justice Minister's Wealth Under Scrutiny
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While war dominates headlines around the world,...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of February 2026 - Öcalan calls for democracy
Peace Process & Domestic Politics
As the flames of war continue to burn...
Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of February 2026 –The Construction of a "Monolithic" Turkey: Societal Transformation Under the Grip of Judiciary, Politics, and Economy
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Weekly Turkey Report: The End of January 2026 — Turkey Blocks Aid to Kobani
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A Turkey-backed jihadist offensive against Rojava catalyzed a new...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of January 2026 – A New Kobane Moment for the Kurds
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Kobane once symbolized Kurdish resistance against ISIS...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of January – Turkey Chooses the Sri Lanka Model
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The report argues that Ankara’s long-admired “Sri Lanka model”...
