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: 2nd Week of January 2026 – Peace by Beating the Kurds
Executive Summary
Türkiye entered the new year amid an Ankara-backed assault in...
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...