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[OPINION] Russia and the West stand by Kurds in the face of Turkish incursion into Syria

Türkmen Terzi  The United States and major European countries have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion, and they are continuing to...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan, Putin using food crisis as both carrot and stick with the West

Fatih Yurtsever* Since Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea could not be used because of a Russian naval blockade, grain exports from these ports were...

[OPINION] The capture of the civil space by Turkey’s AKP government

Ali Yıldız* Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed that 1 billion lira ($60.5 million) was funneled to the US-based Turken Foundation through donations by two...

[OPINION] Erdoğan accuses Nordic states of hosting terrorists while Turkey tolerates jihadists in its midst

Türkmen Terzi  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is angrily opposing Sweden and Finland's bid for NATO membership, claiming that the countries are a "hotbed of...

[OPINION] Does the Turkish ‘deep state’ exist?

Ali Soylu, Ph.D.* The “state” is sacred, especially for developing countries. The survival, welfare, rights and dignity of the state come before the rights of...

[OPINION] Why is Erdoğan against the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO?

Fatih Yurtsever*   Whenever Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triggers a foreign policy crisis and challenges NATO, the EU or the United States, his outbursts have...

[OPINION] Finnish and Swedish NATO applications a pretext for Erdoğan to target the US

Türkmen Terzi Finland and Sweden on Wednesday formally applied for NATO membership, breaking decades of military non-alignment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkey's President Tayyip...

[ANALYSIS] Could Putin use troll farms to manipulate the presidential election for Erdoğan?

Fatih Yurtsever* On Nov. 24, 2015 a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft, straining relations between the two countries and...

[OPINION] Courtrooms are battlefields for Erdoğan

Ali Yıldız* Days after the ruling in the Gezi trial, the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld three guilty verdicts against Canan Kaftancıoğlu, chairperson of the...

[ANALYSIS] Will the Ukraine-Russia crisis prolong Erdoğan’s political life?

Fatih Yurtsever* The war in Ukraine has disrupted the security environment of the Black Sea region and Europe as a whole. Still, relations between Russia...

[OPINION] Tough days ahead for Syrian refugees as anti-migrant sentiment grows in Turkey

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan's Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been in power since 2002, has found itself losing support amid...

[ANALYSIS] Why does Turkey pay a higher price for Russian natural gas than necessary?

Fatih Yurtsever* According to a February 2022 report from the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EDPK), Russia supplies 38 percent of Turkey's natural gas.   Russia exports...

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