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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s political posturing unlikely to benefit Bosnians

Türkmen Terzi Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing its worst political crisis since the end of the civil war in 1995. Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member...

[OPINION] Devastating result of Blue Homeland: Egypt becomes an energy hub

Fatih Yurtsever* Israel, Egypt and the European Union signed a trilateral natural gas agreement in Cairo on Wednesday as Europe struggles to find an energy...

[OPINION] Legal profession under attack worldwide, with lawyers in Turkey suffering the brunt of it

Ali Yıldız* The legal profession plays a central role in the administration of justice and the defense of human rights, democracy and the rule of...

[ANALYSIS] Would Erdoğan really veto Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership?

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that Turkey will veto both countries' membership in NATO as long as Sweden and Finland do not...

[OPINION] PKK fight is a smokescreen for establishing an Erdoğan caliphate

Türkmen Terzi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shocked the world recently by describing Sweden and Finland as “incubators” for terrorist groups. Erdoğan has opposed the...

[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...

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