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[OPINION] Turkey favors Putin and coup plotters in Sahel/West Africa

Türkmen Terzi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have developed a friendship over the past two decades that is highly...

[ANALYSIS] USS Gerald R. Ford and Selçuk Bayraktar: a new era of Black Sea security  

Fatih Yurtsever* On July 17, 2023, Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Corridor Initiative, a key agricultural collaboration that had allowed grain export from...

[OPINION] Can Erdoğan turn his back on Putin?

Ali Dinçer * If there was a bet on how Yevgeny Prigozhin was going to die, most wagerers definitely lost money on obvious choices like accidentally...

[ANALYSIS] The Erdoğan doctrine: Cyprus as a lever in Turkish foreign policy

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a clear foreign policy strategy aimed at advancing his political goals. Typically, when he decides to make...

[ANALYSIS] Putin is navigating dangerous waters to test Turkey’s red line

Fatih Yurtsever* The Russian warship Vasily Bykov, on a mission to patrol shipping lanes in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, forcibly stopped the...

[OPINION] Is Turkey witnessing a resurgence of its ‘deep state’?

Türkmen Terzi Recent strategic changes within Turkey’s National Police Force and Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) have fueled concerns about a resurgence of the country’s shadowy...

[ANALYSIS] Debunking myths and understanding Russia’s stance on the Cyprus problem

Fatih Yurtsever* Eurasianism in Turkey represents a political movement encompassing retired generals, admirals, politicians and scholars. Advocates of this movement believe Turkey should pivot away...

[ANALYSIS] How lessons learned from Ukraine-Russia war impact Turkish defense industry products

Fatih Yurtsever* The 16th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF’23), hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, took place at the Tüyap Fair Center in İstanbul...

[OPINION] Is Turkey serious about joining BRICS?

Türkmen Terzi In July 2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan surprised Turkey's Western allies by attending a summit of BRICS, an economic and geopolitical bloc...

[ANALYSIS] Turkey must act: Safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Black Sea

Fatih Yurtsever* Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative on July 17 and revoked the guarantees of safe navigation, claiming that the...

[ANALYSIS] Does ICC arrest warrant for Putin complicate potential visit to Turkey?

Fatih Yurtsever* Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit in South Africa in August, as announced by the South African government. The...

[ANALYSIS] Finding inspiration from UNIFIL to solve Ukrainian grain shipments

Fatih Yurtsever* Russia claims that the commitments made in the Black Sea Grain Initiative to remove obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizer...

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