The Cyprus Coup that Provided Pretext for Turkey to Invade
On July 15, 1974, a military coup took place in Cyprus instigated by the junta in Athens, giving Turkey a pretext to invade five days...
On July 15, 1974, a military coup took place in Cyprus instigated by the junta in Athens, giving Turkey a pretext to invade five days...
‘To avoid calamity, Turkey will need vast amounts of financial help, aid with its current-account deficit, direct foreign investment, and...
‘The government completely destroyed our maneuvering in foreign policy by making hollow threats against Finland and Sweden, which have...
‘Erdoğan constantly gets Washington wrong. He was genuinely surprised when his S-400 purchase led to Turkey’s expulsion from the F-35...
‘The positions of the two countries are so far that there is no real hope that we can achieve a permanent peace. However, this is a road...
A back-channel story suggest that Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit would be extended to Turkey by the...
‘[N]one of this amounts to a pivot away from Russia any more than it does to a reset with the West. It’s just the latest returning...
‘Ulf Kristersson, with Stoltenberg’s urging, is now willing to throw Swedish democracy under the bus. He transforms Sweden from a...
None of Turkey’s former allies in the West are now pursuing any democracy talk with Ankara. Instead, democracies are busy finding ways to...
Trade between Egypt and Turkey is estimated at $8 billion, a relatively limited figure that could triple or more given Egypt’s ambition...