Is the U.S.A. Losing the Middle East?
‘The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, and Egypt have been charting their own paths, flagrantly disregarding Washington’s core...
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Six Months After the Earthquake, Antakya Remains a Ruin
‘Everything is unclear. When we ask questions about the state of this or that building, we don’t get any answers. Should we keep...
Turkey Plans To Become Dominant Naval Player In The Caspian
‘What Ankara is doing now in Kazakhstan is not about that country alone but also about the projection of Turkish power to help its...
Turkish Opposition’s Collapse Speeds the Shift to ‘Sultanism’
Turkey’s drift into a completely authoritarian system has only been thwarted by the existence of a strong opposition bloc, which has...
How Turkey’s Opposition Elite Misled Voters and Enabled Erdoğan
‘The wider failure of public intellectuals is twofold: first, raising the expectations of people who looked up to their analysis and were...
Turkey’s New Spy Chief: A Prolific Confidant and Strategist
‘As Kalın settles into his new role, commentators and people in diplomatic circles say his insider’s experience and wisdom could be...
Disney Should Not Have Cancelled its Atatürk Series
‘Mustafa Kemal’s meaning to the Turkish people and his impact on Turkey are undeniable. Canceling Atatürk won’t convince Turks...
Sidelined in Syria: ‘The Kurds Always Lose in the End’
“As Iran fences with the US over sanctions and Tehran’s nuclear program, Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US...
Is This the End of Erdoğanomics?
‘Raising interest rates may have side effects. Turkey has one of the world’s highest percentages of “zombie firms” that have only...
Why the UK Has Sanctioned Turkish Entities Supplying Electronics to Russia
Britain’s decision to sanction two Turkish entities may suggest that London and its Western allies are unsatisfied with Ankara’s...