Is Erdoğan Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
‘There is no logical reason why Cyprus should not serve as the conduit for the transport of Eastern Mediterranean gas via Turkey to...
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Erdoğan’s Coalition Consolidates the Right
‘Erdoğan’s appeal to conservative and nationalist voters is sufficient for victory, given Türkiye’s conservative societal skew. By...
Torture and Impunity: Turkey a Test Case in the Limits of Human Rights Law
‘The international naming and shaming of the Turkish government reached its limits. What is left is a vibrant but vulnerable domestic...
How To Misread Turkish Fascism
‘Not only did the regime win again, thanks to its electoral engineering and certainly to its social engineering, but the victory...
Will Erdoğan Make a U-turn and go to the IMF?
‘The IMF could help the country’s president, who won reelection late last month, set his economy in order, not least by helping to...
A Grim Future Awaits Turkey’s Kurds
‘Kılıçdaroğlu and his chief supporters repeatedly stated that they were more nationalistic to convince nationalist voters to vote...
Seven Reasons The Votes for the Pro-Kurdish HDP/YSP Declined
Turkey held its first presidential runoff elections on May 14 and 28. Polls prior to the election showed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
How Will Geopolitics Shape Turkey’s International Future?
‘To tackle its economic woes, Ankara will likely embark on a mission to find money and investment: the Gulf, Russia and China could offer...
No “Reset” For US-Turkey Relations
Erdoğan’s victory, coupled with political dynamics in his country, expose what has long been evident: The two historic pillars of the...
What Happens After Erdoğan?
‘Tens of millions of his supporters refer to Erdoğan as “Reis,” meaning “leader”. Abroad, there are hundreds of millions of...