What lies beneath Ankara’s tough rhetoric in in Israel-Hamas war?
‘Aside from inflaming tensions with Israel and perhaps sparking a wider regional war, there is also concern that Erdoğan could use the...
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Turkey faces an inflection point
‘In the same way Atatürk dragged Turkey struggling and screaming into the Western world, Erdoğan has exerted every effort to drag...
The U.S. or Hamas: Erdoğan Must Choose
Secretary Antony Blinken just completed a tour of countries in the Middle East to drum up support for Israel’s position and freeing the...
How Erdoğan and Orban Maintain the Illusion of ‘Free Press’
Authoritarian leaders might be good at damaging democracy, but unless they are pure dictators they often still need to worry about winning...
The End of Turkish Journalism and the Importance of the Exile Media
For a decade we —a small group of concerned journalists in Turkey— have spoken about the steady decline of independent, free, and...
‘The US is failing to press Erdoğan’ – John Bolton
‘I think Biden has actually gone out of his way to try and mollify Erdogan. The shipment of F-16s presumably associated with Turkey,...
Tectonic Shift in South Caucasus Exposes Turkey-Iran Rivalry
‘Iran is deeply frustrated by Turkey’s growing trade and energy cooperation with Azerbaijan and Georgia, as it has chipped away at...
Turkey’s Oldest Film Festival in a Censorship (and Existential) Crisis
Turkey’s oldest film festival, the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, has been thrown into turmoil after jury members resigned and...
Turkey’s Pursuit of Autonomous Foreign Policy and its Prospects
‘Turkey is obviously free to follow its own trajectory. What remains to be seen is how the country will balance its global geopolitical...
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...