Category: Commentary
Nothing seemed to stop Erdogan’s provocations on Europe’s eastern flank — until he met his match. The big losers are the Turkish people. As if the onset of the coronavirus had not been bad enough, ...
Erdogan is under the impression that this will all blow over, but with a crumbling economy and a refugee population at risk, the public is losing faith This week, 24 people were arrested in Turkey. ...
Erdogan is cracking down on ‘provocative’ and ‘unfounded’ social media posts on the coronavirus. Will he halt pro-government channels spreading conspiracy theories blaming the outbreak on the Jews? Last week, Turkey joined the long list ...
One Turkish doctor estimates that as many as 60 percent of Turks may now be infected. As coronavirus spreads along Turkey’s borders, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ministers remained in denial. Just last week, ...
Security forces stand next to a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration against Turkish interference in Benghazi, Libya, Feb. 14, 2020. Engaged in two wars simultaneously in Syria and Libya, Turkey ...
A deep dive into the evolution of Erdogan’s regional approach and how it informs the current crises in Syria and other hotspots. The following is an interview with Washington Institute fellow Soner Cagaptay, conducted by ...
The global fallout from the coronavirus outbreak is turning up pressure on the struggling Turkish economy, which has long been stuck in a roller coaster of domestic and foreign tensions. On March 11, Ankara confirmed ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric against his opponents is widely known at home and abroad. Yet a dramatic incident at the Turkish parliament last week provided insight into the fates of those who dare ...
If wars were won by fiery public speeches and threats alone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would have given historical conquerors such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and Napoleon Bonaparte a ...
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, in a televised speech to the nation March 23, conceded that the coronavirus is now all over the country, but refrained from naming the locations of confirmed cases. So much ...