Category: Commentary
By Ahmed Charai Does one arrest in Istanbul signal a change in Turkish policy toward the Muslim Brotherhood? Some analysts, in Washington and in the Arab world, are arguing that the move marks a pivot ...
By NAdir Firat What’s wrong with U.S.-Turkey relations? For over a decade, ties between the United States and its NATO ally have been a rollercoaster ride, leading some in the United States to conclude that Turkey ...
To the conservative Greek opposition, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walked into a trap [Umit Bektas/Reuters] Greece PM Tsipras’s visit to Ankara receives criticism at home amid worsening of ties between the two countries. by John ...
Mr. Mehmet Göçmen, the CEO of Sabancı Holding, one of the largest and most powerful companies in Turkey, recently said Turkey has to “write a new story.” By Mehmet Efe Çaman I believe that ...
By Micha’el Tanchum The December 19, 2018 announcement of the withdrawal of American forces from northeastern Syria was heralded as Washington’s concession to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, giving him a green light for the eradication ...
By Ali Abaday Being powerful has its struggles. When people become powerful, they may not know if they’re doing the right thing or whether that power will become toxic. Particularly if they’re part of a ...
By Yavuz Baydar The race is on. With less than 60 days to go before local elections in Turkey, the mood among politicians is already at an ”all or nothing” level. There is a political ...
By Cengiz Aktar “Last May, by boycotting the Venezuelan elections, the main opposition was able to keep participation rates below 46 percent. Although Nicolás Maduro (a buddy of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) was able ...
By Kyle Orton U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Syria came with many visible costs . The benefits the anti-Islamic State (ISIS) campaign has delivered to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Iran, and ...
Seeking to revive Turkey as an Ottoman-like power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s revolutionary foreign policy has broken with the West and left Turkey weak, isolated and nearly friendless, a leading Turkey analyst said in the ...