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[OPINION] Does the Turkish ‘deep state’ exist?

Ali Soylu, Ph.D.* The “state” is sacred, especially for developing countries. The survival, welfare, rights and dignity of the state come before the rights of...

[OPINION] Why is Erdoğan against the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO?

Fatih Yurtsever*   Whenever Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triggers a foreign policy crisis and challenges NATO, the EU or the United States, his outbursts have...

[OPINION] Finnish and Swedish NATO applications a pretext for Erdoğan to target the US

Türkmen Terzi Finland and Sweden on Wednesday formally applied for NATO membership, breaking decades of military non-alignment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkey's President Tayyip...

[ANALYSIS] Could Putin use troll farms to manipulate the presidential election for Erdoğan?

Fatih Yurtsever* On Nov. 24, 2015 a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft, straining relations between the two countries and...

[OPINION] Courtrooms are battlefields for Erdoğan

Ali Yıldız* Days after the ruling in the Gezi trial, the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld three guilty verdicts against Canan Kaftancıoğlu, chairperson of the...

[ANALYSIS] The hidden potential of the UK’s Cyprus SBAs in the eastern Mediterranean

Fatih Yurtsever* Russia's invasion of Ukraine once again revealed how important it is for the security of Europe for the EU countries to find alternatives...

[OPINION] Detention centers and pushbacks threaten European democracy

Türkmen Terzi UN and international human rights groups have come out in strong condemnation of China’s secret internment camps, in which more than a million...

[ANALYSIS] Will the Ukraine-Russia crisis prolong Erdoğan’s political life?

Fatih Yurtsever* The war in Ukraine has disrupted the security environment of the Black Sea region and Europe as a whole. Still, relations between Russia...

[OPINION] Tough days ahead for Syrian refugees as anti-migrant sentiment grows in Turkey

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan's Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been in power since 2002, has found itself losing support amid...

[ANALYSIS] Why does Turkey pay a higher price for Russian natural gas than necessary?

Fatih Yurtsever* According to a February 2022 report from the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EDPK), Russia supplies 38 percent of Turkey's natural gas.   Russia exports...

[OPINION] Erdoğan adopts a method used by the pharaohs against Gülenists

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan named his political party “Justice and Development” as a display of his determination to transform Turkey’s elitist, militant...

[OPINION] Turkey’s corrections system is failing

Ali Yıldız* According to recent data published by the Turkish Ministry of Justice, there were 314,502 inmates in Turkish prisons as of March 31, meaning...

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