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[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...

[OPINION] Erdoğan eyes Israeli and Iraqi gas and targets Kurds amid Ukraine war

Türkmen Terzi The ongoing war in Ukraine poses great economic and security risks to Turkey, with Russian troops controlling large stretches of Ukraine’s Black Sea...

[ANALYSIS] Blue Homeland: Naval exercise signals departure from the doctrine

Fatih Yurtsever* Between April 11 and 21, 2022 the Blue Homeland exercise took place in the Black Sea, the Marmara, the Aegean and the eastern...

[ANALYSIS] Sinking of Moskva sparks debate on future of Russian navy and Montreux

Fatih Yurtsever* The Russian Navy's flagship in the Black Sea, the Slava cruiser RTS Moskva (121), sank on April 14 due to "stormy seas," according...

[ANALYSIS] Can Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 enter the Black Sea to clear floating mines?

Fatih Yurtsever* Recognizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "war," Turkey closed the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to Russian and Ukrainian warships, invoking Article 19...

[OPINION] The power shift in Tunisia puts Turkey’s presence in Libya at risk

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has visited the African continent more frequently than any other non-African leader, has begun to interfere in...

[OPINION] Out of sight, not out of reach

Ali Yıldız* “Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach” is the title of a report released by Freedom House, a US-based NGO, in February 2021 that seeks...

[OPINION] Following COVID-19 and overshadowed by Ukraine: France’s presidential election

Ali Dinçer* This Sunday, the French will cast their ballots for the first round of their presidential election, which comes after Emmanuel Macron’s turbulent, five-year-term...

[ANALYSIS] Does Turkey need to revise its naval strategy for the Black Sea?

Fatih Yurtsever* Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and subsequent military developments have significantly altered the geopolitical landscape in the Black Sea region. The...

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