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[OPINION] International backers keep Erdoğan in office as support at home wanes

Türkmen Terzi Support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decreased significantly, initially due to millions of Turks struggling with poverty as a result of...

[ANALYSIS] Putin and Erdoğan leverage Black Sea Grain Initiative for political gain

Fatih Yurtsever* The Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 led to a more than four-month-long blockade by Russian warships of Ukraine's Black Sea...

[ANALYSIS] ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin: Implications for Erdoğan?

Fatih Yurtsever* On March 17, 2023, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova,...

[ANALYSIS] Search for drone wreckage may offer a chance to mend US-Turkey ties

Fatih Yurtsever* Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercepted a US Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) MQ-9 Reaper UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) operating in...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s radical Islamist election allies: a reflection of his true colors

Türkmen Terzi Since taking office in 2003, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has publicly declared that he has "taken off the Milli Görüş shirt,"...

[OPINION] The logistics of challenging Erdoğan

Ali Dinçer* General Omar Bradley once said, “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.” And he wouldn’t have had the stellar career he had if he...

[ANALYSIS] Politicization of the TSK: Lt. Gen. Kahya and the teacup incident

Fatih Yurtsever* On Thursday Turkey, Sweden and Finland held a second round of trilateral talks at NATO headquarters in Brussels to discuss the potential accession...

[OPINION] Why Bashar al-Assad does not trust Erdoğan

Türkmen Terzi Despite persistent attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president has repeatedly ignored invitations...

[OPINION] Erdoğan faces the most significant challenge of his 20-year rule

Vedat Demir* Since the corruption and bribery investigations into members of the ruling party in December 2013, Turkey has been experiencing the biggest “crisis decade”...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan fears facing the same fate as Egypt’s Morsi

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's handshake with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was sworn in as Egypt’s president in 2014 after a...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s fear of a coup delayed search and rescue operations after the quakes

Fatih Yurtsever* New information and explanations have bolstered claims that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) participated too late in search and rescue operations with all...

[OPINION] Erdoğan is the commander-in-chief of the trolls, not the army

Türkmen Terzi Since Turkey's southern provinces were hit by 7.8 and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes on Feb. 6 and the region continues to be rocked by strong...

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