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[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s gambit with the US over F-16 fighter jet request

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkey has requested from the United States the purchase of 40 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighter jets and 80 upgrade kits for its aging...

[ANALYSIS] The Blue Homeland doctrine backfired in the Med

Fatih Yurtsever* The Blue Homeland doctrine, developed by former Turkish naval officers Cihat Yaycı and Cem Gürdeniz, includes Turkey's maritime jurisdictions in the surrounding seas...

[Opinion] How Turkish ‘kingmaker’ took the Erdoğan administration hostage

Türkmen Terzi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been at the forefront of Turkish politics for more than 15 years, but since an electoral alliance...

[Opinion] ‘Midnight Express’ and Turkey’s ‘enemy criminal law’

Türkmen Terzi  The 1978 prison drama film “Midnight Express” tells the story of young American student Bill Hayes, who spent five years in various Turkish...

[Opinion] Show in New York, reality in Geneva

Türkmen Terzi Several prominent world leaders have failed to make an appearance at this year’s UN General Assembly, which started on Tuesday. Due to rising...

[Opinion] Is Turkey becoming a narco-state?

Türkmen Terzi Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in 2015 that Turkish authorities were benefitting from oil trade with the Islamic State in Iraq and the...

[Opinion] Turkey’s security chiefs on the rise as Erdoğan’s health woes worsen

Türkmen Terzi Retired Turkish journalist and economist Memduh Bayraktaroğlu, who also served as an adviser to former prime minister Tansu Çiller, claimed on his YouTube...

[Opinion] Erdoğan’s battles with explicit tapes

Türkmen Terzi  The Turkish nation has arguably never enjoyed a fully functional democracy. Following the establishment of Ataturk’s secular republic after the collapse of the...

[Opinion] Controversy and criticism mounting as wildfires rage in Turkey

Türkmen Terzi  Soaring temperatures and powerful winds have caused destructive wildfires to break out across the Mediterranean, including in Sicily, Italy, western Greece, Syria, Cyprus...

[Opinion] Syrian civil war gives a lifeline to the Erdoğan regime

Türkmen Terzi  The Syrian people enduring a 10-year-long civil war are experiencing arguably the worst human tragedy of the 21st century. More than 13 million...

[ANALYSIS] Will the Black Sea turn into a Russian lake?

Fatih Yurtsever*   Since the end of the 18th century, the Black Sea has been a political and military battleground between Turkey and Russia. The pressure...

[Opinion] Europe must stop tolerating Erdoğan to keep migrants at bay

Sevgi Akarçeşme Migration is a hot button issue in pretty much all parts of the world, particularly Europe and North America. As people flee from...

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