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[OPINION] Trump paralyzed the US system: Can the world recover from the shock?

Tarık Toros* To make sense of the world today, we need to go beyond headlines and examine the deeper forces driving events. The role of...

[OPINION] How corruption became a national security threat for Turkey

Adem Yavuz Arslan* On February 2 The Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report detailing how billions of dollars flowed among Turkey, Russia and the...

[OPINION] Mastermind of modern tyranny: Spy chief is exporting Turkey’s authoritarian blueprint

Yasemin Aydın* When a head of intelligence kneels to pray in a historic mosque, it’s rarely just about faith. İbrahim Kalın, Turkey's intelligence chief, used...

[OPINION] The shattered world order: Where do we go from here?

Tarık Toros* We are living through an age of chaos and transformation, where old norms crumble and new realities emerge. The question is no longer...

[OPINION] Germany at a crossroads: crisis of conservatism and its meaning for democracy

Yasemin Aydın* As Germany heads to early elections in February, I find myself asking a question I never thought I’d consider: Could the Germany I...

[OPINION] Small Trumps, big shifts: the global populist wave

Adem Yavuz Arslan* As a Turkish journalist living in exile, I have had the unsettling experience of observing political changes from a distance — watching...

[OPINION] Turkey’s attempts at reconciliation with the Kurds: a path forward

*Professor İbrahim Özdemir  Resolution of the Kurdish issue, a term prevalent in Turkey’s public discourse referring to the demand for equal rights by the country’s Kurdish...

[OPINION] Erdoğan could pursue a policy of ‘controlled escalation’ in Syria

Ömer Murat* Since rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) toppled the Assad regime on December 8, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has repeatedly threatened...

[OPINION] Politics of fear and social fragmentation: targeting Turkey’s main opposition party

Yasemin Aydın* The growing authoritarianism in Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sustained not only through legal and political tools but also through a...

[OPINION] What does Bahçeli want to achieve with his call to Öcalan?

Ömer Murat* Among ultranationalist circles in Turkey, whose main party is the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), it is common to refer to Abdullah Öcalan,...

[ANALYSIS] The fall of Assad: How Turkey and Israel could shape a new Middle East order

Fatih Yurtsever* The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, a nation once heavily supported by Iran and Russia, has unleashed a new wave of...

[ANALYSIS] Ankara Declaration signals new chapter in Horn of Africa relations

Fatih Yurtsever* After months of regional tension, Turkey has successfully brokered a landmark agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia, potentially resolving a longstanding maritime access dispute...

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