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[OPINION] Engineering the opposition: Erdoğan’s legal campaign to handpick his rivals

Ömer Murat* In the 2000 film "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe, the Roman emperor secretly arranges for his gladiatorial opponent to be stabbed in the back...

[OPINION] Fear of the ballot box: The deep irony of Turkish politics

Doğan Ertuğrul* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has now effectively placed his former rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, whom he mocked for years as the “general manager of...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s judicial coup against Turkey’s main opposition

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Turkey’s political landscape entered a new and dangerous phase after a court ruling that directly targets the country’s main opposition party, the...

[OPINION] Mach 25 or political theater? Turkey’s new missile spectacle

Adem Yavuz Arslan* In today’s Turkey, the defense industry is no longer merely about military capability. It has increasingly become one of the government’s most...

[OPINION] No ‘third way’ in a decoupling world: How defying the ECtHR is pricing Turkey out of Europe

Ömer Murat* The United States’ miscalculated military engagement in Iran has accelerated the erosion of its superpower status, exposing deep vulnerabilities in its conventional military...

[OPINION] After a school shooting, a funeral exposes deeper divides in Turkey

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Modern history records not only episodes of mass violence but also the more subtle and often more enduring forms of discrimination that...

[OPINION] Orbán’s defeat: a warning sign for Erdoğan?

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been regarded as one of the most successful practitioners of what is often described as...

[OPINION] The Hungarian blueprint: Can Erdoğan be defeated at the ballot box?

Ömer Murat* The dramatic end to Viktor Orbán’s 16-year hold on power in Hungary has revived a longstanding question in Turkish politics: Can President Recep...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s tightrope walk in a dangerous war

Ömer Murat* The confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran is no longer a contained regional crisis: It is fast becoming a stress test...

[OPINION] The Halkbank settlement shows the political limits of US sanctions

Adem Yavuz Arslan* After years of legal battles and diplomatic tension, the long-running Halkbank sanctions case in the United States appears headed toward an unexpected...

[OPINION] Will the Iran war spill into Turkey? Five risks facing Ankara

Ömer Murat* The war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran is rapidly reshaping the strategic landscape of the Middle East, and Turkey may...

[OPINION] Miscalculations of the US and Israel in the Iran war

Doğan Ertuğrul* On a quiet Sunday in Vienna, while riding tram number 5 on my way home, I saw on X that a protest was...

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