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[OPINION] Bahçeli’s attack on US envoy exposes widening cracks in Turkey’s ruling alliance

Ömer Murat* In a fiery speech to his party’s parliamentary group in the Turkish Parliament, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),...
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[OPINION] What Zohran Mamdani’s victory can teach the opposition in authoritarian states

Adem Yavuz Arslan* In a political world shaped by money, media influence and entrenched elites, few victories have felt as improbable — or as instructive...
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[OPINION] Erasing the archives: How authoritarian regimes wage war on memory

Adem Yavuz Arslan* “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”** That line appeared as a party slogan in George...
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[OPINION] Never-ending ‘maybe’: Europe’s fear of belonging and Turkey’s flight from responsibility

Yasemin Aydın* The October 2025 visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Ankara was not a turning point in policy but a revealing episode in...
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[OPINION] Turkey’s digital authoritarianism: How Erdoğan perfected the art of invisible repression

Adem Yavuz Arslan* When Oxford scholar Steven Feldstein published "The Rise of Digital Repression" in 2021, his warning felt prescient. “Technology has become not a...
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[OPINION] Turkey: from ‘Model Muslim democracy’ to a global cocaine hub

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Once hailed as “the model where Islam and democracy could coexist,” Turkey has been transformed into one of the world’s emerging cocaine...
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[OPINION] Turkey’s ambiguous role in Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan

Ömer Murat* In the complex world of Middle Eastern diplomacy, appearances often take precedence over reality. Until last month’s meeting in New York on the...
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[OPINION] When the spotlight becomes a cage: How sensational journalism feeds ego and starves truth

Yasemin Aydın* In the age of attention, journalism no longer merely informs, it performs. The louder the headline, the stronger the reaction, the higher the...
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[OPINION] Why do opposing groups in Turkey unite against Fethullah Gülen?

Abdülhamit Bilici* At a meeting where I was speaking about the injustices in Turkey over the past decade, mainly the persecution of people affiliated with...
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[OPINION] Human-Centered Policing: a forgotten legacy of reform in Turkey

Dr. Mustafa Dönmez* In the 1990s Turkey was rocked by frequent terrorist attacks and an aggressive security climate. Reports of torture, ill-treatment, bribery and human...
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[OPINION] Turkey’s defense industry: politics, propaganda and reality

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Over the past decade Turkey’s government has promoted an ambitious narrative: that the country is becoming a global powerhouse in defense technology....
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[OPINION] Erdoğan is seeking legitimacy in Washington after losing it in Turkey

Ömer Murat* The Trump era marks a decisive break in US foreign policy. Unlike the Obama and Biden administrations, Trump does not view international organizations...
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