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[OPINION] Oval Office rendezvous: a win for Erdoğan, a loss for Turkey

Abdülhamit Bilici* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent White House visit marked a critical turning point in Turkey’s decade-long drift toward a Middle Eastern–style autocracy....
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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s White House visit yields photo ops, costly commitments

Adem Yavuz Arslan* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-awaited White House meeting finally took place this week. In Turkey the pro-government media, which dominates the media...
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[OPINION] Bahçeli’s call for a Turkey-Russia-China alliance: a veiled power play amid Erdoğan tensions

Ömer Murat* Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a political ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has stirred Turkey’s political...
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[OPINION] Turkey at a crossroads: the struggle for democracy and collective agency

Yasemin Aydın* The developments of recent months in Turkey — the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...
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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s ‘masterpiece’: demolition of the rule of law

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman Empire’s legendary architect, is remembered for three defining works: the Şehzade Mosque, his apprenticeship; the Süleymaniye Mosque, his...
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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s gamble to hollow out the main opposition party

Ömer Murat* The appointment of a court-ordered trustee to the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) İstanbul provincial headquarters has shaken Turkey’s political landscape. Widely condemned as a...
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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s cruelty: the death of a 73-year-old prisoner

Yasemin Aydın* When a 73-year-old man with Alzheimer’s no longer recognizes his own daughter across the glass partition of a prison visitation room, what remains...
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[OPINION] Arrest of alleged crime boss exposes rifts in Turkey’s ruling alliance

Ömer Murat* The recent arrest of Selahattin Yılmaz, an alleged organized crime leader with ties to Devlet Bahçeli, head of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party...
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[ANALYSIS] The Washington summit and Turkey’s strategic dilemma

Adem Yavuz Arslan* The Washington summit that included Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior European Union leaders marked a significant moment in transatlantic...
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[OPINION] Turkey and the SDF: enemies today, partners tomorrow?

Ömer Murat* A recent report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has sparked debate over a possible shift in regional dynamics, suggesting that...
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[ANALYSIS] Israel’s calculated role in Syria’s Druze crisis: protection or pretext?

Cumali Önal* As Syria reels from renewed violence, questions are mounting over Israel’s deepening involvement in the country’s south, particularly in the majority-Druze province of...
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[OPINION] Why Turkey can’t confront its own Epstein files

Adem Yavuz Arslan* In the United States the Epstein scandal remains a symbol of how power and privilege can shield the darkest crimes. Yet despite...
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