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[OPINION] Another ticking time bomb in Syria: The SDF’s uncertain future

Ömer Murat* The fragile peace in Syria nearly collapsed last week when violent clashes erupted in Suwayda in the south of the country. The escalation...
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[ANALYSIS] Turkey ends 52-year oil pipeline agreement with Iraq: Strategic reset or emerging risks?

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkey’s decision, announced on July 20, 2025, to terminate its longstanding Turkey-Iraq Crude Oil Pipeline Agreement effective July 27, 2026, has drawn increased...
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[OPINION] From coup to crackdown: How Erdoğan used July 15 to dismantle Turkey’s democracy

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Nine years after a failed coup on July 15, 2016, Turkey remains a democracy in name only. Once hailed as a promising...
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[OPINION] Poverty has no name, but the debate over it speaks volumes about society

Yasemin Aydın* Names carry meaning. They tell stories of origin, belonging, history. And in times of political polarization, they are often turned into tools, symbols...
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[OPINION] Why fears of a coup still haunt Turkey

Ömer Murat* Turkey's political landscape is characterized by significant instability, and recent warnings from unexpected sources have led to a resurgence of concern regarding the...
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[ANALYSIS] Turkey faces economic trade-offs as NATO sets ambitious 5 pct defense spending target

Fatih Yurtsever* At the NATO Summit held in The Hague in June, member states agreed on a highly ambitious goal: to raise defense spending to...
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[OPINION] Clicks, code and control: How journalism is being strangled

Tarık Toros* Across the world, fundamental moral values, the principles that have provided social cohesion for centuries, are being systematically undermined. Yet historical patterns suggest that...
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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s last card: the Kurdish question as a political tool

*Adem Yavuz Arslan A recent announcement from the two Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) executives suggesting that the outlawed group will soon destroy their weapons...
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[OPINION] The West is giving up on the Turkish opposition suffocating under Erdoğan’s pressure

Ömer Murat* The arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strongest rival in the next presidential race, signals Turkey’s alarming slide into...
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[OPINION] Crashed ambitions: How Turkey sabotaged its own air power

*Adem Yavuz Arslan, Washington, D.C. Once a trusted partner in NATO’s most ambitious defense initiative, Turkey today finds itself both diplomatically isolated and militarily weakened....
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[ANALYSIS] Turkey’s ballistic missile defense: progress and persistent gaps

Fatih Yurtsever* The outbreak of hostilities between Iran and Israel on June 13 — sparked by Israeli airstrikes involving warplanes, drones and cruise missiles and...
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[OPINION] Are we aware of this joyful trap?

Abdülhamit Bilici* Most of us are unaware of how social media — now a central part of our lives — quietly and subtly distorts our...
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