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[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s TCG Anadolu propaganda: Hiding the results of political choices

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's election strategy for the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for May 14 hinges primarily on public support garnered...

[OPINION] Militant secularists meddle in politicking ahead of crucial Turkish elections

Türkmen Terzi Although 99 percent of Turkey's population is Muslim, the country is constitutionally a secular state with no official religion. As a result, the...

[ANALYSIS] How Russia brought Erdoğan government’s earthquake PSYOPS to light

Fatih Yurtsever* On March 30, 2023 Nezavisimia Gazeta, one of Russia's leading newspapers, published in a supplement an analysis of how the government of Turkish...

[OPINION] International backers keep Erdoğan in office as support at home wanes

Türkmen Terzi Support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decreased significantly, initially due to millions of Turks struggling with poverty as a result of...

[ANALYSIS] Putin and Erdoğan leverage Black Sea Grain Initiative for political gain

Fatih Yurtsever* The Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 led to a more than four-month-long blockade by Russian warships of Ukraine's Black Sea...

[ANALYSIS] ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin: Implications for Erdoğan?

Fatih Yurtsever* On March 17, 2023, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova,...

[ANALYSIS] Search for drone wreckage may offer a chance to mend US-Turkey ties

Fatih Yurtsever* Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercepted a US Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) MQ-9 Reaper UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) operating in...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s radical Islamist election allies: a reflection of his true colors

Türkmen Terzi Since taking office in 2003, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has publicly declared that he has "taken off the Milli Görüş shirt,"...

[OPINION] The logistics of challenging Erdoğan

Ali Dinçer* General Omar Bradley once said, “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.” And he wouldn’t have had the stellar career he had if he...

[ANALYSIS] Politicization of the TSK: Lt. Gen. Kahya and the teacup incident

Fatih Yurtsever* On Thursday Turkey, Sweden and Finland held a second round of trilateral talks at NATO headquarters in Brussels to discuss the potential accession...

[OPINION] Why Bashar al-Assad does not trust Erdoğan

Türkmen Terzi Despite persistent attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president has repeatedly ignored invitations...

[OPINION] Erdoğan faces the most significant challenge of his 20-year rule

Vedat Demir* Since the corruption and bribery investigations into members of the ruling party in December 2013, Turkey has been experiencing the biggest “crisis decade”...

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