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[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan fears facing the same fate as Egypt’s Morsi

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's handshake with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was sworn in as Egypt’s president in 2014 after a...

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s fear of a coup delayed search and rescue operations after the quakes

Fatih Yurtsever* New information and explanations have bolstered claims that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) participated too late in search and rescue operations with all...

[OPINION] Erdoğan is the commander-in-chief of the trolls, not the army

Türkmen Terzi Since Turkey's southern provinces were hit by 7.8 and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes on Feb. 6 and the region continues to be rocked by strong...

[OPINION] Court registrar’s conspiratorial tweets bring impartiality of ECtHR into question

Cengiz Yılmaz* The away match against Adana Demirspor on Feb. 2 was a must-win for the Fenerbahçe football club, which was already four points behind...

[OPINION] How Erdoğan’s one-man rule collapsed with the earthquake

Türkmen Terzi Last week magnitude-7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes and a series of severe aftershocks struck the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş, causing immense destruction in...

[OPINION] This is political, Mr. President!

Yasemin Aydın* After two devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “Words are not enough to express our grief." In that, he...

[OPINION] The unbearable cost of authoritarianism

Ali Dinçer* The keyword is “efficiency.” Whether we are talking about a highly individualized one-man rule or a relatively institutional one-party state, the strongest selling...

[ANALYSIS] Major earthquake in Turkey has exposed dysfunction of AFAD and the military

Fatih Yurtsever* A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey on Monday and was one of the strongest in a century has caused unprecedented damage in...

[ANALYSIS] How did Turkey acquire the capability to produce ballistic missiles?

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkey test-fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), newly developed by Roketsan and named Tayfun (typhoon), over the Black Sea on Oct. 18, 2022....

[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan seeks political support from the UK with Type 23 frigates

Fatih Yurtsever* Before every election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to benefit from people's nationalist sentiments to increase his political support while portraying countries...

[ANALYSIS] How effective is the TB2 UCAV in the Ukraine-Russia war?

Fatih Yurtsever* In the last decade Turkey has made tremendous strides in developing indigenous unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and smart munitions. The Bayraktar TB2...

Secularism in Ankara vs. Ottoman nostalgia in Cape Town: the paradox of Turkey’s foreign policy

Türkmen Terzi  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to South Africa last week, unusual timing since the country does not typically receive high-profile...

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