Murat Yetkin

Journalist-Writer

US Elections: Trump Suffers a Crushing Defeat. What Does It Mean for Türkiye?

The rising cost of living, war and arrogant aggression brought Trump a crushing defeat. This could once again cool Türkiye-US…

2 days ago

Türkiye-Azerbaijan: Towards a Crisis or a New Understanding? What Is Really Going On?

Before the impact of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s announcement that he would not attend the Organization of Turkic States (OTS)…

6 days ago

R4+E3 Formula: New Diplomatic Initiatives, Canada and Türkiye-EU Relations

It is clear that the EU has long since lost much of its potential to exert political leverage over Türkiye,…

2 weeks ago

Türkiye Must Ease Tensions with Azerbaijan Before Another Foreign Policy Problem Emerges

Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations are too important to be derailed either by Israel or by a headscarf ban. Both Erdoğan and Aliyev…

3 weeks ago

Ankara hits Iran with economic sanctions ahead of Erdoğan-Trump meeting

Ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly on September 22,…

2 months ago

Far-Right Rise in Germany and Europe’s Unlearned Russian Lesson

US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff left Moscow empty-handed after receiving a lecture from Russian President Vladimir Putin…

2 months ago

Fidan: Criminal Netanyahu must be stopped. He is harming Israel, too.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners “must now be stopped.” Speaking at a…

2 months ago

SDF Dissolved: Türkiye Got What It Wanted in Syria. The US Is Pleased. Watch Israel.

It was announced by its leader, Mazloum Abdi, in Damascus on the evening of August 25 that the Syrian Democratic…

2 months ago

Another Kavala Ruling: Getting Stuck in a Stream While Aiming to Cross the Sea

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has again found Türkiye in the wrong in Osman…

2 months ago

Two Messages from Ankara to Israel: We Won’t Take the Bait, We Won’t Allow It

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s description of Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase, near Syria’s border with Türkiye…

3 months ago