The Middle East Political and Economic Affairs: Reporting and analysis of major political and economic developments in the Middle East, Turkey being a key player in the region.
The full text of the Defense Agreement signed between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in Mecca on August 7 has not yet been made public. To see the full text, we will have to wait for the agreement to come before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) for approval
The Joint Defense Agreement signed today, August 7, in Mecca by the leaders of Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan marks an important step in the reshaping of the Middle East by creating a new center of power in the region. Although it was emphasized that the Joint Defense Agreement signed at Al Safa Palace in
When U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is about to launch the biggest attack yet against Iran, only to call it off at the last minute, that in itself has become newsworthy. Yet what truly matters is a single sentence he uttered while explaining aboard Air Force One why the latest strike had been
For Turkey, there are effectively two summits taking place in Ankara. One is the NATO summit, where the Alliance is expected to enter what many describe as its new “3.0 era.” The other is the bilateral meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump. Only about ten days ago, Trump told NATO
The Western defense alliance NATO wants its members to increase military spending at the July 7-8 Ankara Summit. But this is not simply about persuading European allies to dig deeper into their pockets if they fear Russia. The “NATO 3.0” doctrine, which will dominate the agenda as 32 leaders gather in Ankara under the hosting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met President Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on April 4. We do not know whether the timing of the visit was deliberately arranged, but since he was already in Istanbul—and as it coincided with Easter—he also visited Patriarch Bartholomew. Later, in a move that, like his Istanbul visit, had not been announced
Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has been showing the world the darker face that the United States has tried to conceal for the past century. He has done so with the domestic and foreign policy backing of the Israel lobby and the reactionary religious masses connected to it who call themselves “Christian Zionists.”
As tensions surrounding Iran escalate, Washington and Tel Aviv appear to be placing every possible lever on the table — including the potential use of Kurdish forces as a strategic pressure point against Tehran. At precisely this moment, a striking message emerged from within Kurdish political circles themselves: “Leave the Kurds alone. We are not
First, let us note that there is no precedent in history for striking the initial blow against a target country by eliminating its top leadership cadres. What we are witnessing here is an entirely different concept of warfare. In the war against Iran launched by the US–Israel alliance, let us begin by examining the positions
The first major consequence of the coordinated Israeli and U.S. attack on Iran in the early hours of February 28 was the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled Iran for 37 years. It is also reported that several key figures of the Islamic Republic were killed at the very outset of