Turkish Foreign Relations Analysis Forecast

Turkish Foreign Relations Analysis and Forecast: Insightful reporting of Turkish diplomacy with its ups and downs in relations with the U.S., Russia the Europe and the Islamic World.

Russia-China Meeting in Ankara and Fidan’s Visit to Ukraine

Russian Ambassador to Ankara Sergey Vershinin, will host an intriguing event on 16 July. In fact, it is a joint…

5 days ago

Erdoğan Expects Trump to Keep His Word, Trump Expects Europe to Keep Theirs

For Turkey, there are effectively two summits taking place in Ankara. One is the NATO summit, where the Alliance is…

2 weeks ago

Ankara Summit Marks the Birth of NATO’s New Cold War Era

  If you view NATO's July 7–8 Ankara Summit as the founding meeting of the "New Cold War" NATO, then…

2 weeks ago

Russia’s Ambassador to Ankara: We Respect Türkiye’s Choice of NATO Membership

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s June 16–17 visit to Moscow was significant in several respects. Fidan not only met with Russian…

1 month ago

Can the NATO Summit Open Europe’s Doors to Türkiye?

The NATO Summit will be held in Ankara on July 7–8. Thanks to the summit, Ankara is also gaining a…

1 month ago

Türkiye Should Settle the Blue Homeland Dispute with Greece and Make Progress with the EU

In recent days, significant diplomatic activity has been observed in Turkish foreign policy both on the Western front — namely…

2 months ago

The Meeting at the British Embassy and NATO’s Ankara Summit

There was an interesting meeting at the British Embassy in Ankara on the evening of May 12. In a rather…

2 months ago

July Threshold in Türkiye–EU Tensions: What Did Erdoğan Really Say, and What Should Be Done?

The fact that Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz signed the agreement in Yerevan on May 4 with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol…

3 months ago

Casus Belli Ahead of Mitsotakis–Erdoğan Talks?”

“Casus belli” is one of the hundreds of terms Latin has contributed to international law. When pronounced in Turkish exactly…

6 months ago

ISIS and SDF: Two Dummy Variables and the Middle East Matrix

In mathematics, when solving systems of equations with multiple unknowns, there is the concept of a “temporary variable,” or in…

6 months ago