Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
At the SAHA defense exhibition, which opened in İstanbul on May 5, the biggest surprise was the announcement that Türkiye had reached the manufacturing stage of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). A mock-up of the “Yıldırımhan” missile — said to be capable of delivering a 3-ton warhead over a distance of 6,000 kilometers — was
The fact that Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz signed the agreement in Yerevan on May 4 with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the restoration of the historic Ani Bridge coinciding with President Tayyip Erdoğan’s renewed remarks on Türkiye–European Union relations was no coincidence. Ankara assesses that the tension in Türkiye–EU relations—no longer possible to conceal—has
Recent developments over the past week indicate a concerted effort to disrupt the delicate balance of “active neutrality” that Türkiye has been trying to maintain within the US–EU–NATO triangle, against the backdrop of what increasingly appears as a US-backed Israel–Iran war. The cards are now being played face up; there is little need for concealment
Once the master of the seas and an architect of the global order, Britain today still speaks with the reflexes of a great power—yet no longer acts with the same capacity. The issue is not merely relative decline. It is the widening gap between perception and reality. London’s rhetoric remains that of a major power,
On the evening of April 11, when it became clear that the first round of talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan would yield no results, Benjamin Netanyahu took to his X account with a message targeting both Türkiye and the Kurds: “Under my leadership, Israel will continue to fight against Iran’s terrorist
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
When the war of words with CHP leader Özgür Özel is stripped out of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s April 1 address to the AK Party parliamentary group, what remains is in fact an important message aimed at external audiences. Reading between the lines, the message highlights concern that the Iran war—launched by the United States
The joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of “regional countries,” who convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 18 to discuss developments in the Iran war, is the kind that may one day be remembered as a victory for Israel. The only sentence in the statement that mentions Israel is the one condemning its
The Center for Combating Disinformation (DMD) stated on March 18, addressing the ongoing debate in social media and political circles over the past two days on whether Türkiye has taken sides in the Iran strike carried out by the U.S.–Israel alliance. The DMD denied claims that a presidential decree, signed by President Tayyip Erdoğan, issued
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