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Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries

Özgür Özel Leaves CHP to Form a New Party

The expected has happened. Speaking at the CHP parliamentary group meeting on 21 July, which he described as arriving “with…

1 week ago

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…

2 weeks 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…

3 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…

3 weeks ago

“NATO’s Outreach to the Middle East via Turkey and Trump’s Two Key Meetings”

The Western defense alliance NATO wants its members to increase military spending at the July 7-8 Ankara Summit. But this…

3 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

Armenia: Pashinyan Chose Peace with Türkiye and Azerbaijan—and Won

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared victory in the June 7 elections. Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party, which advocates peace with…

2 months ago

Özel’s Star Is Rising: The Nullity Ruling Benefits Neither Kılıçdaroğlu nor Erdoğan”

I am writing this fully aware that Özgür Özel may now face every conceivable obstacle ahead of him — from…

2 months ago

The Dark Day of Turkish Politics: A Coup to Free Politics

Politics in Türkiye has seen dark days before. The country witnessed the ruling caliph-sultan collaborating with occupying armies; in the…

2 months ago