25 May 2026 
There was an interesting meeting at the British Embassy in Ankara on the evening of May...
What Does Türkiye’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile-ICBM-Announcement Mean?
7 May 2026 At the SAHA defense exhibition, which opened in İstanbul on May 5, the biggest surprise was...
July Threshold in Türkiye–EU Tensions: What Did Erdoğan Really Say, and What Should Be Done?
5 May 2026 The fact that Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz signed the agreement in Yerevan on May 4 with...
Türkiye in the US–EU–NATO Triangle: The Cards Are Now on the Table
26 April 2026 Recent developments over the past week indicate a concerted effort to disrupt the delicate balance of...
Türkiye-UK: Toward a More Equal, Mutually Beneficial Partnership with Ankara?
24 April 2026 Once the master of the seas and an architect of the global order, Britain today still...
After Failing to Stir Kurds in Iran, Israel Turns Its Anger on Türkiye
12 April 2026 On the evening of April 11, when it became clear that the first round of talks...
Türkiye’s anti-war diplomacy brings Syria and Ukraine leaders together
6 April 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met President Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on April 4. We do not...
Ankara Concerned Iran War Could Turn into Sunni–Shia Conflict
2 April 2026 When the war of words with CHP leader Özgür Özel is stripped out of President Recep...
“Riyadh Blunder: Arab States Condemn Iran, Not Israel – Türkiye Joins”
20 March 2026 The joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of “regional countries,” who convened in Riyadh, Saudi...
Türkiye Tightens Controls on Transit Trade of Military Materials
19 March 2026 The Center for Combating Disinformation (DMD) stated on March 18, addressing the ongoing debate in social...
Do the Kurds Want to Become a “Hired Geopolitical Weapon” Again?
6 March 2026 As tensions surrounding Iran escalate, Washington and Tel Aviv appear to be placing every possible lever...
The Positions of the EU, Russia, China, Arab Countries and Türkiye in the Iran War
4 March 2026 First, let us note that there is no precedent in history for striking the initial blow...
Israel and the US Strike Iran: Regime Change with a Nuclear Pretext
1 March 2026 The first major consequence of the coordinated Israeli and U.S. attack on Iran in the early...
Russia–Ukraine: Türkiye’s Return to Realpolitik and Its Expanding Role in NATO
24 February 2026 Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory four years ago today, on 24 February 2022. NATO had anticipated...
Could Iran De Facto Recognise Israel and Preserve the Regime?
23 February 2026 Geopolitical analysis of the US–Iran crisis typically rests on cold calculations of power: air defence systems,...
“Terror-Free Türkiye” Report Voted On Amid Objections: Time to Act
19 February 2026 Publicly referred to as the “Terror-Free Türkiye Commission,” the TBMM Commission on National Solidarity, Brotherhood and...
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Turkish Defence Minister at Syria border to urge U.S. for prompt joint action
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has paid an unscheduled visit to the built-up Turkish troops in Şanlıurfa at Syria border on August 16 with Chief of Joint Staff General Yaşar Güler and force commanders. The obvious aim of the visit is to supervise the process of establishing a Joint Operation Centre with the U.S. forces... - 18/07/2019in Politics
Turkey asks U.S. to revoke its F-35 removal decision to avoid “irreparable damage” in ties.
A Pentagon announcement was made on July 17 about removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program because of Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement in response, in the later hours, asking the U.S. to revoke the decision “which will ... - 03/12/2018in Turkish Foreign Relations Analysis Forecast
Erdoğan couldn’t say “One minute!” to the Saudi Crown Prince
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said he regret that he missed the opportunity to “complete” what the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had started by opening up the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during the leaders’ conference of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Nov 30-Dec 1. In a press conference after the... - 23/07/2019in Politics
More U.S. sanctions might further push Turkey toward Russia
The Turkish service of the Russian Sputnik channel ended the political show of three Turkish journalists on July 19, a day after they interviewed Ahmet Davutoğlu, the former prime minister of President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) but now one of the in-house dissidents in preparations of a new party. Ironically, when asked... - 03/03/2019in Politics
Russian missiles separate NATO allies U.S. and Turkey
What would President Trump ask from Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan if he were allowed to ask for one thing only? An American official talking to a group of Turks on condition of anonymity recently asked that rhetorical question and continued without waiting for the Turks to answer: it would be to cancel the Russian S-400...