13 March 2025 
Under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Türkiye, Greece, the United Kingdom, the Turkish...
Can Russia survive under Putin?
21 February 2025 As of 2025, Russia under President Vladimir Putin presents a complex interplay of political stability, economic...
When Erdoğan says “know your place”: TÜSİAD fallout and Minister Şimşek’s dilemma
21 February 2025 Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) Chairman Orhan Turan and High Advisory Council Chairman Ömer Aras...
Ukraine Crisis: Putin’s victory, Europe’s defeat, and Türkiye’s struggle to remain relevant
21 February 2025 Let's summarize the current situation: On February 18, while US and Russian Foreign Ministers were discussing...
Türkiye’s top business group leader under investigation: Listening or silencing business?
15 February 2025 A formal investigation has been launched against Mehmet Ömer Arif Aras, President of the High Advisory...
Surge in investigations against CHP: Target is İstanbul’s İmamoğlu
13 February 2025 The series of investigations against Türkiye's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) began on February 10th...
Turkmenistan-Türkiye natural gas deal: Volume, price and risks remain uncertain
12 February 2025 Despite dozens of agreements and protocols signed over the years between Türkiye and Turkmenistan, we have...
Türkiye to rebuild Syrian Military: Turkish officials confirm
7 February 2025 It is reported that Türkiye will take an active role in restructuring the Syrian military. According...
New criminal case against Istanbul Mayor: Could lead to political ban
5 February 2025 Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu faces another criminal case, this time for allegedly threatening Istanbul Chief Public...
Shara in Ankara, Netanyahu in Washington: The battle over maps
5 February 2025 The three-hour meeting between interim Syrian President Ahmed Shara and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at...
Öcalan prison visits end, crackdown begins: storm looms
28 January 2025 With "the crackdown" in the title, I'm referring to a series of judicial proceedings spanning from...
The Grand Kartal Hotel fire tragedy: A cover-up in the making?
24 January 2025 The Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan claimed yesterday that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, under the...
Hotel fire in Turkish ski resort claims 76 lives, 9 detained. Who is to blame?
22 January 2025 A devastating fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya, a popular ski resort in Bolu,...
PKK explores Syria exit strategy through SDF autonomy deal
18 January 2025 On the evening of January 16, the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) Foreign Relations office made a...
Ukraine’s attempt to attack TurkStream: What should Ankara do?
17 January 2025 Ukraine's recent attempt to attack the TurkStream pipeline represents an alarming and perilous escalation. The fact...
Opposition Mayor of İstanbul’s Beşiktaş arrested, sparking political tensions
17 January 2025 The mayor of Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, Rıza Akpolat from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has...
- 16/08/2019in Politics
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... - 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... - 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...