Hakan Fidan

Is Trump’s support for Erdoğan to disarm PKK and Hamas together?

In Türkiye, as main opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel called on the masses who filled İstanbul’s Saraçhane Square despite police…

2 weeks ago

“The genie is out of the bottle”. Ankara discusses a Europe without NATO

This sentence, uttered by the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to the Financial Times, summarizes the view of Türkiye regarding…

1 month ago

Golani’s necktie, Ankara’s operation and crackdown on journalists

Last weekend, journalist Nevşin Mengü faced investigation over an interview, leading to her detention and subsequent release under judicial supervision…

4 months ago

Türkiye’s BRICS Bid: Why is Erdoğan’s visit being kept under wraps?

I was at the National Day reception at the Chinese Embassy in Ankara when Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli made…

6 months ago

Middle East at boiling point: Türkiye, the U.S. and Chekhov’s gun

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on August 12 and, summarizing from the American State…

8 months ago

Turkish move in Niger as France loses influence in West Africa

In Türkiye's busy agenda, the visit of a high-level Turkish delegation to Niger on July 17 should be read as…

9 months ago

Does Türkiye want to join BRICS? Fidan’s critical China visit explained

What put Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's trip to China on the global agenda was neither Türkiye's desire to attract investment…

10 months ago

The economic impact of Foreign Minister Fidan’s US visit

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to visit Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken within the…

1 year ago

Inside Erdoğan’s MIT speech: Türkiye’s 5-legged security doctrine

From President Tayyip Erdoğan's speech at the 97th anniversary ceremony of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) on January 10, it…

1 year ago

Türkiye delays appointing an envoy to the US capital

Türkiye's Ambassador to Washington, Murat Mercan, announced this week with a message posted on social media that his stint will…

1 year ago