Hakan Fidan

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…

2 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…

3 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…

4 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…

5 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…

8 months 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…

10 months 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…

10 months ago

Blinken in Istanbul: F-16 sales and Sweden’s NATO accession in spotlight

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Jan.…

10 months ago

An example of a foreign policy u-turn: Erdoğan congratulates Es-Sisi

Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate announced on December 21 that President Tayyip Erdoğan congatulated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Es-Sisi on his…

11 months ago

Important Israel message from ahead of Blinken’s visit

Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Türkiye on November 5-6, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made an…

1 year ago