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The Kobani verdicts: Dissecting a political trial

The Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court handed down heavy sentences in the Kobani Trial on May 16. The most notable…

1 day ago

The real center of power in the Turkish-US relations is the Pentagon

We were chatting with an American diplomat, who held high positions in the US State Department while on duty, during…

2 months ago

Pro-Kurdish DEM was hoping a “dialogue call” but PKK called for war

Last weekend, Murat Karayılan, one of the leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), announced that he would deliver…

2 months ago

Potential Türkiye-Iraq agreement: A game-changer in the Middle East

Top-level Turkish security delegation's visit to Baghdad on March 14 should be considered as a significant step towards a comprehensive…

2 months ago

Turkey-US relations: overcoming the major hurdle to turn a new page

Turkish Foreign Minsiter Hakan Fidan had a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington on March 8. "There…

2 months ago

Diplomats in Ankara wonder about the travels of intel chief Kalın

The meeting between the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, and Hamas leader İsmail Haniyeh in…

3 months ago

Are we at the table or on the menu?

The energy war, the ethnic war, the religion/sect-based war, the trade war, the technology war, the water war, the war…

4 months ago

Türkiye’s cross-border strategy: Codes of Ministers’ PKK briefing

"If we had not been there, the organization's attacks on our borders would have continued as before and we would…

4 months ago

Erdoğan’s political risk: Will the parliament approve Sweden’s NATO bid without F-16s

President Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of one of the most difficult decisions of his political life. He has…

4 months ago

PKK kills 9 Turkish soldiers in Iraq, inner security cabinet meets

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense (MSB) confirmed on January 12 that nine Turkish soldiers were killed while four others…

4 months ago