Turkey

TV authority RTÜK delivers a major blow to media freedom in Türkiye

At its March 27 meeting, the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Board (RTÜK) imposed the heaviest fines ever on TV…

1 week ago

Court arrested and imprisoned İmamoğlu: A new stain on Turkish democracy

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested on March 23rd by an İstanbul Court on duty on charges…

2 weeks ago

Cyprus: No concession from Turks in Geneva, next meeting in July

The informal five-party Cyprus conference held on March 17-18, 2025, in Geneva once again highlighted the profound differences between the…

2 weeks ago

Where is the Real Armenia? New answers to old questions

Our short visit (*) to Armenia with a group of journalists from Türkiye allowed us to interview Prime Minister Nikol…

3 weeks ago

İstanbul Mayor Imamoğlu was detained: “We are facing a grand tyranny”

İstanbul’s opposition CHP member Metropolitan Mayor (IBB) Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained from his home on the morning of March 19.…

3 weeks ago

Cyprus talks: a five-star exercise in futility

On March 17 and 18, Geneva will host an international gathering again that promises all the grandeur of a high-stakes…

3 weeks ago

Future of NATO: with or without the US?

NATO has been the cornerstone of Western security for over seven decades, preventing another world war despite setbacks in various…

4 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

The future of the EU security without the US: A strategic reckoning

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reshaped global geopolitics overnight. His administration’s reassertion of the America…

1 month ago

Will Erdoğan untie or cut the PKK’s knot in Syria?

When I was writing my book “Kürt Kapanı (The Kurdish Trap)” about the full story of the capture of Abdullah…

1 month ago