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Erdoğan’s Look at Putin and Putin’s Look at Erdoğan

The photos taken during Erdoğan's meeting with Putin at the Shanghai Summit reveal a lot about Turkey-Russia relations and, beyond…

3 months ago

Kurdish Peace Process of  Türkiye and the Northern Syria Equation

Türkiye’s ongoing peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) holds the potential to end one of the country’s…

3 months ago

Ukraine Summit in Washington: A Dark Day for European Diplomacy

August 18, 2025, may go down in history as a dark day for European diplomacy. Three days after meeting Russian…

4 months ago

The Alaska Summit, winners, losers, and the end of the Yalta system

The three-hour meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 at the Elmendorf–Richardson Air…

4 months ago

Aliyev, Pashinyan agree: Will Türkiye open Armenia border gate?

The agreement reached on August 8 in Washington by Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan, facilitated by…

4 months ago

Overcoming semantics in Cyprus, establishing functionality

The Cyprus issue has remained stuck in conceptual traps for decades, unable to move beyond being a diplomatic headline. Concepts…

5 months ago

Can Ankara convince Hamas to a ceasefire and disarmament?

It is understood that the meeting on June 29 between MİT President İbrahim Kalın and Hamas Shura Council President Muhammed…

5 months ago

Erdogan with Trump after five years: why can they get along better now?

After five years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had the opportunity to meet face-to-face again with U.S. President Donald Trump, whom…

5 months ago

What the U.S. strike on Iran might unleash — from the Gulf to Ankara

In the theater of Middle East geopolitics, a U.S. strike is rarely just a regional act — it’s a signal…

5 months ago

Özel to Erdoğan: “You are a local dictator. You will leave as you came.”

“You are not a global leader, you are a local dictator,” Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür…

7 months ago