Ukraine

Patriarch Bartholomew Meets Trump. Will President Erdoğan too?

On September 15, while domestic attention in Türkiye was focused on the CHP’s “absolute nullity” case, U.S. President Donald Trump…

3 months ago

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

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

Russia-Ukraine and Europe-Iran talks will be held in İstanbul this week

The Ukraine-Russia ceasefire and Iran-Europe nuclear talks are being hosted by Türkiye this week in Istanbul, with a two-day interval…

5 months ago

Towards a simultaneous solution to Ukraine, Syria and the Kurdish issues

Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in İstanbul on May 16 for possible peace talks. These are the third round of…

7 months ago

Security is the new dynamic in EU-Turkish relations

On May 7, the European Parliament approved, by majority vote, the report of Türkiye rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor during its…

7 months 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…

9 months 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…

9 months 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…

9 months ago