Israeli Forces Kill Nine Palestinians and Injure 20 in Jenin
The Israeli invasion into Jenin refugee camp on January 26, 2023 was the most serious since Israel’s invasion and destruction of large parts of the refugee camp in 2002.
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Calls to Reform the UN Security Council Are Getting Louder
Closely allied countries such as Germany and Turkey should continue to stress their requests and perspectives on the UN reform,…
Middle Class Discontent Will Have Disruptive Consequences: An Interview with Lütfi Sunar
Slowing economic growth, cuts on living wages and narrowing opportunities for social mobility have led to a phenomenon of middle…
Only a Just Constitutional Committee Will Safeguard Syria’s Future
The formation of the constitutional committee in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 has been a major obstacle…
Is the Nation Alliance Collapsing?
The Iyi Party’s Spokesperson Yavuz Agıralioglu announced that if the CHP keeps its relations with the HDP intact, the Iyi…
Tortured and Imprisoned: Children are Unsafe in Sisi’s Egypt
Children pay the price of the political struggle. If the systematic targeting of human rights defenders, protesters, and the use…
Europe owes Turkey for its Security, it is time the EU takes Negotiations Seriously
Formalisms aside, Turkey is already in Europe, not only by its geographical location, but also thanks to the mutual strategic…
Germany’s Far-Right grows not through Bold Leaps, but in Small Steps
All democratic political parties that openly reject the AfD’s position must recognize the importance of giving symbolic responses to reject…
Will One Million People return to Syria’s Safe Zone?
It is clear that if 350,000 Syrian refugees returned back to the tiny areas of northern Aleppo and Afrin, the…
New Political Parties May Create Uncertainty in Turkish Politics
The AK Party and the MHP maintain their cooperation without any significant problem. Nevertheless, the emergence of new parties founded…
Rohingya Refugees say ‘No’ to Repatriation: Is Turkish Aid the Reason?
Turkish aid has nothing to do with the Rohingya refusal to repatriate. It is in fact Turkey’s commitment to the…
French Islam: How France and the UAE Partners to Create a State Approved Religion
Just as the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman offered to cooperate with Britain to spread “moderate Islam” together, earlier…
Israel Elections: Why targeting Turkey is an Electoral Strategy for Likud?
It is a matter of curiosity how seriously anti-Turkey campaign will continue as Israel receives two billion dollars in annual…
Turkey and Iran’s Approach to the YPG: A New Overlap of Interests?
Turkey should not expect other parties to understand and support responses to its own security threats. If Turkey enters into…
Will Turkey’s Kemalist Left Break its Silence against the PKK?
Reasonable left-wing supporters should start questioning the current trajectory of Turkey’s traditional nationalist leftist bloc and its political stance which…
How Conflicts between CENTCOM and EUCOM threaten the Turkey-US Safe Zone Deal
The latest action by CENTCOM of conducting joint patrols with a YPG front group immediately after the Turkish-American joint patrol…
Turkey’s Syrian Refugee Question
Turkey has recently increased control over immigration as well as the irregular settlement of Syrians, due to increasing social disturbances,…
‘Give me my son or I will burn this place down!’: A Kurdish Mother’s Fight against the PKK
Now, Kurdish mothers whose children were abducted by the PKK are encouraging each other to take their children back, and…
Germany Elections: The Right-Wing strengthens, but Centrists hold on to Power
A nightmare has not come true – for now. The political elites from Germany’s centrist parties and those from the…