How I Saw the Light in Gaza during my United States Trip
Visiting the United States again over the years has led to important observations of how domestic politics and foreign policy have been changing in the country.
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How the European Union Continues to Generate Poverty and Migration in Africa
The CFA franc and the way in which Western corporations exploit Africa are at the root of the immigrant crisis.…
Turkey Charts an Independent Foreign Policy
Developments in northern Syria seem to be heading in the right direction, i.e. towards the creation of a deep security…
China’s Zouchuqu Policy and Turkey-Pakistan Economic Relations
Urging Turkish investors to start working from now to benefit from the immense opportunities that will come from the China-led…
Will the Alliance Between the CHP and Iyi Party Work?
Even though the parties have finalized their agreement, some circles in the CHP and Iyi Party are not satisfied with…
Why is Turkey Backing President Maduro?
Turkey and Venezuela share this political model: democracy at home, autonomy abroad. They support each other since they share similar…
Why Arab Countries are Changing their Strategies Towards Syria
Many countries, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia perceive the post-war reconstruction of Syria as an opportunity to break the…
What Does the Golden Rule of Politics Say for CHP’s Conservative Candidates?
Ekrem Imamoglu started his campaign by visiting the mausoleum of the Ottoman Emperor Mehmed II, the Conqueror of Istanbul. Thus,…
Taking Stock of the Syria Withdrawal Decision
The Syria withdrawal decision is criticized on many fronts but most critics complain more about the style and timing than…
Meanderings on the Road to Presidency: Ince’s Calculations and Miscalculations
The CHP should try to clarify what the party’s main purpose is in the short and long-term and whether there…
Sputnik Türkiye: The Voice of Moscow?
Views on Sputnik expressed both in Turkey and Western countries must be interpreted as reviews made on the new link…
The Exchange of Threats on the Opposite Side of the Taiwan Strait
No doubt that China, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, yearns to fulfill political advancement in the form of unification…
Trump’s Double “Conflation” Problem
In such an “interconnected” and “intertwined” world, the economic sphere must have a certain degree of immunity from politics. Not…
The Populist Turn in Turkish Politics: Why are People Leaving?
In light of this picture, the claim or the fact that some educated and wealthy people have left the country…
Egypt’s Energy Activism as a Threat to Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt and its allies preferred to exclude the most important countries in the Eastern Mediterranean from the equation. Excluding Turkey,…
Tunisia in a Predicament: Echoes of the Tunisian Revolution Lingering
Blaise’s aphorism that ‘frustration at that failure has no more gruesome expression than Tunisia’s tide of self-immolations’ (Blaise, Self-Immolation, Catalyst…
America’s MESA Delusion
The idea of forming a strategic alliance in the Middle East (MESA) is not new. It came under many labels…
Turkey’s Fight Against Terrorism: PKK, not Kurds
There is a deliberate confusion by using the term “Kurds” in relation to both societal or even political groups and…
Turkey’s Relationship with Pakistan and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
With the BRI and CPEC aimed at enhancing economic integration and prosperity in the region, it surely provides a firm…