Sweden and Finland NATO Membership: The Calculus of Alliance Politics
A reason for the Turkish reservations about Sweden’s and Finland’s membership is the arms embargo on the Turkish defense industry.
Politics
The Investigation Commission on the State of Emergency Decrees Gets to Work
With an aim to monitor the actions taken as part of the decree laws and upon the discussions questioning the…
Could the US Save the Raqqa Operation Through Intense Airstrikes?
Despite huge American support, PKK-affiliated YPG forces are trying hard to take Raqqa from DAESH. After the quick withdrawal of…
Seeking Independence in Northern Iraq, An Interview with Hemin Hawrami
Questions linger about the timing of the Independence referendum to be held in Northern Iraq on September 25, and how…
FETO’s Civil Administrators and their Trips Abroad before the Coup Attempt
The trips, relationships, meetings and other evidence are strong enough to prove FETO members’ finger in the coup attempt, whereas…
Russia’s Grand Strategy: Threats, Risks and Obstacles
The real challenge for Russia is tied to her ability in dealing with internal structural problems and its relationship with…
Parties, Politicians and Dispositions towards the July 15 Coup Attempt
While the July 15 coup attempt and the immediate aftermath produced a unified synergy in favor of democracy, in the…
Mosul in Ruins, Kirkuk Awaits a Similar Destiny: What can Turkey do?
Turkey should give clear signals to both al-Abadi and Iran that Kirkuk is an issue that touches its national security…
The Rise and Fall of FETO in Turkish Politics
FETO, a religious criminal cult and led by the US based cleric Fetullah Gülen, is a bizarre political phenomenon. It…
Germany’s “New Free Policy”
There is a newspaper, published in Frankfurt and sold along with Frankfurter Allgemeine, Le Monde, Le Figaro, El Pais and The Guardian at kiosks in Europe: Yeni…
Interuniversity Board Condemns the Coup Attempt in Turkey
Following the recent coup attempt in Turkey, public and private institutions made public statements condemning the coup attempt by an…
US failed to stick up for Democracy in the Night of July 15 Coup Attempt
When the international responses to the democracy-suspending coups staged throughout Turkey’s political history are considered, the initial silence of the…
Who are the Gülenists?
The former congregation and the current Gülenists (FETO members) buried its secretive facet into the cold waters of politics, while…
How Gülen adopted the Assassin’s Strategy
Even if Fetullah Gülen did not examine and take after Hassan-i Sabbah and his Hashashin – which is very possible – it’s definite…
Coups of TIME
TIME, praising all the military coups that happened since May 14 1950, Turkey’s transition into multiparty system, seized the opportunity…
How FETO works as an Intelligence Network and Criminal Enterprise
On July 15, 2016, Turkey foiled a military coup attempt orchestrated by the Fetullah Gülen Terror Group (FETO), which has…
The Status of the July 15 Coup Trials
Conducted by the Ankara 17th Heavy Penal Court and known to the public as “the July 15 coup attempt lawsuit”…
Intra-Kurdish Approaches to the Independence Referendum in Northern Iraq
The referendum and possible independence process gets even more complicated when the non-Kurdish actors –both within and out of Iraq-…
Can Turkey benefit from a Strategic Alliance with Russia?
Turkey’s relations with the US are expected to stay fragile due to Washington’s insistence on supporting the PKK in Syria.…
