Why Did Turkey Ratify Finland’s but Not Sweden’s NATO Bid?
If Sweden, like Finland, abides by Turkey’s red lines, it also can achieve a tangible gain on the way to NATO membership.
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Turkey’s Hunt for the PKK in post-referendum Iraq
As a result of its alliance with the US, the PKK expanded territories it captured and began to consolidate its…
Where did the Terrorists in the Trucks go?
The Qandil leadership believes that it will lose value if Daesh terror is eliminated. They try to continue their existence…
The Strategic Value of UCAVs for Turkey
Unmanned fighter jets grant Turkey a strategic military advantage in the region in terms of counter-terrorism operations and deterrence.
Neither NATO Nor Shanghai Alone: Turkey’s Quest for a Defense System
Turkey is not a country that could ensure its security by being completely dependent on either NATO or Shanghai. A…
What is Turkey doing in Idlib?
With Turkish absence, Idlib would face huge destruction, indiscriminate bombing, massacres, huge refugee flows and would become a new Raqqa,…
Possible Civil War Scenarios in Iraq following the KRG Referendum
The PYD stated that they would be ready to perform their duty at a possible conflict in Kirkuk, which clearly…
How DAESH uses Drones in the Battlefield
Drones that were first used for reconnaissance and surveillance activities on a tactical level in Iraq and Syria are now…
Uniting the Syrian Rebel Factions
As long as the support is not united under one structure, which will benefit the interim government, the Syrian opposition…
The Operation Euphrates Shield: A Joint Military Campaign in a Foreign Land
The Operation Euphrates Shield requires continual learning for conventional and hybrid threat operations, moving beyond high-level skills and standard procedures.
Turkey Manufactures National UAVs, an Interview with Haluk Bayraktar
While we were testing Bayraktar Mini ten years ago in southeastern Turkey, military officers told us: “No one interacted with…
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…
NATO, the Fight against Terror, and Intelligence Sharing
Since the end of the Cold War, the expectations from the NATO’s missions have changed. The NATO has been challenged…
Securing Turkey’s Borders: A Proactive Strategy with High-Tech Approach
The current border security of Turkey is functional and adequate, but needs to be improved by, first, an efficient management…
For the U.S. and Turkey, NATO Continues to be an Unequal, Unreliable Alliance
Cooperation against terrorism under the umbrella of NATO was particularly highlighted during the Summit in Brussels.
The Threat of DAESH Sleeper Cells and How to Contain It
After the recent death of senior Daesh operative Abdurakhmon Uzbeki as a result of a US Special Forces raid in…
Why DAESH is So Pleasant to Israel
Daesh, the world’s most modern and sadistic terrorist organization – known for putting people into cages and burning them, selling…
Turkey’s Domestic Surveillance Balloons vs. the US Persistent Threat Detection System
The indigenously developed surveillance balloons by ASELSAN-OTONOM, and to some extent TURKSAT, seem appropriate for the operational needs of the…
Turkey’s Prospects and Challenges for a National Missile Defense System
In order to ramp up production based on the use of national resources, thus diversify domestically produced technologies and goods,…
