Saudi Arabia’s Stance on Israel-Iran Escalation: War or Diplomacy?
Saudi Arabia, caught in uncertainty, views an Israeli Iranian war as ill-timed, neutrality as uncomfortable, and descent into the fray as inevitable.
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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,…
Turkey Steps Up Counter-Cyber Attack Efforts
According to a report published by Fortinet in August 2016, Turkey placed in the list of top five countries experiencing…
The PKK’s Child Soldiers
The PKK counts thousands of child soldiers among its ranks of fighters, and they are often forced or coerced into…
Can the PKK be Viewed as a Gender Liberator?
The PKK is often represented as an environmentalist, feminist, and at times, charitable organization in mainstream Western media, while its…
Aleppo’s fall and the Role of Russian, Iranian, and YPG forces
It is not possible to say positive things about the fate of the Syrian Revolution if there isn’t a major…
Perils of the PKK’s Arms: The MANPADS Challenge
The Turkish Army’s bitter experiences, such as the PKK’s recent attack near the Çığlı military zone, highlights the unanticipated consequences…
The Vicious Cycle of Increasing PKK Terror and Hardening Security Policies in Turkey
The overwhelming idea in society is that the PKK is using the HDP for recruitment, propaganda and logistical support purposes,…
Strategic Goal and Operational Context of the Euphrates Shield
The Euphrates Shield is intended to create a terror-free zone cleared of Daesh and PYD/PKK terrorists by the setting of…
How did FETO Terrorists Infiltrate the Turkish Armed Forces?
It was not until Fetullah Gülen that military tutelage began to be used as an instrument to take over state…
