How Realistic Is It to Go Retro in Turkey-Syria Relations?
Compelling factors and actors push Turkey and Syria into a rapprochement course, but the facts on the ground may impede it.
Opinion
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…
Turkey, the Gulf Crisis and Qatar’s Economy
Although a regional diplomatic crisis has plagued the Gulf in the past, the recent crisis has gone beyond a diplomatic…
Understanding Hamas’ New Political Document
Last month, two developments that are of vital importance for Palestinian politics occurred. First, the Hamas movement released its much-anticipated…
What is behind the Crisis in the Gulf?
Gulf states have been at the center of the world’s attention since the May 20 Riyadh Summit, where President Trump…
The New Silk Route: Turkey’s Pivot to Asia by “One Belt, One Road”
Ankara should use the partnership with Beijing to boost its political, economic and security interests in the greater Eurasia basin.…
Ex-Soviet State Fighters in DAESH
If DAESH continues to increase its capacity within the borders of Russia, there is quite a high possibility that Russia…
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.
Erdoğan – Trump Meeting Signals a More Constructive Era in US-Turkish Relations
President Erdoğan’s meeting with US President Trump was overshadowed by the Pentagon’s decision to provide heavy weaponry to the YPG.…
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…
Breaking Myths: Arab-Turkish Interaction and the Syrian War
It seems there are some coincidences which suggest hope lies in the future for Turkey and the people of the…
Time to Decide for the CHP: Stay the Same or Become Popularized
CHP could just as easily say it doesn’t care about who rules, and focus on its usual voter base and…
From Alliance to Tacit Containment: Changes in Turkey-US Relations
If the EU institutions decide to continue more hostile relations with Turkey and try to isolate Turkey, alternative options including…
What is the GreenMetric World University Ranking?
Considering the unique mission of raising environmental awareness among universities and international networking opportunities, the GreenMetric World University Ranking deserves…
The Leftist Violence in Turkey
Let’s not forget that the clashes and deaths during Gezi Park started after the CHP canceled their Kadıköy meeting and…
Is Marine Le Pen Far Right in the French Presidential Elections?
The French are getting more used to far right by the day. The enemies and targets of the far right…
Will the Trump Administration’s Syria Policy Change after the Chemical Attack?
Turkey should be neither too pessimist nor too optimist especially after Rex Tillerson’s statements on Syria, which were recently laid…