Turkey's Position in the Idlib Equation

Regional actors taking position in the Syrian town of Idlib seems to be changing the balances in the whole region

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Turkey's Position in the Idlib Equation
The Global War on Islam

The Global War on Islam

The July 15 coup attempt in Turkey can be described as an operation that was made as part of the global war on Islam

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Even if the ongoing row around Al-Aqsa Mosque ends peacefully, new tensions fueled by Israel for its interests will continue appearing

Ahead of Turkey's 2019 elections, the country will be compelled to deal with domestic and international challenges.

Targeting Erdoğan and Turks may now seem to help German politicians in the upcoming elections, but escalating the current tension will irreparably harm Berlin's already troubled relations with Ankara

The moments of people from all backgrounds standing united against coup forces last July will be remembered by future generations as the proudest moments in Turkey's history

Europe Has a Problem with Erdoğan

Erdoğan keeps a tab on the EU's unfulfilled promises and talks about Europe's unreliability in the public. That's why, the image of him the EU leaders have is he is as an authoritarian Turk

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Europe Has a Problem with Erdoğan
Turkey-US Relations Take Nosedive amid Syria Tensions

Turkey-US Relations Take Nosedive amid Syria Tensions

If Trump wants to put Turkish-U.S. relations back on track, he must stop carrying out Obama's YPG policy

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SETA Foreign Policy Studies Director Ufuk Ulutaş said that the recent Gulf crisis is an attempt to redesign Middle East politics and it is not about the alleged support of terrorism by Qatar, but rather a result of Qatar following its own terms in regional matters.

The attempt to politically ostracise the tiny emirate is more likely to isolate Riyadh than to bring Qatar to its knees.

Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.

Washington's flawed Daesh policy, which was cooked for Barack Obama and reheated for Mr. Trump, pushed regional powers to use terrorist groups as proxies.

Today, the AK Party no longer has to try and prove its legitimacy. After all, it was the party's ability to survive the smear campaigns that shaped its brand of politics.

Arming of YPG is a wrong decision for the US and deteriorated TR-US relations.

Mr. Trump's determination to work with Turkey has the potential to create a new trend of cooperation in re-designing the Middle East

The meeting at the White House between presidents Erdoğan and Trump gives us a piece of good news for the future of the Turkish-U.S. relations

There is still not an exit strategy and there is still the lack of transparency in the U.S. arrangement with the YPG.

With the consolidation of the presidential system, international observers might brace themselves for a fast-thinking, fast-acting Turkey

To make the region stronger and politically more powerful, Turkey and the Gulf states should shoulder the responsibility and start taking steps to develop a close mutual cooperation

Following the warm phone call between presidents Trump and Erdoğan, the CIA head's Ankara visit was the first face-to-face start of the new negotiation era between Turkey and the U.S., which heralds the change of power balance approaching the Middle East

Although Trump's phone call to Erdoğan and the CIA head's visit to Ankara are both concrete steps, they are unfortunately inadequate to normalize Turkey-U.S. ties; Trump still has a lot to do