AK Party's Next Challenge in the New Period
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.
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What Is Turkey's Position in the Global Turmoil?
We must find answers to a number of key questions: are the U.S. and the U.K. assuming the leadership of an emerging coalition? Is an alliance between Germany and France still feasible? Could Turkey work more closely with Italy, Spain and the U.K.?
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Ufuk Ulutas commented on the issues of FETO and US support to YPG after President Erdogan-Trump meeting.
Mr. Trump's determination to work with Turkey has the potential to create a new trend of cooperation in re-designing the Middle East
How U.S. support to the PYD/PKK in Syria will affect the Turkey-U.S. relationship? What will be the implications of the U.S. strategy to defeat DAESH for the region? How is the PKK taking advantage of the U.S. military assistance to the YPG?
In Mr. Trump upcoming meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he can fix his predecessor's mistakes.
Will The AK Party Part Ways With 'Islamists'?
In recent years, Mr. Erdoğan has included the common themes of conservatism, nationalism and Islamism, the main pillars of Turkish politics, in his discourse and policies to the best of his ability and under the prevailing conditions.
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A Busy Month of May in Turkey
The April 16 constitutional referendum did not lower the tensions in Turkish politics. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will travel to India, Russia, China, Belgium and the U.S. in the coming weeks.
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Thanks to the 'yes' result in the constitutional referendum, Turkey is going to negotiate with its foreign allies with renewed confidence in the following days
The analysis will examine the outstanding features of the constitutional design in pursuit of executive presidency in addition to the historical background of the transformation.
If the West wants to do business with the Turks, it must acknowledge that what Mr. Erdoğan represents will be part and parcel of Turkey's future
The U.K.'s Brexit episode set a useful precedent for Turkey's future mode of engagement with Europe
The mistreatment of Kaya and peaceful Turkish protesters by the Dutch police cannot be reduced to a pragmatic polarization between the two countries.
The referendum campaign for a presidential system, which represents perhaps the most internationalized electoral contest in Turkey's political history, has also turned into a litmus test for the democratic credentials of key European countries
The problem is that Germany has unfortunately become Europe's lobbying center for enmity toward Turkey, and this lobby is located right where Germany's policy on Turkey is set
European countries' open support to the ‘no' campaign in the Turkish referendum will have an adverse effect on the camp opposing the constitutional reform
The argument from the ‘no' camp that claims the opposition to the referendum is the same as fighting the War of Independence will certainly backfire
The constitutional change bill does not only concern the policy of one party. It is a long overdue duty of the Turkish state to strengthen itself, which will consequently benefit both the people of the country and the entire region
Erdoğan's principal messages to African leaders focus on establishing long-term social and economic partnerships on the basis of mutual respect and common benefits through capacity building, entrepreneurship and human development
Unless we come up with a comprehensive plan to fight and defeat terrorism in the region, European capitals will continue to fear the next terror attack
By attacking a popular nightclub in Istanbul, the terrorists wanted Turkish people to accept defeat but the only way out of the current situation is to keep going forward
