Ahead Of 2019 Race, Opposition Leaders Repeating Past Mistakes

Compared to 2014, the opposition will have a more difficult time finding a suitable candidate for their joint campaign.

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Ahead Of 2019 Race Opposition Leaders Repeating Past Mistakes
Turkey's Chess Moves from Sochi to Washington

Turkey's Chess Moves from Sochi to Washington

Seeking a balanced policy with the U.S. and Russia in the region, Turkey is determined to not let the Kurdish militants form any kind of entity

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Erdoğan and Putin, who discussed bilateral trade relations and amuch-debated solution to the Syrian crisis, completed their meeting more positively than ever

Ankara has begun to renew its foreign policy agenda in the post-referendum era in attempt to balance the shaken relations with its alliances

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.

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 PKK’s Branch In Northern Syria PYD-YPG

This report entitled “The PKK’s Branch in Northern Syria: PYD-YPG” aims to answer basic questions about the PYD and is one of the leading reports originally penned in Turkish.

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The PKK s Branch In Northern Syria PYD-YPG
The West's Desperately Needed Reset with Turkey

The West's Desperately Needed Reset with Turkey

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

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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.

Under the circumstances, Turkey should be expected to use new hard power instruments in Syria.

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 risk of giving verbal assurances without a plan to prevent possible threats to Turkey in the future is a hard proposal to accept.

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

The United States wants to get involved in the Syrian crisis again – rapidly and effectively.

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 U.S.'s choice of partner in a possible Syrian operation, whether the armed YPG group or its NATO ally, will determine the future of Turkey-U.S. relations

As the sociopolitical atmosphere gradually shifted towards the confines of the far right and the isolationism in Europe, serious questions about the future of the European project began to be raised

This book discusses ISIS within the context of violent non-state actors (VNSA); analyzes historical, ideological and operational roots and features of the group in Syria; and positions ISIS within the matrix of the conflicting parties in Syria.

Surprising developments are afoot in the world. A terrorist organisation that claims to be Muslim is shedding blood around the world, including in Turkey.