The Thomas More Institute's Turkish Strategic and Geopolitical Monitoring is a monthly resource for monitoring and analyzing Turkish geopolitical news and the Turkish-speaking world....
The traditional “Kemalist vs. Islamist” divide is being replaced by authoritarianism vs. democratization.
The antagonism between authoritarian statism and democratization will decide the future of...
China's Belt and Road Initiative has followed a unique, locally focused strategy in Türkiye to adapt to the Turkish economic and political environment. Carnegie...
By Serhat S. Çubukçuoğlu, Senior Researcher - Strategic Studies Department in Trends Research and Advisory. Read policy note here, May 5, 2023.
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Upcoming Elections:
Turkey’s general...
Notes de l'Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales), mai 2023, par Dorothée Schmid & Jules Liaud. Pour le lire.
Les élections turques de 2023, un...
Almost 62 million Turkish citizens will elect 600 parliamentarians and one President, potentially also several Vice Presidents, on 14 May. Four presidential candidates are...
Major gas finds in the eastern Mediterranean seabed over the last ten years have fuelled ambitions to link the region’s energy markets and, in turn,...
This policy note examines the economic impact of the two earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, in Pazarcık and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaraş,...
The upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey on May 14, 2023, are expected to be closely contested. Polls suggest that the ruling AK Party-led...
Turkey’s political elite and voters are focused on the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. In the run-up to the elections, the country...
Opinion polls offer hope for the challengers, but Erdogan's media control and other factors could foil their efforts to finally topple the president and...
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It would be an understatement to say that Şerif Mardin’s center-periphery thesis (CPT) has been influential on contemporary understandings of Turkey. This essay reflects...
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Scholars have argued that megaprojects’ turn away from issues of employment, and mass housing are among the core traits of...
If Kılıçdaroğlu comes to power, his government will almost certainly make a sincere and successful effort to improve relations with Turkey’s Western allies. At...
A six semaines de l'élection présidentielle, à découvrir dans la Veille politique et électorale Turquie N°6 de l'Institut Thomas More, réalisée par Selmin Seda...
Ongoing negotiations between Syria and Türkiye may change the outlines of their border regions. But they won't alter the basic reality of cantonization. By...
A narrowing space for reliable media has encouraged alternative platforms that promote hateful language, bigotry, and racism directed toward Syrians. By Sude Akgundogdu in Washington...
Centralisation of power has eroded state capacity. Analysis of Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik in The Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) and...
Read here in pdf the Policy paper by Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign (ELIAMEP) Turkey Program, on March 22,...
This reports has been prepared by the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) for Tiktok Türkiye, by Azem Yıldrım & Dijan Balkaroğlu....
La Veille stratégique et géopolitique de la Turquie de l’Institut Thomas More est un outil mensuel de suivi et d’analyse de l’actualité géopolitique turque...
Sinan Ciddi's monograph in the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on March 1, 2023.
Foreword by Henri J. Barkey
The Republic of Turkey will turn 100...
