"America’s foreign policy establishment is offering critiques of how two of NATO’s larger powers, Germany and Turkey, are responding to Russia. Any such effort...
"On 9 March, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after a near six-year hiatus in high-level talks between the...
"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has swung the pendulum for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the “Eurasianism” that ultimately lies in his heart back to...
Ukraine asked Turkey to shut the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships, Ukrainian Ambassador to Ankara Vasyl Bodnar said on Feb. 24. After...
A brilliant synthesis of Turkey's foreign policy of two decades published in. CEPA February 17, 2022 and The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policiy
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"Fears of Russian military power may keep Ankara out of the spotlight, but its Black Sea calculations and Crimean Tatar sympathies indicate a willingness...
“Ankara’s drone sales to Kiev have angered Moscow. A military escalation in and around Ukraine would endanger Turkey’s relationship with Russia, impair its participation...
“Erdogan’s offer to mediate between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders reflects Ankara’s growing fears over the conundrums it could find itself in should war...
"Moscow is likely to welcome a Turkish mediation effort if it serves to restrain Ukraine from a military adventure" reports Fehim Taştekin in Al-Monitor....
"Pour les observateurs, il s'agissait surtout avec ce mouvement d'humeur de «faire diversion», la Turquie étant en proie à une crise économique, avec un taux...
"With twenty months left until Turkey’s legislative and presidential elections, the political debate will be fierce. The West may choose to sit it out...
"Erdogan’s failure to achieve his goals in the high-profile meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin shows that Turkey’s balancing act with Russia and the...
Margaret Brennan interviewed President Erdoğan on September 26, 2021 on "Face the Nation". Here's a transcript of the interview:
MARGARET BRENNAN: President Biden has...
Al-Monitor, August 25, 2021, Jared Szuba, image: Master Sgt Donald R Allen/US Air Force/AFP/Getty
Turkey has begun withdrawing its troops from Kabul airport, the Turkish...
The National News, August 23, 2021, David Lepeska
The news out of Afghanistan has been one heartbreak after another: Afghans falling from the sky; a toddler crushed...
Soner Cagaptay*. A Sultan in automn. Erdogan faces Turkey uncontainable forces, I.B. Taurus/The Washington Institute.
In-Depth Reports:
"The unprecedented economic growth and personal popularity once...
Carnegie Europe, July 26, 2021, Sinan Ülgen
To fix their troubled relationship, the United States and Turkey should take gradual, concrete steps that build confidence...
Duvar English, July 8, 2021, Fehim Taştekin, image: AP/Rahmat Gul
In Afghanistan, the Taliban is returning. The U.S. wants to keep the Kabul airport secure...
Carnegie Europe, June 28, 2021, Paul STRONSKI, image: AP
Russia’s assertiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean is part of its broader strategy for undermining the cohesion of...
Duvar English, June 24, 2021, Fehim Taştekin
President Erdoğan has pushed Russia’s buttons by volunteering to serve U.S. interests in Afghanistan at last week's Brussels...
Al-Monitor, June 17, 2021, Metin Gürcan, image: Reuters
Ankara’s willingness to deploy a military mission to secure Kabul’s airport raises questions about the risks it...
DW, June 17, 2021
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is on her first official visit to Ankara. Talks with her Turkish counterpart focused on NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan...
Carnegie Europe, June 8, 2021, Marc Pierini, image: AP/Pavel Golovkin
Russia’s activities in the Mediterranean have created new challenges for Europe’s energy interests and NATO’s...
Reuters, May 28, 2021, Humeyra Pamuk, Robin Emmott
Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of...
Ahval, May 22, 2021, Cengiz Aktar, image: DR
Turkish rulers today take every opportunity to disregard EU’s fundamentals in order to claim the country’s singularity if not...
