Why was Iran so quick to rally behind Erdogan?
Iran — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was until recently a frequent critic of Iran’s policies in the region. These criticisms were not only numerous, but also expressed…
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What Turkey’s Political Mess Means for Relations With the U.S.
The attempted coup d’état in Turkey earlier this month led by a section of Turkish Armed Forces may have failed, but the repercussions for the…
Alarm in Germany over Turkey
Turkey is distancing itself ever more from Europe through mass arrests and official sackings, says German parliament speaker Norbert Lammert. A German historian says events…
Barın Kayaoğlu: Turkey is simply too large and too powerful to be tossed aside by the United States
Close US contacts with Kurdish groups in Syria can not but disturb the Turkish authorities. Some experts and politicians argue that US contacts with the…
Ahmet Alp HAN:Peace Between Israel And Turkey – It’s A Success Story But Whose
Relations between Turkey and Israel have been spoiled after the incident with the “Mavi Marmara”. Recently, however, we can observe a significant normalization of bilateral…
Sinan Baykent: Armenia is trying to achieve the status quo ante of the Lausanne Treaty which gave Turkey its independence
The events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire are perceived as a “genocide” by certain academic and political circles. Turkey rejects such an interpretation of…
The situation aggravated in Turkey
Clashes have broken out between police and demonstrators, who gathered in the Turkish city of Istanbul in support of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition…