Is Turkey’s Ruling Alliance on the Attack or the Defensive?
Ankara’s harsh response to the protests at Boğaziçi University belie the vulnerabilities of the ruling coalition.
Ankara’s harsh response to the protests at Boğaziçi University belie the vulnerabilities of the ruling coalition.
If President Biden is serious about containing Russia through reinvigorating NATO, he will need Turkey’s geopolitical standing as well as its military and political clout.
The imposition of US sanctions on Turkey earlier in the week is creating more cracks for Russian President Vladimir Putin to exploit.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic track record has been relatively successful in performing a balancing act between sane economic policy and populist inclinations.
If there is a new president in the Oval Office come 2021, it will pose many more challenges for US-Turkey relations.
The opposition in Turkey accuses President Erdogan of consolidating his power, and the hydrocarbon discovery in the Black Sea may further serve his interests.
Turkey’s political atmosphere is changing rapidly, so much so that it is now riddled with what many perceive as paradoxes.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement failed to separate Kurds in the Middle East. Erdogan plans to change that.
From the US to the UK to Turkey, it is a hallmark of right-wing populists to make a preposterous policy and then be forced to retreat.
It is Vladimir Putin who can take the greatest pleasure from America’s latest debacle in the Middle East.
As President Erdoğan mulls over swapping the US for another arms dealer, Turkey’s partners are becoming harder to spot.
At a time when American power in the Middle East is declining, Turkey has established itself as a pillar of the new security landscape in the Arabian Peninsula.
