Turkey
Erdoğan’s Repression Is No Longer Only a Turkish Human Rights Crisis, but a Threat to U.S. Interests and Regional Stability
Police Had Been Tracking ISIS Propagandist Who Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
An Envoy Could Provide Washington with Facts on the Ground to Calibrate Policy to Reality
For Years, the Ibrahim Khalil Border Crossing Between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey Was a Testament to the Region’s Strategic Importance
For Decades, the Logic of ‘Not Provoking Turkey’ Has Functioned as a Veil over Truth
Courts Have Weighed in on Party Matters Before, but They Rarely Step in to Overturn the Results of an Internal Congress
The Central Bank Can Raise Rates, but Cannot Produce Cheap Energy, Calm the Persian Gulf, or Fully Repair Public Trust
Ankara’s New Legislative Initiative May Appear Technical or Bureaucratic, but It Represents a Calculated Escalation by Erdoğan
The Project Is the Newest, Most Consequential Layer in a Turkish Project to Convert Somalia Into a Forward Operating Base
Ankara Seeks to Challenge a Trilateral Framework That It Views as Strengthening Israel’s Position
A 20-Year Foreign-Income Tax Exemption Could Deepen Turkey’s Exposure to Money Laundering, Sanctions Evasion, and Organized Crime
Ankara Often Links Identity, Religion, and Diaspora Communities to Foreign Policy, Presenting Itself as a Protector
The Banned Group Continues to Feed Extremist Networks Under Legal Ambiguity
The Pipeline Would Cost Billions of Dollars, Take Years to Build, and Would Cross Multiple Jurisdictions, Not All of Them Reliable
A Government That Threatens a Global Shipping Lane While Losing Ground to a Jihadist Insurgency Is Not Projecting Strength
Displays of Military Capability Project Control, Deter Challengers, and Signal Continuity
Centralized Power and Expanding Capabilities Point Toward a Potential Regional Confrontation
Barrack Supports Pragmatic Engagement with Existing Power Structures, Rather than Grassroots Democratic Movements
Even When the Vulnerability of Personnel Is Not the Problem, Basing in the Middle East and Turkey Gives Host Countries a de Facto Veto over Missions
Judicial Leniency and Political Priorities Collide in Istanbul Attack