Turkey: With Gaza Crisis, Ankara Tries to Rebuild Regional Role
The last few years have seen Ankara's regional role in the Middle East become severly diminished as its relations with one neighbor after another went downhill. But could the current war in Gaza...
View ArticleTurkey: What Sunday's Presidential Election Means for Turkish Democracy
Late last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in the opening ceremony of a new soccer stadium in Istanbul. Rather than simply cut a ribbon, Erdogan -- a standout amateur soccer...
View ArticleTurkey: What Would an Erdogan Presidency's Foreign Policy Look Like?
With the battle against the militants of the Islamic State (IS) heating up in Iraq and Turkey -- along with the United States and other countries -- getting involved by providing support for the...
View ArticleTurkey: After Presidential Win, How Will Erdogan Reshape the Political Order?
It says something about Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political audacity and his Justice and Development Party's (AKP) marketing chutzpah that despite the Turkish leader having served as prime minister for...
View ArticleTurkey: Sizing Up Ankara's Connection to ISIS
With the power of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or, as it now calls itself, the Islamic State) growing and the amount of territory it controls increasing, Ankara is now facing some...
View ArticleTurkey: Concerns Over Sharp Decline in Internet Freedom
As part of the effort to boost its image and role on the world stage, Turkey has over the last decade made a push to host a bigger number of international meetings and conferences, especially in...
View ArticleTurkey: ISIS Recruiting in Turkish Cities?
By now, it's a well-established fact that foreign fighters looking to join extremist groups -- most worryingly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or simply the Islamic State (IS), as it now...
View ArticleTurkey: Despite Hostages' Release, Ankara's ISIS Crisis Continues
The release a few days ago of the group of 49 Turks being held hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul by the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or the Islamic State (IS), as it now calls...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Warns About Turkey's "Authoritarian Drift"
Critics of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government have for years been warning that the country, under the leadership of now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has taken an authoritarian...
View ArticleTurkey: Ankara Preparing for Syria Military Action?
As the battle against the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or the Islamic State (IS) as they now call themselves) heats up south of Turkey's border, Ankara has been accused of...
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