Commentary
Religious background of AKP’s reluctance to accept defeat at elections
The reluctance of the AKP politicians in relinquishing the municipalities they have lost in last week’s local election is another way of telling the... Read More
Erdogan is at a crossroads
When analyzing the March 31 local elections, we must do it under three headings. These are 1. How did Turkey go to elections? 2.... Read More
The US withdrawal from Syria, the Kurdish perspective
American administrations are known to betray the Kurds, this is no secret. The Kurds are often viewed as secondary and sometimes third actors. The... Read More
Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
In one of his notorious tweets, American president Donald Trump on 19 January 2019 wrote: Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting... Read More
Trump’s trust buster
Following repeated Turkish threats to attack the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stronghold in northeast Syria, on 19 December US President Trump announced the... Read More
Russia’s grand strategy: how Putin is using Syria conflict to turn Turkey into Moscow’s proxy
Turkey, Russia and Iran have actively involved themselves in the Syrian conflict, each with their own divergent interests. Moscow and Tehran have put their... Read More
What if Turkey’s snap election results in a split government and parliament?
When Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) decided to go for a snap election, its main fear was an emerging public tendency to vote... Read More
A preliminary note on the candidates of the Justice and Development Party for the June 24 election
Turkish citizens voted in a national referendum in April 2017 to change their system of governance into an executive presidential one, effectively ending the... Read More
Israel continues to give political Islamists kisses of life
The US decision to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was clearly unfair, untimely and provocative. This was also going against international... Read More
Imamoglu’s victory is shifting the dichotomic paradigms of Turkish politics
The results of the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral vote surpassed the expectations of the most opposition friendly forecasts. Almost all of the public... Read More