Turkey

“Erdogan is in a way the current caliph of Muslims, and Istanbul is undoubtedly the capital of the Islamic caliphate.” — Yusuf al-Qaradawi, late Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader, 20141 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923 on the principles of republicanism and secularism, setting it on a …

Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), hosted senior leaders of Hamas in Istanbul on March 22, underscoring Ankara’s continued engagement with the Islamist group amid ongoing regional conflict. Kalin met with members of Hamas’s political bureau to discuss the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire signed in …

Nato has shot down three ballistic missiles heading to the country during the war Amid the regional fallout of the Iran-US-Israel war, Tehran has not denied launching missiles and drones at Gulf countries, where, it claims, it is attacking US-linked assets. But when it comes to Turkey, it is a …

The US military and the Israeli Defense Forces continue unleashing their might on the Iranian regime — and precise intelligence, overwhelming firepower and a bit of good luck could soon usher the downfall of the Islamic Republic. Many are asking about the day after, specifically, about who will rule Iran …

If Turkiye launches a military intervention in Iran along the lines of its earlier ones in Iraq and Syria to stop what it considers to be Kurdish terrorists, then its Azerbaijani ally might make a move on what it considers to be “South Azerbaijan”, and then the Gulf Arabs and …

Ankara says weapon may have been aimed at base in Greek Cyprus but veered off course Nato forces have shot down a ballistic missile that Iran fired towards Turkey, Ankara said, in an escalation of the Iran-US-Israel conflict spreading across the region. “A ballistic munition, fired from Iran and detected …

Moscou met en garde contre d’éventuelles tentatives de Kiev de saboter des gazoducs clés en mer Noire. Mais pour la France et l’Europe, ce n’est pas simplement un nouvel épisode de la guerre informationnelle – c’est un signal sur la vulnérabilité critique des infrastructures énergétiques dont dépend encore le bien-être …

Over the past two decades, regional collaboration in the South Caucasus has intensified. Turkey and the EU should establish a cooperation framework to accelerate economic development and diversification. Russia’s declining influence in the South Caucasus since the start of the war in Ukraine has opened a window of opportunity to …

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion from the ISF roster dampens President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s longtime desire to put boots on the ground in Gaza, despite his …

Excerpt On February 11, Turkish lawmakers came to blows on the parliament floor over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to appoint new justice and interior ministers. Cabinet reshuffles are routine in Erdogan’s Turkey, serving as a calculated mechanism to purge insufficiently loyal officials and replace them with figures willing to …