Current Affairs of Turkey

China works on building long-standing political and military relationships in the Middle East.

For four centuries, the "Circle of Justice" had been the pivot of the entire philosophy of the Ottomans.

Turkey is trying to break out of its regional isolation by rehabilitating ties with Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Nothing demonstrates Putin and Erdogan’s race to the bottom better than the Democracy Index.

Turkey is likely to diversify between the soft and hard power to achieve its regional aspirations. The role of the Turkish army is therefore vital for Ankara.

Turkey has prerequisites to win its gamble against China. To know more about the issue, read the following article.

The EU searches for a solid strategy for dealing with Turkey. The new U.S. administration may induce it to toughen its course.

Turkey’s approach in southern Caucasus escalates rivalry with Iran. To know more about this rivalry, read the following article written by the prominent journalist James Dorsey.

Turkey’s economy and Erdogan struggle due to Covid-19 and foreign affairs policies. To know more about the issue, read the following article.

Analysis on the decline of the Turkish Lira and its crucial impact on the Turkish Economy.

Increase of violence in Turkey against Kurds and Syrian refugees is a result of the nationalist policies, othering, polarisation and impunity.

Signing the ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia is in Turkey's favor. However, this agreement could lead to raising tensions between Ankara, Moscow and Tehran.

In the meantime, relations of EU countries with Turkey have deteriorated rapidly. Some member states, such as France, Ger­many, and to a lesser degree Italy and Poland, increasingly see Turkey as a chal­lenge to their vital interests. For others, …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t mince his words at this month’s opening of parliament. In his first assertion of a claim to a lost non-Turkic part of the Ottoman empire, Mr. Erdogan declared that Jerusalem is Turkish.

Fanack presents an overview of the impact of the conflict between Turkey and Greece to control gas discoveries in the Mediterranean.

There is a sense that all parties want to take advantage of this, onshore and offshore, before the US elections. It is oddly this vacuum, rather than fossil fuels, that is fanning regional rivalries. With the US withdrawn, Moscow continuing its …

If Turkey is forced to drastically up its military commitment to Libya to combat Egypt’s support (beyond the recently agreed bill to deploy troops to Libya), then Ankara may come to regret its rush to secure its maritime rights.

The signing of the deal between the two official governments of Turkey and Libya has had some immediate (albeit relatively muted) consequences. Coastguard forces loyal to Haftart stopped and searched a Caribbean-flagged vessel that was carrying an …

As one of the oldest cultural expressions in Mesopotamia, dengbej should be added to the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. This is according to opera singer Pervin Chakar, who has started a petition to gather support for and raise …

Returning Syrian refugees to this battleground would make them the “buffer” between these warring forces, turning more vulnerable people into collateral damage of a greater geopolitical war.