by Selcuk Gultasli
Last week, EUobserver reported that EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker got mad when he heard about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s request that a video mocking him on a German TV…
by Solon Ardittis
The EU-Turkey agreement on Syrian refugees was finally adopted on 18th March and came into force three days later. While flows have started to decline moderately over the past couple of days,…
by Eren Alp
March 4, 2016 is a day that will be long remembered in Turkey. It will be known as the day when the clandestine war between the AKP government and its friends-turned-foes Fethullah…
by Eren Alp
Turkey is the kind of country that can give even the most experienced and intuitive political analyst a headache. Its dynamism and political volatility can defy analysis. Staying true to this, last…
by Marco Giuli
Back in the autumn of 2014, the deal between Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline was expected to start a period of close energy cooperation between the two countries, potentially able…
by Nasim Ahmed
I was probably not alone in wanting to be surprised by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he made the case for air strikes against Daesh/ISIS in Syria to a packed parliament on…
by Brad Cabana
The more tensions escalate in Syria, the clearer the picture there becomes. This week those tensions escalated dramatically with the downing of a Russian SU-24 bomber, by Turkish F16s, near the border…
by O. Krumme-Garcia
The nightmares of the first Cold War are back, the threat is rising, and so is the spiral of provocation. After the Turkish Air Force has shot down a Russian SU-24 fighter…
by François Godement
It appears that, within 24 hours, two events have taken place that are a direct challenge to Russia. One is the sabotage of Ukraine’s energy link with Crimea. Although this act might not be…
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by M. Behzad Fatmi
It is important to put a definition of democracy in perspective before I make…