From the PKK’s declaration targeting the Turkish state to US and NATO military exercises at Türkiye’s border. In our previous article, we talked about the new US Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack, and the “carrot and whip” policy he brought with. While Barrack extends various carrots to lure Türkiye away, he also speaks about whipping Türkiye into line. Now, the ...
Embargoes against Türkiye have motivated the country to develop further its own defense industry, which serves successfully the purpose of fighting terrorism and changes regional dynamics. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Author In the defense industry, Türkiye has evolved from a structure that was 80% foreign-dependent just 20 years ago to a point where it has reduced its foreign dependency to ...
No visa for tanks trying to cross the Meric river into Türkiye Vatan Party Chairman Doğu Perinçek addressed the people on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at an Outdoor Meeting organized by the Vatan Party at the Post Office Square in Edirne, city bordering Greece. Perinçek stated that Türkiye was targeted in the NATO exercises under the command of the United ...
Turkish Central Bank sold more than 50 billion US dollars to the market to keep the exchange rate stable. It also raised interest rates. Türkiye’s economy experienced turbulence in the foreign exchange market. The Central Bank took precautions and calmed the situation, but its measures will have medium-term effects. The turning point occurred on March 19 when the Metropolitan Mayor ...
Tom Barrack must be declared persona non grata, and Washington’s plan to use Türkiye against Iran and Russia must be discarded. We had previously read the statements made by the new US ambassador to Ankara. The new ambassador talked about bringing Türkiye into line, even taming it with a whip. There are some comments in the Israeli press. They elaborate on how the new ...
From a country struggling only against puppet structures on its borders, Türkiye has positioned itself at the center of global diplomacy By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The world is going through a transition period in which the global order is now recognized as multipolar and the hegemony of the West, including the US, is disappearing. In this transition period and ...
Background and Türkiye’s accession. By Halil Özsaraç, (Ret.) Turkish Staff Navy Captain On April 29, 2025, Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure announced that Türkiye had become a “strategic partner” of the Three Seas Initiative. The Three Seas Initiative is an alliance established a decade ago in the region spanning the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas in Central and Eastern ...
Main political events in the last week in Türkiye. The agenda of Türkiye was once again intense last week. The “Kurdish Unity” meeting in northern Syria drew reactions from the government, as well as from various institutions and organizations. The AKP government continues its new policy toward Europe. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Italy, while Minister of Transport and Infrastructure ...
Voices from the PKK and the Kurdish community By Deniz Yıldırım How was Abdullah Öcalan’s call to lay down arms and dissolve the PKK received among PKK circles in Europe? What did Kurdish associations, writers, and academics say about this call, which is likely to have significant repercussions in Türkiye, the region, and Europe? Some within PKK-affiliated circles voiced strong ...
The effects and possible repercussions of the developments in Syria on Western Asia. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The US and Israel have won the first act of the war in Syria. As a result of the civil war they provoked in 2011, they succeeded in toppling the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024. The power was taken over by al-Julani, ...