On 13-14 June, a large group of high-level technical experts from the Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense visited their counterparts in Ankara to iron out a number of…
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On 20 January, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the Somali government had invited Turkey to conduct E&P operations in the country. Issued during his return from the Berlin conference on Libya,…
The government’s recently published 11th Development Plan is particularly important, as it covers the goals for 2023 – a symbolic year, marking the centenary of the proclamation of the Turkish…
In percentage terms, Turkey’s 31 March local elections did not yield a substantial shift from the 2014 local elections. In fact, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) increased its total…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) had been in a tactical alliance with the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) since late 2015, which served three main purposes. First,…
Many close advisors have come and gone under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long tenure. Once important inner circle figures – such as Yigit Bulut, Yalcin Akdogan, Ilnur Cevik, Hilal Kaplan…
Top Turkish, Iraqi and US generals met in Ankara on 14 December. Notably, details of the talks between Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, his Iraqi counterpart Othman al-Ghanimi,…
Turkey has been increasing military pressure on Afrin during the past week in order to accomplish two main goals. First is threatening the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and People’s Protection…