Tag: Turkey

Azerbaijan/Turkey – Shusha Declaration Cements Azerbaijani-Turkish Alliance (Fuad Shahbazov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On June 15, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official visit to Karabakh to meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, thus becoming...

NATO/Turkey/Russia – Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s Eastern Flank Against Russia? (Can Kasapoglu, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are becoming popular strategic assets and affordable military modernization solutions on the international arms market. Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s...

Europe/Turkey – EU Should Make Human Rights Core in Agenda with Turkey (Philippe Dam, HRW)

European Union officials have a chance to send a clear message when they meet for an EU summit this week: the deplorable human rights situation...

Europe/Turkey/European Green Deal – New energies: How the European Green Deal can save the EU’s relationship with Turkey (Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Susi Dennison, ECFR)

Summary Europeans know that the EU needs to create a new paradigm in its relationship with Turkey after a challenging few years. The bloc...

Iran/Russia/Turkey – Iran, Russia, and Turkey: A Eurasionist Model of Foreign Relations (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

Trilateral Iran-Russia-Turkey Summit in Tehran, September 2018, image by Russian Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran, Turkey, and Russia are building...

Turkey – Erdoğan’s Caricature State (Burak Bekdil, BESA Center)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, March 5, 2020, image by Mikhail Klimentyev for the Russian Presidential Press And Information Office via Wikimedia Commons EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Power fatigue per...

Turkey – Erdoğan’s Eastern Med Repentance: Too Little, Too Late (Burak Bekdil, BESA Center)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan making the raba’a sign, image via Pixabay CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s string of failures and increasing isolation in the Eastern Med have forced President Erdoğan to recalibrate his policy toward the region. Yet another Turkish diplomatic embarrassment has been...

Turkey/Russia – New Turkish-Built Dry Dock Will Not Solve Russia’s Deeper Shipbuilding Problems (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

The problems plaguing Russia’s shipbuilding sector, both military and civilian, run so deep and widespread that even Moscow’s decision to award a contract to...

Turkey/USA – Turkey’s Erdogan says held ‘fruitful, sincere’ talks with Biden (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he held a “fruitful and sincere” meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines...

Turkey/NATO – Turkey’s vision for NATO in an era of global challenges (Fahrettin Altun, Al Jazeera)

Turkey has been a stalwart NATO ally since joining the alliance in 1952. We have always been at the forefront of confronting the challenges...

Poland/Turkey – Deepening Polish-Turkish Cooperation (Jakub Bornio, The Jamestown Foundation)

On May 24, a meeting of Polish and Turkish representatives at the highest level took place in Ankara. Deepening Polish-Turkish Cooperation - Jamestown

Russia/Turkey/Central Asia – Moscow Promoting Canal System Linking Turkey and Central Asia Via Russian Territory (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Moscow Promoting Canal System Linking Turkey and Central Asia Via Russian Territory - Jamestown

Turkey/Greece – Turkey’s Erdogan, Greece’s Mitsotakis ‘to meet at NATO summit’ (Al Jazeera)

The announcement was made by the foreign ministers of both countries at a meeting in Athens Turkey’s Erdogan, Greece’s Mitsotakis ‘to meet at NATO...

Turkey/Greece – Greece rejects Turkish minister’s comments on Muslim minority (Al Arabiya)

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, August 25, 2020. (Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters) Greece reacted angrily on Sunday...

Turkey – How Not to Handle a Pandemic (BESA Center)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 2020, image via Wikimedia Commons Burak Bekdil Turkey: How Not to Handle a Pandemic (besacenter.org)

Russia/Turkey – Leader-Oriented Relations Between Russia and Turkey in Times of Pandemic (The Jamestown Foundation)

Hasan Selim Özertem At the end of April, Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the Ministry of Health had granted emergency use authorization in Turkey to...