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Can Erdogan return to Democracy?

Putin’s defeat in the invasion of Ukraine is about to result in the collapse of the Russian pole in the multipolar world and the weakening of the EU pole in favor of the US. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was using the EU, and primarily Russia as a balance of power against the US, which he perceived […]

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Can Turkey return to the West once again?

This paper will make the claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will force Turkey to return its face to the West once again.  Based on reasons inherited from the history of Russia and have been adapted to the present-day, Putin began to invade the territory of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Turkey should be one of […]

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The US and Turkey Relations: Return to Cold War

With US President Joe Biden in the White House, Turkey and US relations deserve a new definition. Indeed, Recep T. Erdoğan made this new definition with a Turkish idiom: “The affairs look bleak.”  In Turkish, this idiom indicates that bad things are being prepared. Bleak affairs express a cold war in which bad things are happening in the background. […]

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Erdoğan’ın oyun planı final safhasına mı geçti?

Ahval’de yazmaya başladığımda ilk makalem Erdoğan’ın oynadığı tehlikeli oyunu anlatan bir makaleydi. “Boğazdaki Son Kayser-i Rum” başlığını taşıyan makalede Erdoğan’ın selefleri olan müstebitler gibi din ve dini duyguları siyasi emelleri için istismar ettiğini ifade etmiştim. Dinin, devletin ve/veya iktidarın varoluşu ve hedefleri için araşsallaştırılmasına ek olarak, Erdoğan iktidarının gayrı meşru ve gayrı dini icraatlarına icazet […]

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The Spread of Antisemitism in Turkey

On May 18, 2021, State Department Spokesperson, Ned Price announced  the following:  “The United States strongly condemns President Erdogan’s recent anti-Semitic comments regarding the Jewish people and finds them reprehensible. We urge President Erdogan and other Turkish leaders to refrain from incendiary remarks, which could incite further violence. We call on Turkey to join the United […]