Posts Tagged: Erdogan Turkey
Why the Gulf Arab States Support Erdogan: Money and Geopolitical Power
When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in the recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Demirtas implicitly...
Turkey’s 2023 Elections: The Beginning of the Post-Erdogan Era?
On May 14, 2023, general and presidential elections will be held in Turkey. The elections were brought forward by a month to avoid the pilgrimage...
With Friends Like These, Does Turkey Need Enemies?
Turkey’s reconciliation with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel is doing little to return the country to its “zero problems with our neighbours”...
Will Warm Israel-Turkey Relations Cool Turkish Media’s Antisemitism?
The recent news that Israel and Turkey were upgrading their diplomatic relationship and would be exchanging ambassadors in the near future was received positively on...
How Turkey’s Erdogan Fuels Corruption and Abuse
Ethem Sancak is a Turkish businessman with an empire of media companies. Sancak, a former Maoist, once declared that he was in spiritual love with...
Turkey’s Erdogan Uses War to Deflect His Domestic Failures
The article “Give War a Chance: Arab Leaders Finesse Military Defeat,” by Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, and published in the Summer...
How Turkey Bypasses Western Arms Embargoes
In a landmark $1.5 billion deal in 2018, Turkey agreed to sell 30 of its T129 attack helicopters (allegedly indigenous but in fact produced under an...
Turkey’s Erdogan Could Be in Serious Trouble
The Turkish Islamists’ first experience of long-term governance, now in its 19th year, has turned the country into a caricature. With annual inflation and interest rates...
Turkey’s Problems Grow in the Eastern Mediterranean
Yet another Turkish diplomatic embarrassment has been caused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s self-aggrandizement. Turkey’s neo-Ottoman strongman would topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and replace him...
Turkey: How Not to Handle a Pandemic
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, the nations of the world have fought a near-existential war against the plague of the...
The Battle Between Erdogan’s Turkey and Sisi’s Egypt
The ascendance of non-Arab states and the decline of Arabic-speaking states over the past few decades has become a common theme in political commentary and...
Jihadis Are Becoming Turkey’s Permanent Proxy Force
An assortment of jihadi groups holed up in northern Syria under Turkey’s protection are becoming the permanent proxy force of the new Ottomans. This looks like...
Turkish Prisons Are Beyond the Pale of Inhumanity
Human rights abuses under Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan are beyond the pale of inhumanity and moral decadence. The list of Erdogan’s violations and cruelty is...
Islamism Is Stunting Turkish Academic Achievement
Turkey, with a population of 83 million and two Nobel Prizes won, ranks 62nd on the list of countries by Nobel laureates per capita. This...
