The SETA Foundation at Washington DC and the Foreign Policy Association hosted a private reception with H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, The SETA Foundation at Washington DC hosted a private roundtable discussion on the Cyprus question and strategic challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The conversation focused on regional dynamics that have implications for the US-Turkish relationship and a number of allies in the region.
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Turkey politics: What is Meral Akşener planning?
Meral Akşener, the Good Party’s (IP) chairperson, fired the latest salvo in the long-running debate over the opposition’s presidential candidate(s) by saying that she was running for prime minister, rather than president. To some degree, that statement reflected the Nation Alliance’s […]
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Solving or just discussing? Turkey’s ‘Kurdish question’
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairperson, started a fresh debate on the “Kurdish question” after his remarks on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). That move was obviously intended to secure the HDP’s support ahead of the 2023 elections. That […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is known for his powerful speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). His address to the assembly’s 76th session was no different. Stressing that the world was on a dangerous path, in terms of climate […]
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Transformation in global system and Erdoğan’s UN visit
I have been covering President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s trip to New York, where he attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session, for the past three days. The General Assembly will follow the theme “Building resilience through hope […]
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Turkey’s politics: The case of secularism and Atatürk
There is no shortage of ultra-secularist concerns in Turkey. In recent days, the country’s ultra-secularists expressed concern that two developments could represent “the final nails” in secularism’s coffin: the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan and certain practices by the ruling Justice […]
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Accurately interpreting Turkish foreign policy
Those folks who put on their ideological glasses before looking at Turkey’s foreign policy cannot interpret new developments accurately. Sometimes, under the influence of the Western media’s opposition to Turkey’s use of hard power, they use labels such as “adventurism,” […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been engaging in diplomacy on the situation in Afghanistan. Whereas governments elsewhere are still trying to get over the shock of the Taliban’s rapid return to Kabul, Erdoğan engages with fellow leaders to facilitate the formation of […]
SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a virtual panel of experts to discuss ‘20 Years on: Turkish-American Relations under the AK Party.’
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What should Turkey do against the Afghan migration?
Provocations targeting illegal immigrants threaten to result in mass lynchings. The rage that locals unleashed on migrants in Altındağ, a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the capital Ankara, calls for a multidimensional assessment. Authorities must take the necessary precautions against similar acts that […]
Let’s bust the myths. I am talking about the ideologically charged myths surrounding the question of asylum-seekers. Turkey cannot address a problem like irregular migration, which originates in its neighborhood, with a racist or populist approach. To develop a rational, long-term […]
All eyes are on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s June 14 meeting with United States President Joe Biden in Brussels, Belgium. Multiple times since the Biden administration took over, I have noted that Washington has become aware of Turkey’s active involvement […]
A US failure to engage Ankara on a meaningful level will worsen humanitarian suffering, destabilize the region and deepen frictions within NATO The Syria conflict has created a humanitarian catastrophe, with millions of civilians internally displaced or turned into refugees. It has […]
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Turkish presence in Caucasus ushers in new balance of power
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended last week a military parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, to celebrate that country’s victory in Nagorno-Karabakh. His address, which reinforced the idea that Turkey and Azerbaijan are “two states and one nation,” touched on three key […]
Since the U.S. elections, there have been optimistic analyses about the future of trans-Atlantic relations. Leaders of the European Union were among the first to call President-elect Joe Biden to congratulate him on his victory. They expressed hope of reviving […]
French President Emmanuel Macron attracted the world’s attention in recent months with his aggressive statements and policy decisions. The Turkish people have grown accustomed to the Frenchman’s anti-Turkey remarks. Indeed, Macron’s words about NATO’s supposed brain death and President Recep […]
The Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) hosted the International Conference on Libya earlier this week, where participants exchanged views on reforming that country’s security sector, among other issues. The defense ministers of Turkey and Libya, Hulusi Akar […]
The world’s eyes have been fixed on Nagorno-Karabakh, the rise of Islamophobia in Europe and the United States elections. As usual, all three battles have been fought with references to Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan is […]
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Emmanuel Macron needs to unload the white man’s burden
People trying to put labels on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strong reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic provocations make plenty of accusations – all part of a broader, ideologically charged campaign to distort the truth. Critics accuse Erdoğan of […]
Two news stories with completely opposite titles appeared in Western media last week. The first story was about Turkey allegedly provoking its NATO allies by testing the S-400 air defense system. The other related to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks […]
It was Washington’s turn to make a diplomatic move regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict yesterday. Although Moscow initially stepped in to broker two cease-fires between Azerbaijan and Armenia, those pauses proved short-lived. Likewise, no one seriously expects U.S. Secretary of State […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the new campus of Ibn Khaldun University – an amalgam of Seljuk, Ottoman and Republican Turkish architecture. With a greater ratio of international students than any other institution in Turkey, currently 30%, Ibn Khaldun is […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Turkey’s latest natural gas discovery in the Black Sea on Saturday. This development demonstrates that Turkey’s energy drive has reached the next level – and it’s not just about the economy. As the power struggle […]
The latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan to help the country reclaim its Armenian-occupied territories. Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinian, made a huge […]
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Actors and perspectives in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The move by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to “spread the war” and to ensure the intervention of great powers into the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has come to nothing. Neither the missiles he fired at Ganja nor his fuss that “Turks […]
Governments around the world are closely monitoring the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, but the real question on everyone’s minds relates to the U.S. presidential elections. America’s future global role is important for all parties. Whether Donald Trump or his opponent, former […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is back on the stage with more of the outlandish claims we have come to expect. In a seeming attempt to make up for his failure to get the European Union to sanction Turkey, the Frenchman […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed Parliament on the occasion of the beginning of the new legislative year. He provided a summary of Turkey’s international standing and foreign policy, and offered both criticism and fresh proposals to improve world politics and […]
Armenia engaged in acts of aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after its attack on Tovuz in western Azerbaijan. That country opened fire on its neighbor’s civilian population on Sunday, which elicited a strong military response from Baku. A number of villages […]