Firat Kimya | 08 April 2022 | TR
Syrian immigration to Turkey has become a controversial topic since the first wave of refugees arrived in 2011. While the immigration issue initially largely remained outside of party politics, it began to occupy a more central place in political debates over the second half of the last decade due to the increasing number of Syrians and their prolonged stay
Muhammet Kocak | 07 April 2022
As one of the key powers in the Black Sea region, Turkey’s response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has the potential to direct the course of the conflict and by extension the future of Europe
Simon Mabon | 28 March 2022
Whither Rapprochement? Understanding Saudi-Turkish relations On the 5th of January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that he would be visiting Riyadh in the coming weeks in an effort to improve diplomatic relations between [...]
Hazal Muslu El-Berni 
Betul Dogan Akkas | 14 January 2022 | TR
With the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2008, Turkey became the first non-Gulf country to engage with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) through a strategic dialogue mechanism
Sinem Cengiz | 30 December 2021
Another approach to Turkey-Gulf reconciliation: Ankara’s ties with Kuwait and Oman The recent regional climate of reconciliation in the region will bring benefits not only to the states that were directly involved in the [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 22 October 2021
Lately, there has been an overt increase in the efforts to legitimize the Syrian regime and reintegrate Bashar Al-Assad into international politics following the fraudulent presidential elections held in Syria in May
Tamer Badawi | 11 October 2021 | TR
Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Gulf countries have been long collaborating and competing in Iraq since the US invasion of 2003. The United States (US) sought the support of regional allies to contribute to building the new political order as well as engage in economic reconstruction. Pre-war political and economic ties had helped Turkey and the UAE in establishing their influence in the country
Ammar Fayed | 10 September 2021
Egyptian-Turkish relations have been dominated by regional tension and competition over the past years. These tense relations have been critical for the entire region given the considerable regional weight of both countries. Hence, the tension in their bilateral relations has affected overall regional stability, especially in cases that affect both countries’ interests
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 06 September 2021
Can the UAE and Turkey mend their fraught ties? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s phone call with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) de facto ruler, on August [...]
Galip Dalay | 23 August 2016 | AR
On August 20, a suicide bomber, reportedly aged between 12 and 14, carried out a deadly attack at a wedding party in the southeast city of Gaziantep in Turkey. The Islamic State of Iraq and the [...]
