Posted on Thu, March 1, 2012 at 23:33 pm CET
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Ankara and Washington Ponder Next Moves in Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has just completed a well-timed visit to Washington… Continue reading

Topics: Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:23 pm CET
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Azerbaijan as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Azerbaijan, despite its being a Shi’ite Muslim country, has a strong pro-Western orientation and, to Iran’s dissatisfaction, maintains good relations with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:21 pm CET
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Thailand and Southeast Asia as Arenas for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Since the late 1980s, Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, has been a favorite theater of terrorist operations for Iran and Hezbollah… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:20 pm CET
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Turkey as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Turkey and Iran often state that there has been peace along their border for more than four hundred years… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • PKK • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:20 pm CET
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Analysis: Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorist Attacks against Israeli Targets Abroad

For the past half year Iran and Hezbollah have organized and carried out a terrorist campaign against Israeli targets abroad… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Georgia • Hezbollah • India • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, February 24, 2012 at 22:40 pm CET
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The Coalition Crumbles: Erdoğan, the Gülenists, and Turkish Democracy

The authority of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been challenged by the security apparatus, the police and parts of the judiciary that enjoy the backing of the brotherhood of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen… Continue reading

Topics: PKK • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, February 11, 2012 at 18:51 pm CET
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Will Turkey Be Able to Join the West in Confronting Iran?

The international sanctions against Iran, and most recently the decision of the EU countries to stop importing oil from Iran, are ultimately going to have a major impact on Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Energy • Iran • Politics • Turkey • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, February 9, 2012 at 23:04 pm CET
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A House Divided Against Itself: The Deteriorating State of Media Freedom in Turkey

Most international attention has focused on the more than 100 journalists who are now in jail in Turkey as a result of what they have written or said… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Ergenekon • Human Rights • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, February 8, 2012 at 19:16 pm CET
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Kastelorizo – Mediterranean Flashpoint?

That Athens controls this wisp of land implies it could claim an exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea that reduces the Turkish EEZ to a fraction of what it would be were the island under Ankara’s control… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Energy • Greece • Politics • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, January 31, 2012 at 02:21 am CET
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Ankara and Baghdad: A Parting of Ways?

Until now, Turkey’s presence in Iraq has generally been encouraged by all major Iraqi groups… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Iraq • Kurdish People • PKK • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, January 27, 2012 at 01:10 am CET
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How Much Security Will NATO’s Missile Defense Shield Provide for Turkey?

By agreeing to deploy the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance System (AN/TPY-2) on Turkish soil, the United States and Turkey have concluded by far the strategically most significant agreement in many years… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, January 24, 2012 at 20:26 pm CET
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Where the “Counter-Obama” View of the Middle East is Right and Where It’s Wrong

Diehl’s challenge to the critics of the mainstream thinking on the Middle East is very serious… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, January 24, 2012 at 13:16 pm CET
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Gold for Oil: India to Pay Gold instead of Dollars for Iranian Oil

India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar… Continue reading

Topics: China • Economy • Energy • Europe • India • Iran • Politics • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, January 15, 2012 at 16:39 pm CET
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Turkey and Cyprus’ Gas: More Troubles Ahead in 2012

New tension is brewing between Turkey and Cyprus after Cyprus’ and Israel’s enormous gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Diplomacy • Energy • Israel • Politics • Russian Federation • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, January 13, 2012 at 01:11 am CET
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The Changing Objects of Fear: The Arrest of Ilker Basbug

In the early hours of January 6, General İlker Başbuğ, chief of the Turkish General Staff from 2008 to 2010, was arrested and imprisoned on allegations of “founding or directing an armed terrorist organization, inciting the overthrow of the government of the Turkish Republic or the prevention of it fulfilling its duties”… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, January 8, 2012 at 20:05 pm CET
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Why Is an Anti-American Islamist Obama’s Favorite Middle East Leader?

For the first time in forty years, Israel is not the American president’s favorite Middle Eastern ally… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Politics • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 20:42 pm CET
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Military tensions building up on Syria’s borders

Military tensions are building up on Syria’s borders… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 29, 2011 at 10:49 am CET
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Turkish-US Relations in 2011 and Beyond: There May be Trouble Ahead

The year 2011 saw a “regression toward the mean” in Turkey’s relation with the United States… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, December 25, 2011 at 22:53 pm CET
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Turkey’s 2012 Re-Adjustment to Post-“Zero Problems” in the Aftermath of the Arab Awakenings

Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a Middle Eastern power has been in the making for the last decade… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Diplomacy • Politics • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 24, 2011 at 21:39 pm CET
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Tactical Allies and Strategic Rivals: Turkey’s Changing Relations with Iran

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, declared that, if Iran came under attack from the U.S. or Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • NATO • Politics • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 22, 2011 at 19:55 pm CET
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Has Erdogan Reached His “Democratic Limits”?

Internal and external dynamics no longer compel Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transcend his democratic limits… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Kurdish People • Politics • Sunni Islam • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, December 21, 2011 at 19:11 pm CET
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Turkey: Ankara’s “Economic Miracle” Collapses

Turkey’s high-flying economy will crash-land in 2012… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 17, 2011 at 13:32 pm CET
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What Drives Turkish Foreign Policy?

Turkey’s growing international profile has been controversial… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Anti-Westernism • Diplomacy • Islamism • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 15, 2011 at 19:22 pm CET
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Sunni Realignments

Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Hamas • Palestine Papers • Qatar • Religion • Sunni Islam • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Jordan • Libya • Muslim Brotherhood • Qatar • Syria • Tunisia • Turkey