Turkey and Turks

Last Year’s Sequence of Events Has Substantially Shifted the Strategic Balance of the Region
Almost Every President Since the End of the Cold War Had His Foreign Policy Legacy Defined by a War No One Could Have Foreseen
The U.S. and Europe Should Call Out Turkey’s Efforts to Reshape the Occupied Zone In Its Image and Subordinate Indigenous Turkish Cypriots
Abdulkadir Şen—A Radical Who Has Evaded Terrorism Investigations in Turkey—Made Predictions About Global Jihad’s Evolving Tactics and Targets
Delisting the PKK, or at Least Lifting Bounties on Its Three Leaders, Would Have Several Immediate Benefits
In Syria, Turkey Continues to ‘Turkify’ Kurdish Regions and Engages in Ethnic Cleansing
Anas Hasan Khattab Was Designated a Terrorist by the U.S. for Ties to the Al-Nusra Front and Sanctioned by the U.N. for Links to Al-Qaeda
The United States Does Not Adequately Counter Erdoğan’s Poisonous, Terror-Sympathizing Ideology and Narratives
The Turkish President’s Actions Belie His Diplomats’ Statements That Turkey Respects and Protects Its Christian and Jewish Heritage
With Erdoğan’s Strikes Against Kurds in Syria, Tourist Zones in Turkey’s Largest City Could Become the Next Battlefields
Its Rapid Expansion Into New Gas Fields Goes Beyond Supply and Clashes with Previous Qatari Strategy
Erdoğan Loyalist Feridun Sinirlioğlu Was Elected Secretary General of OSCE, a 57-member Regional Security Organization Spanning North America, Europe, and Central Asia

In a Rapidly Changing Political Environment, the Fate of Kurdistan Is Now Shaping the Future of the Middle East
Kurds Face a Jihadist Group Wielding Political Power and Significant Turkish Involvement in Syria’s Affairs
The Turkish Government Intends to Appoint Senior Officials Under the Guise of Advisors to Assist Syrian Authorities with Managing Various Government Portfolios
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Turkey Will Allow Kurds to Be Partners Only If They Abandon a Secular and Democratic Worldview
Turkey’s Actions Already Cross the Rubicon and Place American Forces and Interests in Jeopardy
‘Hayat Tahrir Al Sham’ Means ‘Organization for the Liberation of the Levant,’ Meaning Much of the Middle East, Including Israel, Lebanon and Jordan
In the Period Between 2017 and 2024 Al-Jolani and His Movement Were the de Facto Rulers of Idleb Province