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The story that Erdoğan's Turkey wants from Syria
When I heard Hakan Fidan say those two words, I said to myself: a perfect example. He let slip the crux of the interaction. Pure gold.
May 20
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Ezgi Basaran
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Interview with Nathalie Tocci : Turkey is neither a baddie, nor a goodie for Europe
A conversation with Nathalie Tocci, among the sharpest readers of the European project, on Turkey's anomalous standing in Brussels, von der Leyen's…
May 12
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Ezgi Basaran
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Why Europe's foundational crisis runs through Syria and Gaza
Europe blames Putin, Trump and Xi for its predicament. But the rot began with the 2015 Syrian refugee deal with Erdoğan and became visible in the…
May 7
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April 2026
Erdoğan and Israel's Muslim Brotherhood Trick
The Muslim Brotherhood label has a long history of doing political work. Israel is now reaching for it against Turkey, while the Brothers it nominally…
Apr 30
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Ezgi Basaran
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What Orban’s defeat tells us about Erdoğan and neoliberal rule
Orban's defeat to Magyar is read as continuity in a different form. A closer reading suggests the weakening of the neoliberal-populist system both…
Apr 23
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The Armenians of Turkey and the newspaper that turned their voice public
Agos has done more than report on a community shaped by loss but has helped sustain a space in which Armenians could speak and be heard. Happy 30th…
Apr 15
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Ezgi Basaran
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Islamisation Debate: Has Turkey Become Like Malaysia?
Among secular Turks, anxiety once centred on Malaysia’s Islamisation trajectory. Two decades on, the comparison reveals less about where Turkey ended up…
Apr 8
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The Iran War and the Capture of Opposition in Turkey
Another metropolitan mayor in Turkey was arrested this week. Municipalities are being steadily captured by the AKP government. This is not unrelated to…
Apr 2
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Ezgi Basaran
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March 2026
It will not be the same Hormuz ever again
There is another way to read the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. If it is right, there is no way back to normality, as Helen Thompson argues.
Mar 26
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When did targeting another country’s leadership become normal?
No, it is not normal. But the threshold has shifted enough that we might not even flinch if one leader began speaking of sending another’s severed ear…
Mar 18
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Ezgi Basaran
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Turkey is already ‘part’ of this war
Israel’s regional strategy increasingly places Turkey within the logic of the war. The Kurds, meanwhile, are being pushed into an impossible position…
Mar 11
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Playing with Iranian blood, using Kurds as boots – for what?
Trump and Netanyahu do not care about regime change. They want chaos. But for what? Let’s think about it. Could it be…?
Mar 4
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Ezgi Basaran
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