T urkey will go to the elections somewhere between May and June 2023. However, it is not possible to say that the elections would be held in a democratic environment. The 20-year Erdogan Administration…
Monday Talk with Prof Ahmet Davutoglu, Former Prime Minister of Turkey, Chairman of the Future Party
A s part of our Monday Talks series, we talked with Prof Ahmet Dauvutoglu, who is former Primine Minister of Turkey and the chairman of the newly established Future Party. Along with many…
*This Opinion is co-authored with Mustafa Y. Karabayir.
A s he approaches his twentieth year in power, President Erdogan's popularity is at an all-time low, 38 percent approval rate[1], and significant socioeconomic and political indicators,…
POLICY BRIEF | How Should the EU Approach the Customs Union with Turkey to Improve Democratic Norms?
F ollowing the several years of crisis in EU-Turkey relations, in October 2020, European Council stated their willingness to pursue a positive agenda upon Turkey’s constructive efforts to de-escalate the tension in the Mediterranean.[1]…
R ecently, Mevlut Cavusoglu raised a few eyebrows in both Athens and Brussels. Following a few tensionless months in Eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish foreign minister threatened to use all available means, unless Cyprus’s…
S ince 2010, Turkey has been increasingly seeking to improve ties with China and as a consequence it has been overhauling its policy positions. The most obvious reason for this is the growing economic…
A s part of our Monday Talks series supported by Science 14, we have talked to H.E Christian Berger, Head of EU Delegation to Turkey. The issues discussed included, inter alia, cooperation between the…
F or a number of years the EU has been hoodwinked by Turkey’s leader, now president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is a master practitioner of the art. Likewise, the US president, Barack Obama, who…
A s part of our Monday Talks series supported by Science 14, we have talked with HE Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland. During our exchange with Mr Foreign Minister, we had the…
T he European Union (EU) and its member states have expressed their concerns over Turkey’s ongoing incursion into northeast Syria. With the military operation named Peace Spring[1], Turkey declared that it aims at eliminating…