By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar October 11, 2020 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,772, October 11, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ISIS was so successful in 2014 in part because President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey is a vocal supporter…
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by Khaled Abu Toameh* April 17, 2020 at 5:00 am If the reports about Erdogan’s readiness to invite Hamas leaders to live in Turkey are true, that would also turn Erdogan into the spiritual father of a terrorist group that…
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23/6/19 Εντείνει τις προκλήσεις το καθεστώς Erdogan και απειλεί ευθέως με τετελεσμένα στην Κύπρο και την ΑΟΖ της Μεγαλονήσου Στα άκρα και με απρόβλεπτες συνέπειες για την ευρύτερη περιοχή οδηγεί την κατάσταση η Τουρκία, που προκαλεί τόσο την Ελλάδα, όσο…
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June 11, 2019 Tension between Washington and Ankara stems from America’s frustration with Erdogan. by Gerald F. Hyman* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan provides the United States and its NATO allies regular, nearly constant, reasons to end their alliance with Turkey;…
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by Eldad Shavit, Gallia Lindenstrauss INSS Insight No. 1157, April 2, 2019 Turkey’s insistence to move ahead with the S-400 deal with Russia, in spite of the American threat that this move would be met with sanctions, is expected to…
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Apr 2, 2019 by Elizabeth Teoman Key Takeaway: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered painful losses in key urban centers including Ankara and Istanbul during the 2019 Turkish Local Elections. These losses suggest that Erdogan may not be able to…
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By Dr. James M. Dorsey November 12, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,004, November 12, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Competition among Middle Eastern rivals and ultimate power within the region’s various alliances is increasingly as much economic and commercial as…
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26.5.2018 By Philip Christopher In the 1970’s, a young mogul named Donald Trump was making news as a young, brash and very successful real estate developer. At the same time, Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974 made international headlines. Now,…
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by Burak Bekdil* February 22, 2018 at 4:00 am ▪Erdogan’s ideological love affair with Hamas is obligatory for all Islamists in this part of the world, and they do not tend to forget it. In February, a deported Palestinian Islamic…
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22 Φεβρουαρίου 2018, 11:30 πμ του Γιώργου Καλλινίκου Το επαναλαμβάνουν ξανά και ξανά οι διάφοροι εραστές της όποιας λύσης. Άλλοι με άρθρα τους και άλλοι με αναρτήσεις στα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης. Ότι η μόνη λύση στην κρίση που έχει…
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28 Ιανουάριος 2018, 18:05 Του Μάριου Πούλλαδου Η ΑΓΚΥΡΑ ΦΛΕΡΤΑΡΕΙ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΡΗΞΗ ΤΩΝ ΣΧΕΣΩΝ ΜΕ ΤΗ ΔΥΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΕΙ ΤΗ ΛΥΚΟΦΙΛΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΟΥΤΙΝ Κίνδυνοι και προβληματισμοί από την είδηση ότι ομάδα Τουρκοκυπρίων επιθυμούν να πολεμήσουν στο πλευρό…
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22.01.2018 12:53 SigmaLive Τουρκοκύπριοι εθνικιστές και έποικοι από την Τουρκία έχουν συγκεντρωθεί έξω από τα γραφεία της εφημερίδας Africa στο κατεχόμενο τμήμα της Λευκωσίας και πετροβολούν, σε ένδειξη «διαμαρτυρίας» για τη στάση της στην επιχείρηση της Τουρκίας στο Αφρίν. Το…
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By Burak Bekdil* January 7, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 709, January 7, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: US President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled National Security Strategy paper does not specifically mention Turkey. Some Turks think this is good, as any…
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by Lawrence A. Franklin* December 27, 2017 at 4:30 am ▪But what of NATO? Is Turkey a reliable NATO partner? Here the picture is more mixed. ▪Turkey of late, with the purchase of two batteries of the Russian S-400 air…
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by Burak Bekdil* December 6, 2017 at 4:30 am ▪In one audio recording, Erdogan was heard ordering his son to get rid of all the cash he kept at home; and his son, after trying for several hours, tells him…
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by Judith Bergman* November 20, 2017 at 5:00 am ▪Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clearly sees Turks living in the West as a spearhead of Islam. ▪”Yes, integrate yourselves into German society but don’t assimilate yourselves. No one has the…
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American Islamists Turn to Ankara by Samantha Mandeles and Samuel Westrop* September 21, 2017 at 4:02 pm In general, lawful Islamist movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood work to insert themselves into Western society, exploiting liberal, democratic bodies to promote their own illiberal and anti-democraticideology. Whether…
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