Turkey

Protests in Turkey Amid a Global Shift to the Right

Bulent Gokay • Mar 30 2025 • Articles

The current juncture represents a particularly dismal chapter in Turkey’s history that displays all the traits of economic crisis and political exhaustion.

Reflecting on the 75th Anniversary of Indonesian-Turkish Relations

Hadza Min Fadhli Robby and Tufan Kutay Boran • Mar 27 2025 • Articles

As two rising middle powers, Indonesia and Türkiye should support each other in reinforcing their roles in regional and international affairs.

Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy: Strategy Without Doctrine

M. Hakan Yavuz • Mar 15 2025 • Articles

Erdoğan has used foreign policy as a tool for domestic political survival, framing Turkey as a besieged nation fighting Western imperialists.

7 October 2023 and the Battle over the New Silk Roads

Guy Laron • Mar 6 2025 • Articles

An overlooked facet of the Gaza war is how it intersects with the struggle to control trade corridors across Eurasia.

Opinion – Türkiye’s 2024 Local Elections Challenge President Erdoğan

Martin Duffy • Apr 12 2024 • Articles

Türkiye demonstrates a popular desire for transformation among its citizens that could redefine the nation’s longer-term political trajectory.

Deciphering Erdoğan’s Foreign Policy after Turkey’s 2023 Elections

Zenonas Tziarras • Dec 7 2023 • Articles

The interplay between Erdoğan’s ambitions and the evolving global order creates a complex landscape marked by unpredictability and the potential for geopolitical shifts.

The West and Turkish Aspirations: Limits of the Liberal Gaze

Kostas A. Lavdas and Panagiota Chatzilymperi • Nov 14 2023 • Articles

Relations between Turkey and the West appear to be unpredictable, whilst optimism on Muslim democracy is on the wane.

Ottoman International Relations: A Research Agenda

Ali Balcı • Oct 4 2023 • Articles

While Turkish IR might leverage its empire to carve out a unique identity and authority within the broader IR discipline, the Ottoman legacy invites scholars globally to make meaningful contributions.

Opinion – Turkish Foreign Policy after the 2023 Elections

Lars Haugom • Sep 18 2023 • Articles

Turkey’s assertive diplomatic style and preference for a transactional foreign policy has occasionally brought Ankara to the diplomatic brink with the European Union and the United States.

Interview – Lisel Hintz

E-International Relations • Aug 31 2023 • Features

Lisel Hintz explores this year’s tumultuous election for the Turkish Presidency, as well as the implications for the future of Turkish politics and foreign policy.

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