Erdoğan and al-Sharaa align to stabilize Syria, easing refugee pressure on Türkiye and legitimizing Damascus’ transitional authority. Erdoğan’s request to assimilate Kurdish autonomy in Northeastern Syria into the new Republic…
Turkish President Erdoğan is on a streak of foreign policy successes Erdoğan advances his own interests, while maintaining ties with both Putin and NATO Erdoğan aims to improve his image…
The 2016 failed military coup gave Erdogan full political power domesticallyNow controlling the army, Erdogan expanded Turkey’s geopolitical reach in MENAErdogan’s strong domestic power allowed him to weather the Turkish…
+ Geopolitical lessons from the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war.+ Russia and Turkey are dividing zones of influence in the South Caucasus, Syria, Libya. + Putin and Erdogan are benefitting…
+ A deteriorating economy since 2018 has significantly eroded Erdogan’s domestic support.+ Turkish interventions in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan kindle nationalist sentiments. + Erdogan has been utilizing populist rhetoric to…
+ Full-scale warfare erupted in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.+ Involvement of regional powers impacts the regional balance of power. + Warfare based around combat UAVs has given Azerbaijan a military advantage.…
Source: Ahval February 27th 2020 marked an unprecedented shift in military history. After 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in the Syrian war, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, under Erdogan’s…
+ The Turkish head of religious affairs accused publicly the LGBT community of causing disease and corruption. + Erdogan chose to defend him and seized the occasion to attack queer…
+ France and Turkey support opposing factions in Libya. + The conflict reveals a deep divide within NATO. + Both powers may agree to a political solution to the Libyan…
+Erdogan lost a great deal of his power during the 2019 local elections. +He is using the COVID-19 as an excuse to regain that control. +The 2023 elections seem like…