Turkey

President Donald Trump surprised friends and adversaries alike this week by announcing that the U.S. would be withdrawing the roughly 2,000 troops deployed in northeastern Syria as part of the…

Last month,the United Stateswithdrew from a landmark missile treaty withRussia. Another crucial arms control treaty, the New START agreement, is set to expire in early 2021.Chinaand several other…

Recep Tayyip Erdoganis the most baffling politician to emerge in the 96-year history ofTurkey. He is polarizing and popular, autocratic and fatherly, calculating and listless. Erdogan’s ideology…

Turkish news outlets have recently reported that Turkey is in the midst of establishing a new military base in Qatar, which is allegedly set to begin operations next autumn. Thus far, neither Turkish…

by Ali Almandalawi Ali Babacan was born in Ankara in 1967. He graduated first in the Class of 1985 from Ankara College. In 1989, he…

It has been nearly a decade since Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was deposed as a result of a popular uprising sparked by similar demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt. After an initial burst…

On the eve of Istanbul’s mayoral election, opposition candidateEkrem Imamogluwas drawing small crowds of the party faithful to low-key campaign rallies. Two days after his stunning upset victory…

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