Erdogan envisions alliance of Turkic-speaking states
Source:al Monitor Date:19Nov2021
The platform provides the leaders with an opportunity to use their partnership for political consumption at home as well as to gain some independence from the great power struggle of global
Geopolitical rivalry in Caucasus gets militarized
Source:al Monitor Date:10Oct2021
The military rapprochement between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, coupled with growing military ties between Azerbaijan and Israel, seems to be ringing the alarm bells in Iran. Last week Tehran
Turkish mobster claims AKP supporters secretly armed after putsch
Source:al Monitor Date:17Jul2021
Commenting on Peker’s allegations, Mehmet Tum, a former legislator for the main opposition Republican People’s Party who frequently brought up the issue in parliament, pointed to a staggering
Meeting with Biden looms as critical test for Erdogan
Source:al Monitor Date:05Jun2021
To break the ice with Biden, the strongest card Erdogan could play is to promote Turkey as the best regional partner in US efforts to contain Russia and Iran. Though this card has somewhat
Ankara in risky geopolitical gamble in Black Sea
Source:al Monitor Date:16Apr2021
Ankara seems to believe that the US quest for lasting military presence in the Black Sea region gives it leverage to use the Montreux Convention as a bargaining chip in the transactional
Turkey approaches point of no return on employing Russian air defense system
Source:al Monitor Date:20Oct2020
Military Affairs Strategist Mr Metin Gurcan explains the reasoning behind the S-400 tests: All in all, none of the four arguments can be dismissed, and all of those factors seem to have
Turkey’s S-400 delay is about more than just the economy and COVID-19
Source:al Monitor Date:25Apr2020
Yet Turkey’s desperate need for hard currency to salvage its pandemic-hit economy is not the only factor at play. The delay is driven by at least three other factors: namely, Ankara’s shifting
Turkish government divided over lockdown proposals
Source:al Monitor Date:27Mar2020
A report by ever-reliable militayr affairs expert Mr Metin Gurcan, which suggests up to 100K deaths from Covid-19 Turkey’s steep upward curve in new COVID-19 infections is leading
Will Libya become Turkey’s next Syria?
Source:al Monitor Date:17Dec2019
The question now is how serious Ankara is about militarizing the Mediterranean situation and possibly escalating to military confrontation. According to two security experts and one energy expert
What recent purges, promotions mean for Turkey’s military
Source:al Monitor Date:18Aug2019
Contrary to conventional wisdom, it can be argued that the TSK has not become a pro-Erdogan institution. At the moment, civilian-military relations can best be described as resting on the