Posts Tagged: Erdogan
Bennett Warns Tehran Will Pay Price if Israelis Are Targeted in Turkey
Israeli senior officials warned over the weekend that the country will respond with force to Iranian attacks against its citizens in Turkey. “We are currently witnessing...
Kazakhstan, Like Ukraine, Spotlights the Waning Effect of the Rule of Law
When a Russian-led military force intervened in Kazakhstan, it did more than help Kazakh President Qasym-Johart Toqayev restore and strengthen his grip on power following...
Turkey’s Erdogan Uses War to Deflect His Domestic Failures
The article “Give War a Chance: Arab Leaders Finesse Military Defeat,” by Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, and published in the Summer...
How Turkey Bypasses Western Arms Embargoes
In a landmark $1.5 billion deal in 2018, Turkey agreed to sell 30 of its T129 attack helicopters (allegedly indigenous but in fact produced under an...
Turkey’s Erdogan Could Be in Serious Trouble
The Turkish Islamists’ first experience of long-term governance, now in its 19th year, has turned the country into a caricature. With annual inflation and interest rates...
Turkey’s Problems Grow in the Eastern Mediterranean
Yet another Turkish diplomatic embarrassment has been caused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s self-aggrandizement. Turkey’s neo-Ottoman strongman would topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and replace him...
Rethinking Israeli-Turkish Relations
This year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Efraim Elrom, Israel’s Consul General in Istanbul, who was abducted and murdered after three days...
Turkey: How Not to Handle a Pandemic
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, the nations of the world have fought a near-existential war against the plague of the...
Erdogan’s Backing of Hamas Precludes Turkey’s Rapprochement With Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a call in December for better ties with Israel. “No surprise if Turkey-Israel relations normalize soon,” read the headline of...
Israel Should Not Turn Its Back on Turkey, Despite Erdogan’s Outrages
Recent signs indicate that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been very keen to score foreign policy achievements. Ultimately, Erdogan’s efforts can be tied to...
Jihadis Are Becoming Turkey’s Permanent Proxy Force
An assortment of jihadi groups holed up in northern Syria under Turkey’s protection are becoming the permanent proxy force of the new Ottomans. This looks like...
Turkey’s Erdogan Quits European Treaty on Violence Against Women
President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, ministers and an official notice said on Saturday, prompting criticism from...
Turkey, the Kurds, and the ‘Gara Affair’: How Not to Rescue Hostages
The “Gara Affair” will be recalled by both Turks and Kurds as a dark moment in their histories. It entailed a disastrous rescue operation meant...
Turkish Prisons Are Beyond the Pale of Inhumanity
Human rights abuses under Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan are beyond the pale of inhumanity and moral decadence. The list of Erdogan’s violations and cruelty is...
