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Turkey

Turkey is a rising power in the Middle East, balancing NATO membership with its independent policies on Israel, Syria, and Gaza. Its regional ambitions and strategic moves directly impact security dynamics. Explore Turkey’s role in shaping alliances, energy routes, and conflicts, and learn how its policies affect Israel and the broader geopolitical landscape.

Erdoğan’s New Front: Exploiting Israel for Regional and Domestic Leverage

By framing Israel as a national security threat, the Turkish President deflects attention from the...
Erdogan Illustration

Towards the end of AKP’s Hegemony in Turkey?

The Turkish opposition’s landslide victory in recent municipal elections indicate that with continued tacit Kurdish...
Erdogan voting

October 7 and the Collapse of Israeli-Turkish Normalization

The loss of Israel’s strong-state image in Ankara, together with Erdogan’s short-term need to deflect...
Pro Palestinian protest in Turkey

The game changers in Israeli-Turkish relations

The post-Abraham Accords strategic environment in the Middle East and Azerbaijan’s emergence as a common...
Erdogan and Herzog

Israel’s Priorities in the Eastern Mediterranean:The Tango with Turkey Has Limits

The first foreign minister to visit Greece after the swearing-in of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ new government...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece met with his Israeli counterpart Handshake of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen

Out of the Rubble? Turkey’s Post-Quake Diplomacy and Regional Opening

Two powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey’s southeast on February 6, 2023, have taken an enormous...
A photo of Turkish President Erdogan is displayed in a window of the AK party headquarters in Kahramanmarash

Turkey’s Rift with Sweden and Finland

Turkey’s relations with Sweden and Finland are at a crossroads, and it behooves all three...
15, May, 2022, Turkish flag next to the flags of Finland and Sweden Concept of a political conflict between a member of the North Atlantic Pact and candidates aspiring to join NATO

The Libyan EEZ Challenge: Israel Should Reject
Turkey’s Claims in the Eastern Mediterranean

The delineation of the Libyan and Turkish Exclusive Economic Zones was and remains essential not...
Turkey flag illustration

Turkish-Israel ties: Far from a love story

The resumption of diplomatic relations with Ankara is cause for celebration, but while Erdogan is...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The “New Uzbekistan”: Turkey’s New Partner in the Pan-Turkist Organization of Turkic States

Tashkent's increasingly critical approach toward Russia and its deepening role in the Organization of Turkic...
Turkey Uzbekistan Locator Map Illustration

Turkey’s struggling economy, regional isolation, behind latest charm offensive with Israel and other countries

A clear Turkish rationale for better relations with Israel is to weaken the strategic partnership...
Turkey economy illustration

Turkey-Armenia Normalization: A Quest for Realism

Ironically, the American recognition of the Armenian genocide removed an obstacle for Armenia and Turkey...
Turkey Armenia

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