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Illustration: Erdogan and Assad and a protest with Turkish and Syrian flags

What is the Significance of the Revival of Contacts Between Damascus and Ankara?

Despite significant signs of rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus, the situation of de facto partition and frozen conflict seems likely to continue in Syria for the foreseeable future.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Scholarship 11.09.2022
Syria Turkey

Turkish Irredentism and the Greater Middle East

Erdoğan’s alliance with the Turkish nationalists at home resulted in the adoption of an aggressive foreign policy.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Scholarship 08.11.2021
Turkey
Aleppo, Syria 01 January 2017:\\nA group of fighters walks behind a military mine sweeper.

“The Montreux Petition” and Creeping Islamization of the Turkish Military

A storm over a petition by retired naval officers once again has revealed longstanding tensions between the civilian Turkish government and the Turkish military, and Erdogan’s plans for advancing pro-regime Islamists in the military.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Policy Papers 13.04.2021
Turkey

Turkish-Iranian Rift: An Opportunity for Israel

Israel should exploit the expanding rift between Ankara and Tehran to normalize its relations with Turkey. This also could bring Turkey into the circle of countries supporting the Abraham Accords.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Policy Papers 02.03.2021
Iran Turkey

Erdogan using deniable private militias to destabilize the Middle East

Erdoğan has created a private military and paramilitary system. He deploys this apparatus for domestic and foreign operations without official oversight.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak , Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 03.02.2021
Turkey
Silivri Prison in Silivri, Istanbul Turkey

Turkey’s Salafists, ISIS, and the Revolving Doors of Turkish Prisons

Turkey wants to have it both ways: To act against the Salafists, while using them as dispensable mercenaries against the Kurds.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Policy Papers 02.10.2020
ISIS Turkey
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The Arrest of Saleh Muslim: Escalation in Kurdish-Turkish Tensions

How the arrest of this Kurdish leader is handled will indicate the extent to which the Syrian Kurds’ central role in the fight against the Islamic State has accrued some broader political legitimacy for their leadership. This, in turn, has implications for the troubled relationship between the West and Turkey.

Dr. Jonathan Spyer
Policy Papers 28.02.2018
Kurds Syria
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