Thursday's NATO Summit and a series of high level meetings with the EU leaders in Brussels seem to have given President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an incentive to reassess Turkey’s position on a number of . . .
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Arrogance or ignorance? Turkey’s diplomacy needs fine tuning
Once again, the diplomatic assertiveness that has characterized Turkey’s foreign relations in recent years, was in full view of the world this week. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hosted by . . .
Turkey in the world of realpolitik
After months of europhobic posturing in the run up to April’s referendum, Turkey’s leaders are expressing hope for a genuine revitalization of relations with the EU, once again. In a written . . .
Is there really a Turkish style democracy?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back in the folds of the party that he co-founded 16 years ago. Having consolidated his powers in the country at the last month’s referendum, Mr. Erdogan now aims . . .