Adept in Pan-Ottomanism, Erdogan Got Carried Away Playing Soldiers

Adept in Pan-Ottomanism, Erdogan Got Carried Away Playing Soldiers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is well known for his resounding appeals built on the political doctrine of Pan-Ottomanism, which emerged in Turkey in the 1970s, according to which all subjects of the Ottoman Empire are members of a single nation, the Ottomans. However, such verbal passage has been recently increasingly followed by actual actions,…

What Explains the Unexpected Diplomatic De-Escalation Between Turkey & The West?

What Explains the Unexpected Diplomatic De-Escalation Between Turkey & The West?

Although both sides are acting like they’ve moved on after last week’s events, their strategists know better than to naively think that everything will go back to how it was before those 10 ambassadors issued their joint statement. Most observers were surprised by Monday’s diplomatic de-escalation between Turkey and the West. President Erdogan announced over…

Color Revolution Against Erdogan?

Color Revolution Against Erdogan?

The short-sighted policy of the Central Bank of Turkey to lower interest rates to 16% has accelerated the collapse of the Turkish lira (30% this year), which together with popular discontent over the high cost of living (rate year-on-year CPI in September of 20%), could unleash social outbreaks that, remotely controlled by the CIA, could…

The Putin-Erdogan Summit Appears to Have Responsibly Regulated Their Competition

The Putin-Erdogan Summit Appears to Have Responsibly Regulated Their Competition

Instead of letting their competition counterproductively spiral out of control like some ill-intended third parties hope to have happen in order to divide and rule them both, Russia and Turkey wisely realized over the years that it’s much better for their leaders to discuss their differences with a view towards reaching a series of pragmatic…

The Top Takeaways from Turkey’s Troubles with the Taliban

The Top Takeaways from Turkey’s Troubles with the Taliban

Ties between Turkey and the Taliban are strained after the NATO member publicly contemplated keeping its military forces in Afghanistan in order to guard Kabul airport, with tensions only worsening after President Erdogan then criticized the group for allegedly not behaving as proper Muslims as well as “occupying” parts of their homeland. Few could have…