By Halil Özsaraç, (Ret.) Turkish Staff Navy Captain On April 29, 2025, Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure announced that Türkiye had become a “strategic partner” of the Three Seas Initiative. The Three Seas Initiative is an alliance established a decade ago in the region spanning the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas in Central and Eastern Europe. The Initiative includes ...
The agenda of Türkiye was once again intense last week. The “Kurdish Unity” meeting in northern Syria drew reactions from the government, as well as from various institutions and organizations. The AKP government continues its new policy toward Europe. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Italy, while Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu attended the 10th Summit of the Three ...
By Deniz Yıldırım How was Abdullah Öcalan’s call to lay down arms and dissolve the PKK received among PKK circles in Europe? What did Kurdish associations, writers, and academics say about this call, which is likely to have significant repercussions in Türkiye, the region, and Europe? Some within PKK-affiliated circles voiced strong support, calling it “a major historical opportunity” and ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The US and Israel have won the first act of the war in Syria. As a result of the civil war they provoked in 2011, they succeeded in toppling the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024. The power was taken over by al-Julani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group nurtured in the laboratories ...
The agenda in Türkiye has heated up again as temperatures. One of the major topics was the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. Also, last week saw several critical meetings in foreign policy. Tensions between the government and opposition continue to deepen following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu. Antalya Diplomacy Forum The ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The world keeps revolving, Swiftly, relentlessly. And it changes… A brief glance at the past month’s headlines reveals the weight of change and uncertainty. 1. Trump’s new tariffs President Trump declared a new wave of tariffs only on China, the European Union and the southern neighbors tightening his policy of “turning inward”. We are now entering ...
The arrest of Istanbul Mayor and Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has further deepened political polarization in Türkiye. CHP leader Özgür Özel’s statements targeting President Erdoğan topped the national agenda. Prior to İmamoğlu’s arrest, Özel claimed that Erdoğan had sought approval from Trump and accused him of “junta”. Another key topic was the one-day consumer boycott organized ...
By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli The phone talks between Putin and Trump were constructive and even upbeat. The main takeaway is that both leaders expressed interest in continuing the dialogue and developing relations between the two countries. Many experts have already noted that the most significant aspect of the conversation was not the discussion of ongoing conflicts but the future of ...
Political tensions in Türkiye, which intensified after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on March 19, subsided somewhat with the Ramadan holiday. On March 19, the anti-government protests, which began in Saraçhane, where the Istanbul Municipality is located, spread nationwide, with the participation of students from ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest to Russia Today’s live broadcast. Güzaltan answered the questions on ongoing demonstrations in Türkiye. Our correspondents say that this is a potentially significant movement in Turkish history. We have seen a large participation of the citizens. I wonder how significant you think this is in terms of ...