Institute for Diplomacy and Economy

OPINIONS

HOLLANDA’DA İLTİCA VE GÖÇMENLİK KONULARI TARTIŞMALARIN ODAĞINDA

by Harun Reşit Halisoğlu and Mehmet Emin Hatipoğlu, published on 5 July 2025
Aşırı sağcı Geert Wilders’in partisini 3 Haziran’da hükümetten çekmesiyle Hollanda kendisini bir anda siyasi istikrarsızlık sarmalında buldu. Buna rağmen, ne oldu da PVV’nin talep ettiği yasalar 3 Temmuz akşamında meclisten geçirildi? Yeni yasalar neler getiriyor? Bu konuları sizler için ele aldık.

Silent Fronts: How Iran and Israel Combine Missiles and Malware

by Yasir Gökçe, published on 27 June 2025
As tensions between Israel and Iran have escalated across military and political dimensions, a quieter but critical component has re-emerged: cyber operations. Over the past month, both countries have used digital tools alongside conventional weapons—not as decisive game-changers, but as supplements to broader military strategies.

İran'da Rejim Değişikliği Mümkün mü?

by Mustafa Enes Esen, Servet Akman and Haşim Tekineş, published on 20 June 2025
İsrail’in hava saldırıları İran’ın iç istikrarını da hedef alıyor. Uzmanlarımız bu sürecin rejim değişikliğine evrilip evrilmeyeceğini değerlendirdi.

Uzmanlarımızın görüşü: İsrail’in İran’a saldırısından sonra neler olabilir?

İsrail, 13 Haziran 2025’te İran’ın nükleer ve askeri altyapısına yönelik geniş çaplı bir hava saldırısı düzenleyerek çok sayıda hedefi vurdu; aralarında üst düzey generaller ve nükleer bilimcilerin de bulunduğu onlarca kişi öldü. Operasyon, İran’ın nükleer kapasitesini kalıcı olarak ortadan kaldırmayı amaçlarken, Tahran’ın nükleer silah geliştirme konusunda siyasi bir karar alma eşiğine gelmiş olabileceği endişelerini de artırdı.

Lee Jae-myung Zaferi: Güney Kore’de İktidar Değişikliği

by Mehmet Demirbaş, published on 4 June 2025
3 Haziran’da Güney Kore’de başkanlık seçimleri yapıldı. Demokrat Parti’nin lideri Lee Jae-myung, erken seçimlerden zaferle çıkarak ülkenin yeni cumhurbaşkanı oldu. Bu seçim, yalnızca bir iktidar değişimi değil; aynı zamanda bölgesel dengeleri etkileyebilecek bir açılımın başlangıcı anlamına geliyor.

Turkey’s Growing Alignment with Pakistan Risks Friction with India

by Enes Esen, published on 29 May 2025
India’s perception is that Ankara is not only favoring Islamabad diplomatically, but also materially bolstering its defense capacity in ways that impact the regional military balance. For Turkey, engaging Pakistan should not necessarily come at the expense of ties with India. Yet Turkey’s current policy risks reinforcing precisely that trajectory.

REPORTS

Geopolitical Constraints of Turkey's Energy Hub Ambitions

by Mustafa Enes Esen, published on 8 July 2025
This study focuses on the geopolitical dimensions and constraints shaping Turkey’s ambition to become a natural gas hub. The emphasis is on Turkey’s diplomatic relations with key supplier countries, the political instability across the wider Middle East, and the limited capacity of neighboring states to produce and export gas reliably—factors that collectively can make or undermine Turkey’s hub ambitions.

MODERNIZING THE TURKEY–EU CUSTOMS UNION: ISSUES AND PROSPECTS

by instituDE, published in March 2025
The Turkey–EU Customs Union, established in 1995, has been a defining feature of trade relations between Turkey and the European Union. Over the past three decades, the global economic landscape has evolved significantly, necessitating a modernization of the agreement to address new trade realities, regulatory developments, and emerging geopolitical challenges.

TURKEY‘S MASS PURGE AS VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN ICCPR

by instituDE, published on 23 October 2024
'A gift from God' was one of Erdoğan's first descriptions related to coup attempt in July 15. At first no one realized that God's gift meant a chaotic environment in which he needed to declare a national emergency with no checks and balances and then transform Türkiye’s parliamentary democracy into an executive presidency.

VIDEOS

Türkiye'nin Rejimi ve Uluslararası Dengeler

by Haşim Tekineş, published on 6 July 2025
Türkiye'de rejim mi değişiyor? İmamoğlu'nun tutukluluğu ve CHP'li belediyeler üzerinde artan baskı ne anlama geliyor? Uluslararası dengeler Erdoğan'a içeride baskıyı artırma imkanı veriyor.

Israel vs. Iran: What It Means for Turkey

by Haşim Tekineş, published on 26 June 2025
In this in-depth analysis, we explore how Turkey is responding to the Israel–Iran war and what it means for Ankara’s security, its role in the Middle East, and its delicate balance between its alliances and rivalries. From Turkey’s historical neutrality in regional conflicts to its growing tensions with both Israel and Iran, this video takes a closer look at the biggest geopolitical shift in the Middle East — and how it could redefine Turkey’s future.

İran ve İsrail Arasında Rusya

by Haşim Tekineş and Kerim Has, published on 25 June 2025
Bu hafta instituDE'nin konuğu Dr. Kerim Has, İran-İsrail krizinde Rusya'nın pozisyonunu analiz ediyor.

BOOK REVIEWS

Diplomasinin Amacı: Zararı Azaltmak, Eldekini Korumak

by Enes Esen, published on 4 April 2025
Gérard Araud Fransız Hariciyesi’nde 40 yıl boyunca görev yaptıktan sonra Vaşington Büyükelçiliği görevini tamamlayarak emekliye ayrıldı. Gérard Araud’un Diplomatik Hikayeler – Günümüz Dünyasına Geçmişten Dersler kitabında bir Fransız hariciyecisinin kaleminden diplomasinin temel ilkeleri işleniyor. Bu bağlamda, İspanya Taht Savaşları, Viyana Kongresi, Dünya Savaşları, Süveyş Kanalı Krizi ve Irak’ın işgali gibi önemli olaylar Fransız diplomasisinin gözüyle ele alınıyor.

The Silivri Post or Woe to the Vanquished

by Enes Esen, published on 8 November 2024
Silivri Postası can be divided into two main parts. The first part covers Türköne’s analysis of Turkey’s political transformation over the past 20 years, particularly the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The second part is his prison journal, documenting his daily routine, encounters with prisoners from various political and social backgrounds, personal reflections, political analyses, and thoughts on the books he read. This honest testimony offers valuable insights into Turkey’s recent political history.

Turkish Diplomats from an Empire to a Nation State

Diplomat memoirs are always fun to read. They meet with famous historical personalities, and they witness historical events. Because of their education and unique lifestyles, they are usually colorful characters which make their memoirs more fun. Yet, more interestingly, they live and work at the liminalities of the state, its organization, and official ideology. Like military outposts at the border, a diplomatic mission is located at the far end of the state organization. Diplomats work at this borderline and operate between outside and inside of the state. This liminality makes diplomat memoirs more interesting as they show how a state’s policies, interests, identity, and ideology are constantly tested by the external world, as well as power struggles in their home capital from where they are usually far away.