Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’ın İstanbul Sözleşmesi’nden Türkiye’nin ayrılmasına dair TBMM’nin onayı olmaksızın tek başına verdiği kararın ardından, benzer usulün Montrö Boğazlar Sözleşmesi’nden çekilmek için de pekâlâ işletilebileceğine dair yorumların da yapılmasıyla Montrö Sözleşmesi birçok tartışmaya konu olmaya başladı. Diğer yandan, AKP iktidarının 2011 yılında duyurduğu ve hayata geçirmek için bir süredir adımlar atmakta olduğu Kanal İstanbul Projesi de bu tartışmalara yeni boyutlar kazandırmış ve hukuk, siyaset ve milli güvenliğe ilişkin çeşitli soru işaretlerine yol açmış durumda.

Meetings of the European Council and the NATO foreign affairs ministers gave hints of the US-EU strategy on their relations with Turkey and NATO’s increasing role as a platform where Turkey’s democratic backsliding will be discussed in line with US President Joe Biden’s transatlantic partnership vision.

Karadağ’da yaklaşık 30 yıldır iktidarda olan ve Karadağ’ın bağımsızlığından sonra ülkeyi AB ve Avrupa-Atlantik kurumlarıyla bütünleştirme hedefine yönelik politikalar yürüten Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore (DPS) /Karadağ Demokratik Sosyalist Partisi, 30 Ağustos 2020 tarihinde yapılan seçimlerde gerekli sandalye sayısına ulaşamamıştır.

The strained relations with the Western countries and their suspicions concerning the true face of the coup attempt led to belated support for the Turkish government against the putschists. But there has been only one outlier country in this broad picture all the while: the United Kingdom (UK). The UK has become one of the strongest allies of Erdoğan after the July 15 coup attempt.

Iranian philosopher Ali Shariati once said: “Do not believe anything in a nation where only the government enjoys freedom of speech.” The wisdom of these words has been proven time and time again, most recently during the Covid-19 pandemic where the Chinese government’s handling of the outbreak included withholding information while blatantly abusing the World Health Organization in a way that possibly cost thousands of lives across the globe.

"How many people were fired when the reunification happened in Germany?" This question has been persistently used as a cliché answer by the Turkish officials whenever they are asked about the wide-ranging purges in public sector in Turkey.

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.

This report focuses on Turkey's prominence as an emerging market for cocaine trafficking and organized crime in the last decade. Cocaine production in Latin America has dramatically increased since 2013, and Turkey’s status as an emerging market has attracted the attention of Latin American government officials on the front lines of the cocaine trade.

Most of the Russian propaganda in Turkey is not overtly conducted by Russian state-affiliated media outlets. Eurasianists in Turkey carry out the Kremlin’s bidding to influence Turkish public opinion in favor of Russian war efforts. They blame the West, specifically NATO and the US, for instigating the war in Ukraine and causing regional instability. They also attack Turkey's political opposition for their milder views on NATO and the US and recommend that the Turkish government prioritize its relations with Russia.