İsrail’de 2018-2022 yılları arasında yaşanan siyasi kriz nedeniyle dört yıl içinde toplam beş kere genel seçimler yapıldı. Yolsuzluk soruşturmalarıyla başı dertte olan Netanyahu, iki yıllık bir süre muhalefette kaldıktan sonra Kasım 2022 seçimlerinde başarılı oldu; seçimlere katılan aşırı sağcı ve dinci siyasi partilerle bir koalisyon kurup, yeniden Başbakanlık koltuğuna oturdu. Başbakan Netanyahu, göreve başlar başlamaz yargı sisteminde büyük değişiklikler öngören bir yargı paketi hazırlayıp İsrail parlamentosu Knesset’e sundu.

Türkiye’nin Suriye ve Mısır’la son dönemdeki normalleşme süreçlerini sadece ikili ilişkiler perspektifinden değerlendirmemek gerekiyor. Arap dünyasında lider konumunda olan Suudi Arabistan’ın bu ülkelerle ilişkileri ve Türkiye’ye yönelik tavrı bölge politikalarını doğrudan etkiliyor. Bu bağlamda, Suudi Arabistan’ın Mısır ve Suriye ile ilişkilerinde son dönemde önemli gelişmeler yaşanıyor.

The cancellation of the meeting can be interpreted as a snub to the Erdogan administration, especially since the abrupt nature of the cancellation did not allow Ankara to save face by providing a more reasonable excuse

Göreve yaklaşık iki yıl önce başlayan ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Antony Blinken 19 Şubat’ta Türkiye’ye ilk resmi ziyaretini düzenleyecek. İnsani diplomasi kapsamında yürütülen ABD’nin deprem yardım faaliyetlerini yerinde görmek dışında Blinken’ın gündeminde kuvvetle muhtemel İsveç ve Finlandiya’nın NATO’ya tam üyeliği ile Ukrayna Savaşı konuları bulunuyor.

The earthquake has probably changed the calculus of a political decision on an incursion into northern Syria before the presidential elections. The earthquake has disrupted a vital logistics link between Turkey and Syria. The Turkish leadership is busy with the political outcomes of the earthquake and containing heavy criticism against its incompetence in handling the disaster.

President Erdoğan said on December 15th that he had proposed to Russia’s President Putin to hold a trilateral meeting between Turkey, Russia, and Syria. First, chiefs of intelligence would meet, followed by a meeting with ministers of defense, and later a meeting with ministers of foreign affairs. After these meetings laid the ground, he opined that the three presidents could have a trilateral meeting.

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.

This report sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the tactics employed by the Erdoğan administration to achieve repressive goals abroad and the vulnerabilities and how they are enabled by the AML and CFT regulation in place.

This submission highlights the ongoing systematic actions and omissions by Turkish authorities against the so-called members of the Gulen Group, framed as crimes against humanity. It demonstrates the violations of recommendations that even Türkiye has supported.

This report offers an update to the United Nations Committee against Torture (the Committee) regarding the obstacles to implementing the Convention against Torture (the Convention) in Turkey. As a coalition formed by a collective of former Turkish diplomats, our focus is on the systematic torture faced by former diplomats detained at Ankara Police Headquarters. We delve into the Turkish context and present insights from our organization.

His electoral victory in May 2023 gave President Erdoğan five more years to further consolidate his power, eviscerate institutions, fill the bureaucracy with yes-men and expand his corruption network. This, of course, raises questions about the Turkish political system’s chances of recovery, the prospects for democratization after Erdogan and the regime’s tolerance for his demise.

This report aims to reveal and analyze the criminal acts and/or omissions of the Turkish authorities against individuals alleged to be affiliated with, connected to, or members of the Gülen Group in the context of violations of the right to property as crimes against humanity.