Foreign Affairs Turkey Can Advance Trump’s Foreign Policy Goals U.S. relations with Ankara are undergoing a radical transformation.

Turkey is not only failing in Central Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe but everywhere, Ilhan Uzgel, the country’s shadow foreign minister, wrote on April 22 in a column entitled “As ...

Turkey’s Middle-Power Dilemma The Overlooked Costs of a Transactional Foreign Policy Mustafa Kutlay May 15, 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara in Ankara, ...

On May 14, Turks will be going to the polls in one of the more consequential elections of this year. Turkey is a critical country, and the competing alliances and leaders promise distinct ...

On May 14, Turkey is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections, which many have called the most important votes of 2023. Most things in Turkey seem to be on hold, as everyone awaits ...

The turnaround is seen aimed partly at reversing his country's economic downturn and boosting foreign investment.

Turkey holds elections on May 14th. For the first time in twenty years, President Erdogan is facing a serious challenge at the ballot box. The opposition has unified behind candidate Kemal ...

Foreign policy in Turkey, once the purview of generals and professional diplomats, has become a domestic issue and part of identity politics.

Supporters wave Turkish flags at a rally for Turkey’s Republican People’s Party chairman and presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Canakkale, Turkey, on April 11.

Chris and Melanie sit down with Aaron Stein, chief content officer at War on the Rocks and co-author of a new report on Turkey’s new, more independent foreign policy. Why has Ankara changed its ...

Erdogan’s independent foreign policy put Turkey on the map – the opposition’s may be far more muted.

One of the world’s most important elections is scheduled to take place on May 14, with the twenty-year reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing a rare challenge—a potential final off ...