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March 14, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Erdogan grasps desperately for Kurdish votes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the number of political parties affiliated with his “People’s Alliance” to include a far-right Islamist party: Huda Par, a religiously...

March 25, 2022 | Aykan Erdemir, Kursat Gok

Meet the Turkish Oligarch Who’s Pushing Kremlin Talking Points

Ethem Sancak helps Erdogan straddle the NATO and Russia positions in the Ukraine war.

August 9, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Sude Akgundogdu

Turkey’s Anti-Kurdish Measures Violate Religious Freedom

Turkey has a long history of discrimination against its Kurdish citizens as well as restrictions against using the Kurdish language. While this systematic exclusion has drawn international attention, its...

November 9, 2020 | Philip Kowalski, Umut Can Fidan

Erdoğan continues repression of Kurdish political and cultural rights

The year 2020 has been especially difficult for Turkey’s already embattled Kurdish population.  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) continue to imprison Kurdish...

May 12, 2020 | Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir, Aykan Erdemir

Turkey the Only NATO Member Singled out in Annual Religious Freedom Report

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2020 Annual Report on April 28 and recommended the US government include Turkey on the State Department’s “Special...

July 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu, Benjamin Weinthal WORLD

The Brunson farce

Turkey’s indictment against Pastor Andrew Brunson reveals why charges against him shouldn’t hold up in any legitimate court.

February 1, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir

Turkish Civil Society Also a Casualty of Erdogan’s Afrin Campaign

On January 20, the Turkish government...

February 1, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir

Turkish Civil Society Also a Casualty of Erdogan’s Afrin Campaign

On January 20, the Turkish government...

March 29, 2017 | Merve Tahiroglu, Jonathan Schanzer

Islamic State Networks in Turkey

Download the full report here.  Introduct...

November 6, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Latest Crackdown–and How Turkey’s Chaos Plays to Extremists’ Strengths

The Turkish government’s arrest of dozen lawmakers, including the co-leaders of the pro-K...

November 4, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Lawmakers arrested in Turkey; car bomb kills 9

A huge car bomb killed at least nine people in the largest city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast region Friday, shortly after authorities detained a dozen Kurdish lawmakers in rela...

November 3, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Erdogan’s Blitz on Turkey’s Republic Day

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued two state-of-emergency decrees last week, dismissing 10,000 civil servants a...

October 15, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir |

After Ankara, Cover-Ups and Conspiracies

Twin bombs rocked the Turkish capital Ankara on October 10, killing close to 100 civilians and injuring over...

August 20, 2015 | Merve Tahiroglu, Jonathan Schanzer

Turkey Awakens to the Islamic State Threat Within

News reports over the weekend revealed that Turkish police recently discovered 30 suicide vests, some ready for immediate use, in raids against the Islamic State. The news came one week after an...

July 29, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

The ISIS Attack and Turkey’s Islamist Kurds

An ISIS-linked suicide bomber attacked the southern Turkish border town of Suruç on Monday, killing 32 and wounding 100. The victims were preparing for a trip to reconstruct the war-torn S...

March 25, 2014 | Bill Roggio |

Turkish Charity İMKANDER Praises Slain Islamic Caucasus Emirate Emir in Rally

A charity known as İMKANDER has praised Doku Umarov, the former emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate ...

May 14, 2013 | John Hannah |

Erdogan’s Great Gamble

Something quite extraordinary -- perhaps even historic -- is afoot in Turkey. The country's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is engaged in a colossal roll of the political dice, an act...