The Pastor is Not the Only U.S. Hostage in Turkey
Turkish-American relations are at a boiling point. This month, the United States not only ...
Fethullah Gülen
Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy
Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons
Monographs
Turkish Banker Sentenced for Iran Sanctions-Busting Scheme
A Manhattan court Wednesday sentenced Mehmet Hakan Atilla, deputy general manager of Turkey’s second...
Policy Briefs
Turkey’s president is holding Americans hostage. Why aren’t we doing anything about it?
On April 16, an American pastor unjustly detained in a Turkish prison for 18 months will&n...
Op-eds
The Biggest Sanctions-Evasion Scheme in Recent History
Yesterday, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla was found guilty in a Manhattan courtroom for a range of financial crimes. His dramatic trial revealed that tens o...
Op-eds
Turkey’s Premier Visits Washington
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is in Washington this week...
Policy Briefs
‘For Erdogan, personal interest trumps national interest’: Former Turkish Member of Parliament
HNFP: What were the objective conditions that led to the success of the ‘March for Justice’? Is this the beginning of a sustainable opposition against the Justice and Developm...
Op-eds
Turkey Defies Coup, But Not One-Man Rule
Last year, on July 15, the Turkish people defied a group of rogue soldiers who attempted a bloody coup d'état, killing...
Policy Briefs
Turkey’s Patchwork Foreign Policy
Turkey’s steady descent into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has be...
Op-eds
Turkey’s bizarre witch hunt against the media
Turkey, the world’s worst offender of press freedom according to the Committee to Protect Jour...
Op-eds
Envoy’s Murder Exposes Turkey-Russia Fault Lines
Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Ankara, was...
Policy Briefs
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...
Policy Briefs
Clinton Campaign Was Warned That Turkey’s Erdogan Was Attempting to Buy Favor
Top Hillary Clinton campaign officials were warned last summer that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would make contributions to the campaign through American proxies to gain favor, but cho...
Op-eds
Russia’s Middle East Offensive
Even before Russian bombers launched strikes into Syria from an Iranian air base last month, it was clear that one of President Barack Obama’s more dubious foreign policy legacies would be...
Op-eds
Joe Biden’s Challenge in Turkey
The stakes for Vice President Joe Biden’s travels this week...
Op-eds
After the Coup: Backlash Against Turkey’s Minorities
Turkey’s July 15 abortive coup has produced a show of cross-party support for the country’s elected government. All three major opposition parties explicitly denounced the attempt, an...
Op-eds
Coup Attempt Sparks Backlash Against Turkey’s Minorities
Turkey’s July 15 abortive coup has produced a show of cross...
Policy Briefs
The Turkey-Russia reset
The failed coup in Turkey pushed Recep Tayyip Erdoğa...
Op-eds
Bogus foreign-policy debates: How we’re helping our enemies fool us
World news has become complicated lately. Or has it? Consider these headlines: Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the leader of the Syrian al Qaeda affiliate group known as Jabhat al-Nusra...
Op-eds
Turkey tries to trap Obama with extradition demand
Is President Barack Obama willing to damage America’s relationship with a critical NATO ally over the fate of an elderly Muslim man living in the Poconos? Turkey is trying to find...