Kurdistan Workers' Party

October 25, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Qatar Extends Support for Turkey’s Assault in Northern Syria

Qatar defended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assault on northern Syria last week, becoming the first country to publicly voice support for Turkey’s intervention. Qatar’s support clarifies...

October 23, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

The Kurds are not angels

But among the many Muslim nations, America has had no better friend .

October 22, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir |

Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal

President Trump’s strategy of getting out of Syria but keeping the oil continues to stir up policy debates and emotions. Opponents of the U.S. withdrawal see this as a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds,...

August 7, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State wages desert-based insurgency in Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State is far from dead in Iraq and Syria. Despite losing its physical caliphate, the group maintained enough manpower and resources to continue waging an insurgency in both countries. And America’s...

April 26, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Caliphate, interrupted

After being bombarded by four years of U.S. airstrikes, a relentless ground campaign by Kurdish-led U.S. allies, and attacks from Russian, Syri...

October 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

How Conspiracies Sustain One-Man Rule in Turkey and Beyond

By exploiting Turkey’s long-held prejudices, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is able to maintain his grip on power, argues Aykan Erdemir.

October 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

How Conspiracies Sustain One-Man Rule in Turkey and Beyond

By exploiting Turkey’s long-held prejudices, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is able to maintain his grip on power, argues Aykan Erdemir

October 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Austria slated to ban Hezbollah and Hamas symbols

Austrian media reported this past week that the government’s ban will be expanded to include symbols of Turkey’s ultra-radical nationalist Grey Wolves.

August 23, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

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 ...

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.

May 8, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Case Against U.S. Pastor Gets Even More Bizarre

U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson had his second hearing before a Turkish court on Monday after sitting in a Turkish prison for the last 18 months...

April 6, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump and Syria

The White House declared on April 4 that the "military mission to eradicate ISIS in Syria is coming to a rapid end, with ISIS being almost completely destroyed." While the United States is "commi...

April 3, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Erdogan Threatens to Expand War Against U.S. Partners in Syria

A bomb blast near the city of Manbij in northern Syria...

November 8, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Merve Tahiroglu

Kurd Your Enthusiasm

On October 16, the world woke to footage of the Iraqi army barreling toward Kirkuk, several hundred miles n...

September 21, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Why is Turkey so disjointed over the Iraqi Kurds?

Iraq’s Kurds are preparing ...

September 8, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Perfect Partners

When he won the election, Donald Trump—along with his national security adviser Michael Flynn, his all-purpose counselor Stephen Bannon, and, perhaps, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner—wa...

August 25, 2017 | Merve Tahiroglu |

Iran and Turkey Agree on Opposing Kurdish Independence, but Not Much More

Last week, Iran’s top military commander Major General Mohammad Bagheri made an unprecedented appearance...

July 5, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkey’s Patchwork Foreign Policy

Turkey’s steady descent into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has be...

June 28, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German-Turkish Relations Continue to Deteriorate

The fractured Berlin-Ankara relationship has been hit by perhaps its biggest diplomatic crisis, resulting in Berlin’s...

May 26, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

Unfinished Business

Donald Trump is fond of claiming that his predecessor mismanaged America's role in the world. "And I have to just say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess," the president noted durin...