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Turkey’s lost memory and Germany
It is estimated that in the late 1930s, 45% of Germans were members of the Nazi Party or affiliated to Nazi organizations. Nevertheless, anyone who
Why Erdogan’s Turkey is becoming “the sick man of Europe” again.
“We have a sick man on our hands, a man gravely ill, it will be a great misfortune if one of these days he slips
Why is the Oruc Reis back out at sea?
On September 22, Greece and Turkey announced that they would engage in exploratory talks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to have seen this
35 days
Τhe second serious crisis in Greece’s relations with Turkey that the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis had to deal with dragged on for an usually lengthy
This beast that grows beside us
The Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) is one of the country’s most powerful public institutions. In 2002, when President Recep Tayyip Erodgan’s Justice and
On the dialogue that will surely follow
Between 1974 and 2019, we had three major crises in Greek-Turkish relations. The shortest was the Imia standoff on January 30, 1996. It lasted 24
A necessary agreement
From the signing of the Turkey-Libya agreement on maritime boundaries, it was clear that there had to be a response from the Greek side. The
A potentially irksome Greece
After 1923 Greece and Turkey determined their place in the international system mostly through the prism of their bilateral relations. This was a result of
Violations of Greek airspace and the root of the problem
The first Turkish violations of Greek airspace took place in May 1964 and were related to the tension over Cyprus at the time. They were
Turkey’s surprise tactics failed
Turkey has a long history of conducting extreme operations with its secret services. The most traumatic of these for us was against the Greek minority
The elephant in the room
The old saying “elephant in the room” implies that there is an issue that is so obvious and serious that it is easier to pretend
The evolution of neo-Ottomanism
If you want to confront your enemy, you first need to understand how he thinks. This does not mean adapting to the enemy’s way of
What strategy do we want to pursue?
It is not enough that we vaguely seek a peaceful settlement of Greek-Turkish disputes; we also must have a concrete strategy as to how to
Turkey-Libya agreement: A move with consequences
We do not yet know the details of the agreement signed on Thursday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of Libya’s National
Turkey’s Syria operation in a different light
How does Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan feel about Turkey’s military operations in Syria? Is he satisfied with developments? What lessons has he learned from
Turkey eyes fait accompli
Turkey has made two key moves over the past two weeks. First, it submitted a letter to the United Nations reiterating, for a sixth time,
Turkey’s state policy
A total of 18 mock dogfights were recorded between Greek and Turkish fighter jets in just a single day on August 27. This is a
Blue Homeland and co-exploitation
Speaking at the end of a Greece-Turkey meeting in March 2013, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uttered the phrase “kazan-kazan” (Turkish for win-win), a term
Turkey’s lost memory and Germany
It is estimated that in the late 1930s, 45% of Germans were members of the Nazi Party or affiliated to Nazi organizations. Nevertheless, anyone who
Why Erdogan’s Turkey is becoming “the sick man of Europe” again.
“We have a sick man on our hands, a man gravely ill, it will be a great misfortune if one of these days he slips
Why is the Oruc Reis back out at sea?
On September 22, Greece and Turkey announced that they would engage in exploratory talks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to have seen this
35 days
Τhe second serious crisis in Greece’s relations with Turkey that the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis had to deal with dragged on for an usually lengthy