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Turkey’s new Kurdish process is being presented as a historic road map for disarmament, normalization, and the final liquidation of the PKK. But behind this official language, a more sensitive political engineering project is emerging. Ankara is not only trying to use Abdullah Öcalan to manage the PKK’s disarmament. It is also helping him reassert authority over the broader K...

A disputed set of alleged prison-island meeting notes has opened a new debate over Abdullah Öcalan’s effort to reassert himself as the sole authority in Turkey’s renewed Kurdish process — this time by targeting Selahat...

Many analysts are now arguing that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan moved quickly through the administrative courts — especially in the diploma cancellation case — to prevent Ekrem İmamoğlu from running for president. İmamoğlu himself has made a similar argument.

After the Bölge İdare Mahkemesi (Regional Administrative Court / administrative appeals court) rejected hi...

Turkey is preparing to host the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026. Officially, this is being presented as a major diplomatic moment: NATO leaders will gather at the Beştepe Presidential Compound, Erdoğan’s palace complex in the capital. It will also be the first NATO summit hosted by Turkey since the Istanbul summit in 2004.

But behind the summit preparations,...

Canada and Turkey appear to be entering a new phase in defense cooperation after years of tension over drone technology and arms export restrictions.

Ottawa is now exploring possible cooperation with Ankara in several key areas, including ammunition production, unmanned aerial vehicles and counter-drone systems. The discussions suggest that Canada may not only consi...