Asli Aydintasbas: NATO, Gaza, and the future of US-Turkish relations
Source:Council for Foreign Relations Date:07Feb2024
Once the give-and-take is over, the two allies need to sit and talk about the future of Syria and Iraq and the worsening situation in Gaza. Ukraine and the Black Sea are also burning issues, as
Asli Aydintasbas: Turkey’s opposition has a chance to beat Erdogan. It won’t be easy.
Source:Washington Post Date:12Mar2023
The Editor: Extremely fair. Very good assessment of risks for the Nation Alliance opposition But defeating the president won’t be easy. Erdogan still holds many of the most important
Can Turkey help end the Ukraine grain crisis?
Source:Financial Times Date:21Jul2022
Chat among Andrew England (FT), Laura Pitel and Ms Asli Aydintasbas. Excllent review and analysis of Turkish foreign policy and domestic matters. While I may disagree with some of the
Opinion: Why Russian negotiators, oligarchs and exiles are flocking to Turkey
Source:Washington Post Date:31Mar2022
At the outset of the war, Ankara’s balancing act between Russia and Ukraine seemed like a risky gambit, with Turkey selling armed drones to Ukraine while trying to preserve its uneasy partnership
A new Gaza: Turkey’s border policy in northern Syria
Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:29May2020
The title doesn’t do justice to this comprehensive account of Turkey’s involvement in Syria, and its real and imaginery reasons. Turkey now controls a long stretch of Syrian territory
Erdogan faces a choice — and Turkey’s democracy is at stake
Source:Washington Post Date:21Jun2019
As usual, Asli Aydintasbas puts the nail on the head with this insighfull op-ed on Erdogan’s choices vis-a-vis Istanbul elections and S-400 crisis. Her analysis of Turkey’s future
From myth to reality: How to understand Turkey’s role in the Western Balkans
Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:14Mar2019
For those who care about Turkey’s diplomatic focus: Turkey and Balkans, a sober assessment European fears of Turkish expansionism in the Western Balkans have no basis in
4 takeaways from Turkey’s elections
Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:27Jun2018
Despite Erdogan’s win, his ruling party, Justice and Development (AKP), has seen a decline in votes since the November 2015 elections ending at 42.5 percent, thereby making the Turkish president
Is Erdogan losing his grip on Turkey?
Source:Washington Post Date:13Jun2018
Still, Turkey is not Russia, I always tell my European and American friends. Elections here are flawed, but real. Yes, Erdogan is still very popular and, yes, he controls the media, the judiciary
Turkey is succumbing to collective insanity
Source:Washington Post Date:24Apr2018
An article that best describes my diagnosis of the fundamental problem of Turkey today: We live in the Matrix world and assail anyone who tells us so. More than a shaky economy and bad relations