Iran’s Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional...
Executive Summary Iranian Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethno-linguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of...
View ArticleDas türkische Puzzle
Wenn der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan zum G-20-Gipfel in Hamburg eintrifft ist er wahrscheinlich angespannt. Immerhin verwehrt Deutschland seinen Leibwächtern die Einreise (sie waren...
View ArticleSounds, Silences and Turkey’s Crumbling Core
Since the failed coup of July 2016, Turkey’s spiralling descent ever deeper into authoritarianism has been characterized by arbitrary arrests and widespread abuses of even the draconian powers afforded...
View ArticleTurkey and the West: How Bad is it?
The U.S. suspension of visa services in Turkey is an indication of the depth of the fissures between the West and Turkey. While Turkish bureaucrats are trying to maintain functioning relations with the...
View ArticleSuat Kınıklıoğlu in Al-Monitor on Turkey’s newest party
"The harsh reality is that at the moment it is only Turkey’s nationalists who have the local legitimacy to fight Islamist authoritarianism.” The post Suat Kınıklıoğlu in Al-Monitor on Turkey’s newest...
View ArticleIs there hope for democracy in Turkey?
Find a summary and video of the event here. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a new challenge in the form a newly founded nationalist party. Meral Aksener, the leader of the “Good party”...
View ArticleSuat Kiniklioglu spoke at the 21st Forum 2000 conference in Prague:...
ISDP Senior Fellow Suat Kiniklioglu spoke at the 21st Forum 2000 conference held in Prague entitled “Strengthening Democracy in Uncertain Times”. Kiniklioglu spoke on the panel titled “Quo Vadis...
View ArticleSvante Cornell in Zeit Online about the Islamization of Turkey
September 13, 2017. Svante Cornell was quoted in German newspaper Zeit about Turkey’s Islamization. “The expert on Turkey of the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm says the...
View ArticleHalil Karaveli in Reuters about Turkish bank executive accused of helping...
“If there is going to be any political impact, I suspect it will actually help in the electoral sense.” The post Halil Karaveli in Reuters about Turkish bank executive accused of helping Iran launder...
View ArticleSummary and video of the ISDP Forum Is there hope for democracy in Turkey?
On November 21st, 2017, ISDP organized a forum on the topic “Is there hope for democracy in Turkey?”. Three distinguished speakers were invited to participate in the discussion: Dr. Bilge Yabancı,...
View ArticleLiving on Different Planets: Washington, Ankara and the Zarrab Case
Reza Zarrab’s testimony in early December to a New York court was hardly helpful in breaking the impasse in Turkish-American relations. By implicating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly in...
View ArticleGareth Jenkins for AFP about Erdogan’s tensions with predecessor
"He would have to make a lot of sacrifices and prepared to take risks before anybody takes him seriously as an opponent" The post Gareth Jenkins for AFP about Erdogan’s tensions with predecessor...
View ArticleAssassination in Ankara: Russia, NATO, and Turkey’s Violent Politics
On December 19, Mevlut Mert Altintas, a Turkish police officer, assassinated Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. His action was apparently meant as retribution for Russian bombings in eastern...
View ArticleFriday Live Stream: Turkey and its neighbors
Outreach Coordinator Lisa Bäckman and Senior Fellow Suat Kınıklıoğlu go live to discuss the implications of last week’s meeting between Macron and Erdogan, the future of Turkey-EU relations, and...
View ArticleSuat Kınıklıoğlu in Politico on a potential challenge to Erdoğan for president
“Isn’t this a clear demonstration that none of the current opposition leaders offer hope to be a serious contender against Erdoğan?” The post Suat Kınıklıoğlu in Politico on a potential challenge to...
View ArticleSuat Kınıklıoğlu in Ahval News about Abdullah Gül potentially contesting...
January 24, 2018: Suat Kınıklıoğlu appeared in Ahval News about the potential showdown between President Erdogan and former president Abdullah Gül in the 2019 presidential election. The post Suat...
View ArticleGareth Jenkins in Ahval News about the Turkish presidential election
January 24, 2018: Gareth Jenkins appeared in Ahval News to discuss Abdullah Gül potentially contesting the 2019 Turkish presidential election. The post Gareth Jenkins in Ahval News about the Turkish...
View ArticleSuat Kınıklıoğlu on BBC Radio 4 about Turkey’s involvement in Syria
January 25, 2018: Suat Kınıklıoğlu appeared on BBC Radio 4 to talk about Turkey’s ambitions and goals with regard to the War in Syria. “Turkey saw itself as a regional patron of these new...
View ArticleISDP among top think tanks in Western Europe in the 2017 Global Go To Think...
ISDP is featured in the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. Among some 2000 think...
View ArticleSvante Cornell in Ahval News about the Gülen movement
February 22: Svante Cornell was interviewed by Ahval News about Gülenists being critical of the Gülen movement: “You don’t see people who have a past in key Gülen-affiliated institutions speaking up...
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