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Guest Voices Feb 9, 2026

ERDOĞAN AND MITSOTAKIS TO MEET IN BID TO MANAGE, NOT RESOLVE, DIFFERENCES

The planned meeting of the Turkish–Greek High-Level Cooperation Council (HLC) in Ankara on February 11 comes when the calm in relations between Ankara and Athens conceals numerous fragilities. That’s just one reason why the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is unlikely to produce a breakthrough. Rather, the meeting aims to keep communication channels open while both sides pursue sharply divergent agendas in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

Guest Voices

Deciphering Turkish Diplomacy Feb 5, 2026

DIALOGUE OF THE DEAF: WHY KOS TALKS WILL CHANGE LITTLE

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos succeeded in angering both the government and the opposition with her stance towards the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, 2025.

Barçın Yinanç

Guest Voices Feb 5, 2026

TURKEY AND GREECE: MANAGING DIFFERENCES, NOT RESOLVING THEM

The planned meeting of the Turkish–Greek High-Level Cooperation Council (HLC) in Ankara Feb. 9–13 comes when the calm in relations between Ankara and Athens conceals numerous fragilities.

Guest Voices

Foreign Affairs Jan 30, 2026

SYRIA, SDF EXTEND CEASE-FIRE AS U.S., TURKEY STEP UP DIPLOMACY

The interim Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have again agreed to extend a cease-fire in northern Syria by an additional 15 days, postponing the implementation of recent arrangements, as diplomatic engagement involving Turkey has intensified.

Editorial Team

Inside Turkey Jan 30, 2026

EFFORTS TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CHILDREN UNDER 15

The Family and Social Services Ministry has finalized a draft bill that would impose a ban on social media use for children under the age of 15.

Editorial Team

Security and Defense Jan 29, 2026

TURKEY SEEKS TO DOUBLE TYPHOON PURCHASE FROM QATAR

Turkey is seeking to increase its planned purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Qatar to 24 aircraft, up from an initial 12, as Ankara explores options to secure additional airframes amid tightening global supply and rising demand, a senior defense source told Turkey in Depth.

Editorial Team

Security and Defense Jan 22, 2026

NEW ERA OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY COOPERATION WITH QATAR

As Turkey prepares to purchase 12 second-hand Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from Qatar, a series of defense industry cooperation agreements were signed between the two countries, further deepening bilateral relations.

Editorial Team

Inside Turkey Jan 16, 2026

COURT TO RULE ON İMAMOĞLU’S DIPLOMA CASE WITHIN 15 DAYS

An administrative court is expected to issue a ruling within 15 days in the case filed by jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu challenging Istanbul University’s revocation of his university diploma — a decision that will determine his eligibility to run as a presidential candidate.

Editorial Team

Guest Voices Jan 8, 2026

STRASBOURG’S TIME MACHINE: İMAMOĞLU, “PRIORITY”, AND TURKEY’S RETURN TO THE 1990S

There are mornings when you wake up and discover someone has quietly replaced your streaming subscriptions with a box of VHS tapes. The picture is grainy, the dialogue familiar, the plot depressingly simple: detention, indictment, polarisation, and non-functioning courts. Welcome back to the future, 1990s Turkey in the 21st century.

Guest Voices

Economy and Finance Jan 8, 2026

PARLIAMENT PLANS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER 15

Those under 15 may be barred from opening social media accounts under legislation that may be discussed in parliamentary commission at the end of January.

Editorial Team

Inside Turkey Jan 8, 2026

DEMIRTAS SENTENCED AGAIN DESPITE FINAL ECHR RULING

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the HDP, has been sentenced to one year, five months and 15 days in prison over speeches he delivered in 2015–2016 despite a final and binding European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling calling for his release.

Editorial Team

Capital Currents Jan 2, 2026

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK IN THE PEACE PROCESS

The “new peace process” began with convention-shattering moves such as granting the “right to hope” to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and, after 15 months, is now not even back where it started. In fact, it has probably moved backward.

Nergis Demirkaya