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IMPRISONED PKK LEADER ABDULLAH ÖCALAN’S HISTORIC CALL FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Introduction On February 27, 2025, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan made a historic call to his organization’s members for the dissolution of the outlawed political organization. Öcalan, who has been serving his sentence (lifetime
Read More »A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERBERT REGINBOGIN: THE FUTURE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Herbert Reginbogin is a Professor at the Catholic University of America Institute for Public Policy researching a new security architecture and American Foreign Policy. For over three decades, Professor Reginbogin has been involved in
Read More »POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE SECOND TRUMP ERA
The 60th United States (U.S.) Presidential election was won by the Republican Party candidate and the 45th President of the United States, businessman Donald Trump, who has the honor and success of serving as
Read More »NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKISH POLITICS (OCTOBER 2024)
Following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s reelection in 2023, Turkish political life was expected to be stable. However, upon the extraordinary success of the main opposition party -pro-secular and pro-EU- CHP (Republican People’s Party) in
Read More »AN ANALYSIS OF 2024 TURKISH LOCAL ELECTIONS
Introduction Türkiye’s 2024 local elections created optimism within and outside of the country about the future of Turkish democracy. That is because the main opposition party, the pro-secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) with its
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