The Muslim Martin Luther?
Fethullah Gulen Attempts an Islamic Reformation February 20, 2014 Victor Gaetan Summary: Gulen has tried to develop a genuinely modern school of Islam that reconciles the religion with liberal...
View ArticleTurkey's Dirty Money
Why Ankara Is Still on FATF's Gray List February 25, 2014 Tom Keatinge Summary: Since 2011, FATF, the international body charged with developing policies to combat money laundering and terrorism...
View ArticleTrial By Twitter
Erdogan, the Gülenists, and the Future of Turkish Democracy March 25, 2014 Halil Karaveli Summary: Last week, Erdogan banned Twitter to try to prevent the spread of recordings of incriminating...
View ArticleMan in the Middle
Why Abdullah Gul Will Disappoint the West March 27, 2014 Steven A. Cook Summary: Watching Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan resort to increasingly authoritarian measures in recent months,...
View ArticleNorthern Exodus
How Turkey Can Integrate Syrian Refugees April 15, 2014 Kemal Kirisci and Raj Salooja Summary: Turkey has maintained a generous open-door policy for Syrian refugees. As Syrian refugees continue to...
View ArticleHow the Kurds Got Their Way
Economic Cooperation and the Middle East's New Borders April 17, 2014 Marina Ottaway and David Ottaway Summary: Iraqi Kurdistan has achieved new prosperity by exporting its own oil and gas to Turkey,...
View ArticleCold Turkey
Reforming Ankara from the Outside In April 23, 2014 Halil Karaveli Summary: Turkey might seem like a confident rising power, but its leaders fear being abandoned by the West as much as ever. As it has...
View ArticleAnkara to Black Sea
Turkey and Russia's Age-Old Struggle for Regional Supremacy May 12, 2014 Akin Unver Summary: From the Turkish perspective, Russia’s invasion of Crimea fits a 340-year pattern, in which Russian...
View ArticleErdogan's Coup
The True State of Turkish Democracy May 26, 2014 Erik Meyersson and Dani Rodrik Summary: Turkey’s authoritarian turn is typically portrayed as a recent one, following on the heels of what are commonly...
View ArticleTurkey's Kurdish Buffer
Why Erdogan Is Ready to Work With the Kurds July 1, 2014 Soner Cagaptay Summary: From Turkey’s perspective, Kurdish autonomy is starting to look like a good thing. The portions of northern Iraq and...
View ArticleErdogan's Achilles' Heel
Why the Prime Minister Will Win the Election, but Lose the Economy August 8, 2014 Halil Karaveli Summary: Erdogan will likely win this weekend's presidential election. But the foundations of his power...
View ArticlePresident Erdogan
A Prime Minister Plans for the Presidency August 12, 2014 Claire Sadar and Brent E. Sasley Summary: Given his imperious attitude, Erdogan is often compared to Ataturk. But Erdogan has something...
View ArticleTurkey's Not-Quite President
Selahattin Demirtas and the Evolution of Turkish Politics August 12, 2014 Elmira Bayrasli Summary: In an election, coming in third place is rarely cause for celebration. But for Selahattin Demirtas,...
View ArticleThe New Davutoglu
The Next Prime Minister's Game Plan September 1, 2014 Soner Cagaptay Summary: Davutoglu’s foreign policy has dangerously exposed Turkey to regional threats, which will probably preoccupy him as he...
View ArticleTurkey's Syria Spillover Problem
Why the War Across the Border Will Shake Up Domestic Politics October 1, 2014 Michael J. Koplow Summary: The official view from Ankara might be sunny -- yet the clouds massing on the country’s border...
View ArticleThoroughly Modern Muslim
Celebrating Eid In Istanbul October 4, 2014 Nick Danforth Summary: Today, many in Turkey will celebrate Eid by purchasing sheep or cows, slaughtering them, and distributing the meat to the poor....
View ArticleKobani and the Future of Turkish Democracy
Why the Military May Get the Upper Hand October 8, 2014 Halil Karaveli Summary: Turkey has anticipated Assad’s downfall ever since protests first broke out in Syria in 2011. It has been disappointed...
View ArticleTurkey and the Taper Tantrum
Modi and Jokowi's Lessons for Erdogan October 14, 2014 Nicholas Spiro Summary: Fed policy is once again revealing which emerging markets have strengthened their defenses against a tightening in U.S....
View ArticleContentious Kurds
Is Turkey Right to Fear the PKK in Kobani? November 2, 2014 Piotr Zalewski Summary: Kurds have a right to take Turkey to task for its inaction in Kobani, just as Turks have a right to insist that...
View ArticleRadical Turks
Why Turkish Citizens are Joining ISIS November 11, 2014 Gunes Murat Tezcur and Sabri Ciftci Summary: The past few weeks have seen a wave of Muslims from all around the world joining the ranks of ISIS....
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