Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of October 2025 Summary Turkey is showing the classic signs of “El Salvadorization”—a rapid slide into gang violence, institutional corruption, and the normalization of ...

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Weekly Turkey Report: 1st Week of October 2025  Conflict within the Ruling Party President Erdoğan’s visit to the United States has ended, but the controversy it sparked has not. While Erdoğan sought ...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of June ECONOMY Turkey is in political and economic turmoil amid the scorching summer. As emphasized in an in-depth analysis by the Financial Times, President Erdoğa...

Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of September 2025 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did everything he could to please the U.S. President Donald Trump, yet he left Washington without securing what he had h...

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The Rising Influence of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Along with its status and mission, the institution referred to in Turkey’s official discourse as the “Fener Greek Patriarchate,” but internationally...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of June ECONOMY Turkey is in political and economic turmoil amid the scorching summer. As emphasized in an in-depth analysis by the Financial Times, President Erdoğa...

It will not be an exaggeration that Donald Trump has turned upside down America’s  relations with Europe. From strong-arming NATO allies to commit to 5% of GDP in defence spending to raising tariffs, ...

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: The global challenge of pharmaceutical pollution and how governments, industry, prescribers, and patients can respond Ever wonder where all our medicine goes? Medic...

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Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of September 2025  The Republican People’s Party (CHP), facing the risk of government-appointed trustees, convened an extraordinary congress and re-elected Özgür Özel as...

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Turkey’s Return to Confiscation: A Historical Perspective on the New Law Granting Expanded Seizure Powers On January 30, 2025, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) passed a new law expanding the powers of the Presidency’s State Supervisory Council (DDK) and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). The law, which came into effect immediately upon its publication […]

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of June ECONOMY Turkey is in political and economic turmoil amid the scorching summer. As emphasized in an in-depth analysis by the Financial Times, President Erdoğa...

Weekly Turkey Report – 1st Week of August Under AKP rule, Turkey has experienced a moral decline while simultaneously carrying out unprecedented repression and violence against different sexual identi...

The Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict, which began in Nagorno-Karabakh following the collapse of the Soviet Union, came to a halt after Azerbaijan emerged victorious in the 2020 Karabakh War. Peace talks,...

Is There Hope for Turkey? Lessons from the Freedom of Association in the United States In any functioning democracy, collective organization (the ability of individuals to form groups, join associatio...

The digital landscape has become a critical battleground against violent extremism and the spread of anti-democratic values. Authoritarian regimes [1] and extremist groups are increasingly leveraging ...

The Weekly Turkey Report: The End of July There is a saying in Turkey, often directed at patients with no hope of recovery: “Eat whatever you want,” the doctor says. Unlike in the West, Turkish doctor...

The Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of June ECONOMY Turkey is in political and economic turmoil amid the scorching summer. As emphasized in an in-depth analysis by the Financial Times, President Erdoğa...

What comes after growth? Reimagining our economies for people and planet Self-proclaimed radical economist, Kate Raworth, has remarked that the only thing in nature that grows unchecked is cancer. Thi...