Turkey

Are Gülenists Really Behind Turkey’s Military Coup?

Jul 15, 2016

The night of July 15, 2016, a faction of the Turkish military took over Ankara and Istanbul, with fighter jets, tanks and bombs. In Istanbul, they blockaded both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges across the Bosphorus, which transects Istanbul into the European and Central Asian continents. At Asymmetrica,...

Turkey and the World: SAME’s Briefing at the UK’s House of Commons

May 2, 2016

The South Asia and Middle East forum hosted its latest forum on Thursday 14th April in the House of Commons titled "Turkish Foreign Policy Aims in the Middle East." The forum focused on the geopolitical repercussions of Turkish foreign policy and the humanitarian issues associated with the Syrian crisis and...