Turkey as the “new Iran”: a legitimate state competitor with hypersonic missiles and regional blocs.
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Turkey bets on Iran war to become energy hub, arms exporter, and Istanbul as Dubai’s rival.
Turkey’s red lines: missile strike, ally pressure, Kurdish insurgency could trigger response. Erdogan hedges.
Erdogan’s cabinet reshuffle aims to weaponize state institutions against the opposition and clear a path for his son’s succession.
Turkey supports curbing Iran’s nuclear program but opposes actions that could collapse the regime or trigger regional instability.
Erdogan’s crackdown on Turkey’s resurgent CHP reflects fear of its electoral threat, testing the country’s democratic future.
Erdogan’s rule faces twilight amid economic collapse, political crackdowns, and growing public burnout, threatening the end of his dominance.
Turkey’s regional ambitions outpace its economic strength and institutional capacity, leaving Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman vision fragile and contested.
Turkey’s evolving policy on freedom of religion, reflecting its Anatolian identity, drives its multi-aligned foreign policy and redefines its partnership with the U.S.
The strategy seeks to render the opposition dysfunctional while maintaining a façade of pluralism. This judicial pressure, targeting popular figures like Mayor İmamoğlu, risks consolidating one-man rule and further eroding Turkey’s democratic traditions.