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30/03/2025
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

İmamoğlu’s Arrest: A Political Takedown or a Prelude to Change?

Developments in Turkey raise the question of whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will finally be...

14/01/2025
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Turkey’s Vision Transforms Post-Assad Syria

Ankara aims to establish lasting influence through military expansion, strategic infrastructure projects, and economic agreements,...

02/01/2025
Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

The Muslim Brotherhood and its Offshoots are a Threat to the West

Events in Syria, particularly the role played by rebel militias backed by Turkey, have once...

22/12/2024
Professor Efraim Inbar

Turkish-orchestrated attacks on Kurds also threaten Israeli interests

Prof. Efraim Inbar quoted in the article...

01/12/2024
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

From Cold Shoulders to Unpredictability: U.S.-Turkey Relations from Biden to Trump

15/10/2024
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Erdoğan’s New Front: Exploiting Israel for Regional and Domestic Leverage

By framing Israel as a national security threat, the Turkish President deflects attention from the...

16/09/2024
Professor Efraim Inbar

What many Westerners don’t get about the Gaza war

By standing up to Iran and its proxies, Israel prevents the Eastern Mediterranean from falling...

13/08/2024
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Turkey’s Deepening Inroads in Africa

11/07/2024
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Turkey’s Policy in Africa and its Implications for Israel – Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

The lecture was part of the session on the Middle East Regional Powers' Struggle in...

13/05/2024
Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

The Game of Camps Revisited: Where are we in 2024?

As the Arab world fell apart after 2011, one way to navigate the new realities...

04/04/2024
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Towards the end of AKP’s Hegemony in Turkey?

The Turkish opposition’s landslide victory in recent municipal elections indicate that with continued tacit Kurdish...

21/11/2023
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

October 7 and the Collapse of Israeli-Turkish Normalization

The loss of Israel’s strong-state image in Ankara, together with Erdogan’s short-term need to deflect...