Turkish IR remains entangled in abstract theorizing, ideological narratives, and policy polemics, often at the expense of systematic, evidence-based scholarship.
Kirişci traces Turkey–West tensions through history with sharp analysis, though post-2020 shifts call for updates to address today’s more complex geopolitical landscape.
Outsiderness in the Arctic is not a fixed condition but rather a relational and narrated identity for states such as Turkey and France, and institutions like the EU.
Stability in Syria and in the wider region depends on pragmatic engagement with Ankara, not outdated assumptions about empire.
Fisher-Onar compellingly reframes Turkish politics as ‘pluralizers’ vs. ‘anti-pluralists’, though critics warn of reasserting Western hegemonies in pluralist terms.
While Erdoğan has filled state institutions with loyalists, deeply entrenched organizations like the military are not so easily reconstituted.
The current juncture represents a particularly dismal chapter in Turkey’s history that displays all the traits of economic crisis and political exhaustion.
As two rising middle powers, Indonesia and Türkiye should support each other in reinforcing their roles in regional and international affairs.
Erdoğan has used foreign policy as a tool for domestic political survival, framing Turkey as a besieged nation fighting Western imperialists.
An overlooked facet of the Gaza war is how it intersects with the struggle to control trade corridors across Eurasia.
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