Feb 03, 2021
Libya: Chance for peace?
As part of the biggest peacemaking effort pertaining to Libya in years, participants at United Nations-sponsored talks are working toward the creation of a transitional government in the North African…
Jan 27, 2021
Turkish Militias and Proxies
By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Expert on modern Turkey and Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds Erdoğan has created a private military and…
Dec 17, 2020
New UN envoys to mediate Mideast, Libya conflicts
The United Nations Security Council has approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposal to appoint Norwegian Tor Wennesland as the U.N.’s new Middle East envoy, while his predecessor Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov will…
Dec 08, 2020
Erdoğan: Turkey will not be “blackmailed’
Turkey’s confrontation over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea shows no sign of abating ahead of a key with the European Union leadership summit. Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan remained defiant over his…
Dec 07, 2020
Israel is Turkey’s Neighbor Across the Sea: Delimitation of the Maritime Jurisdiction Areas between Turkey and Israel
By Cihat Yayci, Zeynep Ceyhan In this issue of Turkeyscope, Retired Admiral Prof. Cihat Yayci and Zeynep Ceyhan from Bahçeşehir University discuss the possibility of signing a new maritime delimitation agreement…
Nov 24, 2020
Germany warns Turkey: Stop EastMed drilling
Tensions are flaring between Europe and Turkey over Ankara’s activity in the east Mediterranean Sea, as well as its involvement in Libya. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas proclaimed in no…
Nov 18, 2020
An EU response to Turkey’s increased aggressiveness
By Prof. Efraim Inbar, President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. Turkey’s ambitious and expansionist leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has capitalized on the end of the Cold War and…
Nov 13, 2020
Israel holds defense talks with Cyprus, Greece
Israel has signed a defense agreement with Greece and Cyprus to collaborate on mutual challenges and threats in 2021, while advancing common interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reaffirmation of…
Oct 07, 2020
Unseen Yom Kippur War film released
The Ministry of Defense marked the 47th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War by releasing a never-before-seen film of photographs taken during the October 1973 conflict. Some of the images…
Sep 23, 2020
World leaders display discord at UN
The 75th annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is being held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. World leaders sparred over national interests and incidence…