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Gonul Tol

Gonul Tol

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The Indispensable Erdogan

The Indispensable Erdogan

Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.

06.11.2025 40

The New York Times

Gonul Tol

Ankara’s New Syrian Headache

09.09.2025 9

Foreign Policy

Gonul Tol

Don’t Trust Erdogan’s ‘Peace Process’ With the Kurds

10.06.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Gonul Tol

Turkey Is Now a Full-Blown Autocracy

Why Erdogan May Come to Regret His Latest Power Grab

25.03.2025 6

Foreign Affairs

Gonul Tol

Turkey Is Now a Full-Blown Autocracy

Why Erdogan May Come to Regret His Latest Power Grab

21.03.2025 10

Foreign Affairs

Gonul Tol

Turkey Is Now a Dictatorship

Why Erdogan May Come to Regret Embracing Full Autocracy

21.03.2025 40

Foreign Affairs

Gonul Tol

How Turkey Won the Syrian Civil War

In most capitals across the Middle East, the news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fall sparked immense anxiety. Ankara is not one of them....

11.12.2024 20

Foreign Affairs

Gonul Tol

Turkey’s Endgame in Syria

In a stunning announcement on Sunday, the Trump administration gave the nod to a Turkish military incursion into northeastern Syria, an operation...

09.12.2024 550

Foreign Affairs

Gonul Tol