Through a wide range of articles and commentaries, this issue aims to bring to its readers a comprehensive framework on the transformation of...

The existing body of research on defense spending contains two main theses that appear in the much-debated discourse of “guns versus butter.” The...

With the wrap-up of the S-400 deal with Russia in December 2017, critics argue that Turkey is caught between a rock and a hard place due to the...

As the incumbent Turkish administration strives to pursue more aspiring goals in foreign affairs, Turkeys military policy is fast developing in...

This article argues that the change in Turkey’s defense and military strategy stems both from Turkey’s changing security landscape following the...

Tracing the evolution of the Turkish defense industry through five major periods of development, this article draws attention to crucial turning...

In the post-9/11 era and now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meaning of security and the means of ensuring it have radically changed. As...

This issue of Insight Turkey aims to present the current situation of the Turkish-American relations and to provide to its readers with a general...

In 2018, the Turkish economy suffered one of the most severe financial speculations in its 38-year open economy era. Some have tried to explain the...

Increasing cooperation between Russia and Turkey date back to the 1990s, and go beyond the preferences of a specific political party or leader. A...

This commentary provides an analysis of the Turkey’s relations with the U.S. and Russia in the context of the Syrian civil war. Owing much to the...

With the retreat of liberalism in the Western world and the US withdrawing on many global issues, the international system is undergoing serious...

Although many actors, from regional powers to global powers, engage in grand strategy practices, the concept of ‘grand strategy’ is most closely...

The transformation of the discourses of the PKK since the 2000s is placed virtually at the center of Middle East politics as they relate to the...

This article analyzes the voting patterns in eastern Turkey for the June 24, 2018 elections and examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates under the names of the Democratic Union Party and the People’s Protection Units in Syria. The PKK is...

The world felt the shock of various types of non-state actors (NSAs) such as the ETA, IRA and PKK, with their ethnic, separatist, leftist ideology,...

The Kurdish question in Turkey has a long history which was viewed within the framework of nation building, integration and underdevelopment until...

In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...