Turkey

In the latest issue of Tel Aviv Notes, Prof. Ofra Bengio compares post Baʿth Iraq and Syria, showing how regime collapse in both states led not to democratic renewal but to continued authoritarian rule, sectarian tension, and weak legitimacy.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines how Ankara’s response to the Gaza war has evolved into a broad delegitimization campaign against Israel. He shows how diplomatic moves, media narratives, and international legal steps increasingly frame Israel as a strategic threat while legitimizing Hamas, transforming bilateral ties into an ideological confrontation with long-term regional consequences.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Prof. Nuh Arslantaş sheds light on the Jewish minority in Turkey and how its positive relationship with the Muslim-majority government stands on centuries of cooperation and commitment to pluralism.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Spyros Katsoulas explains how the triangular Israeli-Greek-Cyprus relationship survived the test of the 12 day war with Iran this past June, while noting that challenges remain on the horizon stemming from both Turkish and Israeli policy trajectories.