Turkey is facing one of the worst disasters in its modern history just weeks before its most critical elections. Two major earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5, rocked southeast Turkey within 10 hours on February 6. They struck a large area including 10 provinces with 13 million people. Winter
Reality or Misperception: The US withdrawal from the Middle East The United States remains the most powerful actor in the Middle East. Even from a broader historical perspective, contemporary US involvement continues at its highest levels, apart from an exceptional period after 9/11. For example, the United States has nine
Download PDF Turkey-Qatar Relations after al-Ula Relations between Turkey and Qatar have flourished within the past decade, particularly after the 2017 Gulf boycott against the latter. Yet efforts by Ankara and Doha to normalize diplomatic relations with Gulf countries and Egypt raise doubts about the future of bilateral relations