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Security policy, counter-terrorism, intelligence and defence in Europe and Turkey, from the individual’s sense of security to the strategies of states.
Türkiye was one of the first countries to recognise Armenia, yet the border has been closed for thirty years. We assess the normalisation attempt launched in 2021 and Türkiye’s role at the table.
While Türkiye was going through drilling crises in the Eastern Mediterranean, its close ally Qatar was searching for natural gas off Cyprus with ExxonMobil. The article questions this contradiction in Qatar–Türkiye relations.
US President Biden signed the 768-billion-dollar 2022 defence budget. The article assesses the provisions of the law that concern Türkiye, the F-35 and CAATSA sanctions.
As the NATO–Russia Council prepared to meet in January 2022, Russian troops were massing on the Ukrainian border. The article assesses the diplomatic efforts just before the invasion.
According to a CNN report based on US intelligence, Saudi Arabia is producing ballistic missiles with China’s help. The article questions China’s new role in the Middle East.
Fifty-six specialist sergeants serving in Libya were dismissed for filing a collective complaint of mobbing with CİMER. Through the battalion commander’s words, the author questions the notions of hierarchy and honour in the army.
The most common blackmail material in a honey trap is an extramarital affair, but intimate images of family members can also be used. The unusual precaution a Japanese colonel took against this danger.
Espionage is one of the easiest crimes to allege and the hardest to prove. Starting from Metin Gürcan’s arrest, the author questions the political use of espionage charges.
The honey trap is a danger awaiting everyone, whatever their profession or position. A retired police chief’s memory of fighting this trap.
Allegations of serious crimes against some village guards have reopened the debate on the village guard system. The author assesses the system, covering nearly 70,000 armed personnel, together with the arguments of all sides.
After the trench operations, the government’s answer to the Kurdish question was TOKİ housing and trustees. The author comments on the impasse in which, although the people chose the HDP at the ballot box, the PKK’s guns remained decisive.
From Blackwater to Wagner, private military companies are now part of every conflict. What are these “private armies” that let states wage war without taking responsibility, and why are they dangerous?
The photograph of Havva Bekâr resisting the plateau road in Çamlıhemşin has not faded from memory. The author questions the gendarmerie's recent PR campaigns and its relationship with citizens.
The Beytüşşebap raid staged by the PKK on Mount Kato in September 2015 was one of the gravest events of the bloody period in which the peace process collapsed. The account of an officer who lived through it.
A mix of conventional war, guerrilla tactics, psychological and cyber warfare: Hybrid warfare. The author explains the concept starting from an everyday kitchen conversation and lists the signs.
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