Turkey

Monthly Essay · September 6, 2026
How Turkey Is Forging a New Ring of Fire around Israel
By Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
Behind Erdogan’s escalating rhetoric, a strategic encirclement years in the making.
Observations · April 23, 2025
The Forgotten Story behind the “Deep State”
By Philologos
The real network of criminals, secret police, and dissident officers that transformed the Ottoman empire.
Response · July 8, 2022
Making Sense of Israel, Erdoğan, and Turkey
By Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
An interview with the author of Mosaic's June essay on how to understand Turkish politics, and the prospects for its relations with America and Israel.
Response · June 28, 2022
Turkey Supports Hamas, Which Means an Alliance With Israel Isn’t Going To Happen
By Jonathan Schanzer
After years of watching Erdoğan gut Turkey's institutions and offer jihadists of all stripes a warm welcome, Israel no longer trusts its former ally.
Response · June 28, 2022
Why Are So Many Observers Missing Turkey’s Potential as an Israeli (and American) Ally?
By Michael Doran
Most American and Israeli foreign-policy thinkers are blind to what's really going on in Turkey, the opportunities there are, and the challenges it presents.
Monthly Essay · June 7, 2022
Can a Renewed Alliance Between Israel and Turkey Stabilize the Middle East?
By Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
In 1949, Turkey was the first Muslim nation to recognize Israel, but in the last few decades their relationship has hit the rocks. Can recent signs of rapprochement be trusted?
Observations · September 27, 2021
How Israel’s Former Allies Became Its Foremost Enemies, and Vice Versa
By Emmanuel Navon
Where Israel once aligned with Turkey and Iran against the Arab states, it now finds itself aligned with those former enemies against Turkey and Iran.
Response · January 28, 2019
Getting Smart about America’s Middle East Policy
By Michael Doran
As a strategic concept, defeating the Iranian-led order plays to America’s strengths, serves its vital interests, and is poised to attract the support of its traditional allies.
Observations · June 6, 2018
With the Death of Bernard Lewis, the Age of Academic Giants Has Come to an End
By Michael Doran
Professional study of Middle East history now belongs to incompetents and political agitators.
Observations · February 8, 2016
Will Israel’s Natural-Gas Fields Ever Get Developed?
By Arthur Herman
Tens of trillions of cubic feet of gas lie waiting offshore, with the potential to transform the world’s energy map and perhaps even stabilize the Middle East.