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Supreme Court: Iran sanctions-evasion case against Halkbank to proceed
Expert Jonathan Schanzer, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Senior Vice President for Research, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the Supreme Court decision this week that the Turkish state-owned Halkbank remains subject to criminal prosecution in US courts for conspiring to evade US sanctions against Iran.
US sanctions Turkey-based entities for aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine
About a week ago the US imposed sanctions on Turkish entities it said violated US export controls and helped Russia's war effort.
Greece and Israel foil Iran-backed Athens terror attack
Greek authorities foiled an Iranian-backed terrorist attack on Jews and Israelis in Athens earlier this week with Mossad's assistance, which helped identify the connection between the local terror cell in Greece and Iran's broader global terror operations.
US Treasury Department report highlights Islamic State’s 'logistical hubs' in Turkey
The Islamic State terror group was largely defeated through a coordinated international effort almost two years ago.
Edelman, Erdemir: US ‘counterweight’ needed in the Eastern Mediterranean
A joint call for an urgent recalibration of US strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean is made by former US ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman and Aykan Erdemir, a former MP with Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) and current director of the Turkey Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank, in a newly published report on the region.
'Erdogan's hostage diplomacy requires a transatlantic approach'
More than 30 Western nationals are currently imprisoned in Turkey, and they are viewed by some as pawns to be used to extract concessions in bilateral relations with the United States and European Union countries.
Turkey’s drift from the West: From transactionalism to hostility
By Aykan Erdemir & Merve Tahiroglu *
Turkey’s economy: The next casualty of Erdogan’s state of emergency
For the past year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has exploited his country’s state of emergency to rule by decree, purging government ranks, imprisoning political dissenters and crushing independent media.
Time for the US to stop Qatar’s support for terror
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is on a Mideast tour to “continue efforts to strengthen regional security architectures.” While his meetings in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel are likely to attract most of the press coverage, his discussions in Qatar Saturday could be the most consequential.
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Will Turkey be added to European list of undemocratic countries?
In a further blow to Turkey’s spotty global image, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called March 8 for Turkey to come under its formal scrutiny, a status reserved for members that are deemed to be backsliding on democracy. Nine countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Russia are currently on that hook.