A week after the attempted coup in Turkey, President Erdogan is trying to punish the plotters behind the try to topple the government. During the armed intervention, the leader of the AK Party had declared that the supporters of the coup would have paid a heavy price. Turkey is now plummeting into chaos, as a wave of arrests and suspensions has hit several institutions and social classes. According…

Events in Turkey unfolded quickly on Friday night in Ankara and Istanbul. It began with the seizure of two bridges in Istanbul by military forces. Only a couple of hours later, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Istanbul, sending a strong sign that the coup was about to fail. The coup raised the death toll to 265 with over 1440 people injured. So what has happened and why did the coup…

Turkey witnessed a night of violence as a coup d’etat against the Turkish government was attempted by elements of the Turkish military. The speed and execution of the attempted coup showed good organisation and efficiency, however countercoup forces prevailed after dozens of people died in clashes. Fissures within the Turkish military have long been present, dividing the nationalists, secularists,…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Turkey has recently significantly escalated its involvement in the Syrian civil war, marking a paradigm shift in Ankara’s strategy towards Syria. An interplay of various dynamics is driving this policy transformation. Turkey shares a porous border with Syria and has pursued a strategy of non-engagement in regards to ISIS operating in and around the Syrian-Turkish border. Lately…