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The Opposition That Chose to Fold: How Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Made Peace With Power While Democracy Collapsed For a time, it was fashionable to believe that Türkiye’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) would outlive every crisis. It was, after all, the party of Atatürk, the party of the Republic...

"Prime Minister Sanchez, it is my honor to be in Madrid, a place of both historical and symbolic importance for both our peoples. Indeed, our global order, subservient to capital and private interests, faced not just turbulence but an impending crisis." Ayşa paused flipping the page in front of...

Yardımcısı nodded slowly as Supitcha finished, arms folded across his chest in thought, fingers tapping once or twice on his forearm. “Comrade, I hear what you’re saying,” he said. “All of it. And most of it’s fair.” He scratched his jaw and felt his rough stubble. “We’ve been through it all...

Eda crossed one leg over the other, fingers resting lightly on the edge of her copy as the aide exited to get a signed copy from the President. She looked toward Surakiart with a half-smile, her tone measured. "You’re not wrong about Catalonia, comrade," she said after a moment, voice calm...

As the President of the Republic descended the aircraft steps to the sound of the national anthem and the thunder of the ceremonial salute, Aysa Arslan stepped forward in her tailored suit, a matching soft maroon scarf draped around her neck. She moved down the stairs her eyes catching the...

The internet café sits near the edge of town, tucked between a shuttered pharmacy and a cell phone kiosk advertising expired SIM cards. The neon sign outside flickers in Arabic and Turkish, though neither language offers much comfort to the young courier. He orders tea he won’t drink, then...

The plane was quieter than I had expected. One of those sleek Gulfstreams they use for oil executives and former heads of state who still need to impress themselves. There were no attendants in uniform, no insignias sewn into leather seats, no heavy air of statecraft. Just chilled tamarind juice...

A teapot steamed faintly beside a stack of folders that were laid out unorganized on the table. Outside, the fall winds shook the pines of Çankaya Hill in serene thuds. But inside, the air was rather tense. The officers had gathered again, this time in the private salon of General Arda Yılmaz...

DMKK Officers protecting a Western Embassy in Ankara The Diplomatic and Government Protection Command is a specialized branch within the Turkish Gendarmerie General Command, responsible for ensuring the safety and security of foreign diplomatic missions, high-ranking Turkish officials, and...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Executive Office of the Global Assembly executive.secretariat@ga.int < Global Assembly > [Sender]...

Comrade Yardımcısı took the offered cup with a respectful nod. The strong aroma of black tea drifted up as he raised it to his lips. He sipped slowly, eyes thoughtful, watching Supitcha across the desk with quiet appreciation. He lowered the glass gently to its saucer, finishing his tea in a...

A haze of smog and cigarette smoke hangs low over the capital. The rhythmic hum of old trams and distant megaphones eased into the early morning murmurs of Ankara’s citizens. Deputy General Secretary Yardimcisi, in a charcoal-gray overcoat, steps out of a black Volga sedan. His eyes, sharp and...

There was pause. Cemal nods toward the door behind her. It shuts with a mechanical thud, locked by the agent outside. Çiller said nothing at first. She stepped into the room, her eyes scanning the corners. One bulb buzzed above them. No windows. Just pipes above them and vents funneling air...

The table was scattered with folders, annotated maps, and two cups of increasingly neglected black tea. Between them lay a crisp new document, its contents bound in red and bearing the seal of their governments. Eda tapped the folder gently toward herself. She flipped through the pages, her eyes...

The air was thick with the stakes: a communist government teetering in Ankara, a military coup brewing, a prime minister plotting betrayal, and now a diplomatic gamble in Spain amid a Catalan uprising. The President’s visit to Madrid was a high-stakes bid to secure an economic lifeline, a...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Deputy Minister Wiola Gorska, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ManBear [Sender]: Deputy Minister of...

Türkiye İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted PRIVATE SECURITY ENCRYPTION [Recipient]: Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Thailand < Bossza007 > [Sender]: Genel Başkan Yardımcısı (Deputy General Secretary)...

Secret It was a heavy August afternoon in the capital of the United States. The air lay thick after the early morning showers. The trees along Massachusetts Avenue brushed against the wind, swaying back and forth, flanking the suburban houses around it. The red brick home that housed the...

The moment Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recited the now-infamous verses, "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets / The minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers", there was a pause in the square. Then the crowds erupted in cheers chanting "Down with the atheists and down with...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Pedro Sánchez < Zak > [Sender]: Office of the President, Türkiye < AArslanbaşkanlık@tr.gov >...