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In 2025, Türkiye’s foreign policy neither reset nor collapsed — it relied on flexibility and managed ambiguity, preserving access in some arenas while exposing limits in others.

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Türkiye’s Foreign Policy in 2025: Flexibility Without Doctrine
In 2025, flexibility shaped Türkiye’s diplomacy—preserving access in some arenas, exposing limits in others.
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The Drone Boomerang: Türkiye helped build Ukraine’s drone capacity in 2022. By 2026, that wartime experience is filtering toward Cyprus and Greece, entering the Eastern Mediterranean security equation.

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The Drone Boomerang: How Ukraine’s Battlefield Laboratory Is Reshaping the Eastern Mediterranean
Türkiye helped strengthen Ukraine’s drone ecosystem. Now elements of that experience are entering regional rivalries that directly involve Ankara
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February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan does not open a new front against Russia. It shows Moscow no longer sets the rules alone in the South Caucasus, and that Türkiye sits at the center of the region’s shifting balance.

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Beyond a New Front: The South Caucasus Rebalances With Türkiye at the Core
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit shows that Russia no longer dominates the South Caucasus and that Türkiye is central to the region’s new balance
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February 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Erdoğan’s red “Anadolu” Togg gift to Egypt’s President Sisi shows how Türkiye’s electric car has become a recurring diplomatic symbol.

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TOGG as Gesture: Türkiye’s Electric Car in High-Level Diplomacy
Erdoğan’s red “Anadolu” Togg gift to Egypt’s President Sisi shows how Türkiye’s electric car has become a recurring diplomatic symbol
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February 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
“Invisible Europeans”: In 2004, Turkish Cypriots voted for reunification. Today they remain EU citizens without full legal reach or institutional voice, while the government that said “No” chairs the Union.

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Invisible Europeans
How Turkish Cypriots Became EU Citizens Without Europe
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February 14, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Cruise traffic, housing strain and resident pushback are driving Mediterranean cities to tighten visitor controls.

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Mediterranean Destinations Tighten Visitor Controls as Overtourism Pressures Spread Across Europe
Cruise pressure is pushing Mediterranean cities to set limits
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February 14, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Multinational energy companies are signing parallel deals with rival Eastern Mediterranean states within weeks. If drilling accelerates in contested waters, commercial expansion could trigger naval and diplomatic friction.

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February 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Cyprus secures €1.18bn under the EU’s SAFE program, accelerating its shift beyond “Motherland” alignment and embedding itself deeper in European defence structures, as Türkiye remains outside the framework.

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€1.18bn SAFE Deal Places Cyprus at the Core of EU Defence Planning
With EU-backed financing and new partnerships, Cyprus moves beyond “Motherland” alignment and asserts an independent role in the Eastern Mediterranean
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February 14, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Cyprus Is Divided by Design, Not by Accident.

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XTRA: Cyprus Is Divided by Design, Not by Accident.
Europe did not fail to stop the division. It chose to normalise it.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In 2025, Türkiye’s foreign policy neither reset nor collapsed — it relied on flexibility and managed ambiguity, preserving access in some arenas while exposing limits in others.

↳Bosphorus News | Analysis
www.bosphorusnews.com/article/t-rk...
Türkiye’s Foreign Policy in 2025: Flexibility Without Doctrine
In 2025, flexibility shaped Türkiye’s diplomacy—preserving access in some arenas, exposing limits in others.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Three years after the 6 February earthquakes, reconstruction in Türkiye has advanced. Official data show hundreds of thousands still live in container housing, revealing a recovery that remains socially incomplete.

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Three Years After the Earthquakes, Temporary Living Has Become Structural in Türkiye
Official data show reconstruction progress, but hundreds of thousands remain in container housing as social normalization lags behind
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February 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Mitsotakis–Erdoğan meeting on Feb 11 has been announced. The Chios incident showed the real limits of Türkiye–Greece dialogue. Talks persist, but when coordination is needed, sovereignty claims override cooperation.

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Mitsotakis and Erdoğan’s February 11 meeting in Türkiye has been announced. Chios came first.
Dialogue is said to continue. Chios tells a different story
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February 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Jerusalem instability is not only Muslim Jewish confrontation. It reflects failing governance. Pressure on Greek Orthodox and Armenian institutions shows how access, property, and security rules erode.

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Jerusalem’s Unmanaged Fault Lines
Pressure on Greek Orthodox and Armenian institutions remains largely unrecognized
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February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Less about the honor, more about what goes unsaid. Erdoğan received the Hüseyin bin Ali Order in Istanbul. A symbol linked to the 1916 Arab Revolt sits quietly beside Ottoman continuity discourse. Silence does the work.

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When History Goes Quiet
President Erdoğan received the Hüseyin bin Ali Order from Jordan’s King Abdullah II during talks in Istanbul
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February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Is the Cyprus process dead? Erhürman says he won’t step onto the "pitch" without clear rules.

"My ultimate goal is a solution," he notes, while demanding a results-oriented shift at the UN.

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Erhürman to Guterres: No More ‘Negotiation for the Sake of Negotiation’
The Turkish Cypriot leader heads to New York with a bold demand: UN chief must set 'clear rules' before any new Cyprus talks begin
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February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM