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بارين كياغلو

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Residents walk through the rubble in the streets, in Al-Balad, Rafah, on January 20, 2025.

Analysis

مع تطلعها إلى دور في إعادة إعمار غزة.. هل تصلح تركيا علاقاتها مع إسرائيل؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A fighter of the the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army faction watches a plume of smoke erupt from bombardment at a position near the Tishrin Dam in the vicinity of Manbij, in the east of Syria's northern Aleppo province, on January 10, 2025 amidst ongoing battles with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The latest reported fighting comes despite the US on December 8 saying that it was working to address Turkey's concerns in Syria to dissuade the NATO ally from escalating an offensive against

Analysis

نزع السلاح والتحول السياسي: ما الذي ستقبله تركيا من قوات سوريا الديمقراطية؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

TOPSHOT - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) reviews the honour guard as he welcomes Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (R) during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on June 22, 2022. - Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler took a big step out of international isolation on June 22, 2022, paying his first visit to Sunni rival Turkey since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/

Analysis

السعودية وتركيا تجدان قواسم مشتركة مبكرة في سوريا، فهل تصمد؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A Turkish Jandarma armored vehicle drives toward the entrance to the Turkish Aerospace Industries facility following an attack on Oct. 23, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey.

Analysis

استراتيجية تركيا الأمنية المزدوجة في سوريا: إعادة بناء الجيش، ومواجهة قوات سوريا الديمقراطية

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 27: A ferry passes a Turkish Navy vessel navigating the Bosphorus in a parade to mark the 486th anniversary of the Naval victory of Preveza and naval forces day on September 27, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. 16 vessels from the Turkish Naval Forces Command took part in the parade. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Analysis

لأول مرة.. تركيا تصدر طائرات وسفن حربية إلى حلفائها في الناتو.. ما الذي يجب أن تعرفه؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

People celebrate the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad and Baath Party rule, Umayyad Square, Damascus, Dec. 8, 2024.

Analysis

تركيا في سوريا ما بعد الأسد: موازنة حزب العمال الكردستاني والتهديدات والفرص الجهادية

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) poses beside Khalid Mashaal (C), the Hamas chief in exile, and Gaza's prime minister Ismail Haniyeh prior to their meeting in Ankara on June 18, 2013. Senior leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas met today in Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to discuss Erdogan's planned visit to the Gaza Strip as well as the situation in Syria, the source said on condition of anonymity. AFP PHOTO/ PRIME MINISTER PRESS OFFICE/ YASIN BULBUL == RESTRICTED T

Analysis

هل تستضيف تركيا قادة حماس بعد خروج قطر المفاجئ؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

US President Donald Trump (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) deliver joint statements in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, DC, May 16, 2017.

Analysis

مع ترحيب أردوغان بعودة ترامب.. ما الذي ينتظر العلاقات التركية الأميركية؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Visitors look at the Bayraktar Kizilelma UCAV during the opening day of SAHA EXPO 2024, an international defense and aerospace exhibition, Istanbul, Oct. 22, 2024.

Analysis

تركيا تعتزم تعزيز صادراتها الدفاعية بعد أن شهد معرض الأسلحة الكبير عقودا بقيمة 6.2 مليار دولار

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

The casket of Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen arrives for a prayer service at Skylands Stadium in Augusta, New Jersey, on Oct. 24, 2024.

Analysis

مع مقتل غولن، ترى تركيا فرصة لإضعاف الجماعة وتحسين العلاقات مع الولايات المتحدة

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

(R to L) Somali Ambassador to Ankara Fathudin Ali Mohamed, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan bid farewell to the Oruc Reis departs from Istanbul.

Analysis

مهمة الهيدروكربون التركية في الصومال توسع نفوذها في أفريقيا

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A Hellenic air force helicopter flies during the Olympic Cooperation 23 exercise at the Petrochori training area, near Xanthi, northern Greece, on Nov. 24, 2023.

Analysis

بعد الاتفاق الدفاعي.. هل تتمكن تركيا والولايات المتحدة من تسوية خلافاتهما بشأن قبرص وشرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security