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بارين كياغلو

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A ferry passes a Turkish Navy submarine navigating the Bosphorus on Sept. 27, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Analysis

كيف يُحدث مشروع الغواصة النووية التركي نقلة نوعية في استراتيجيتها البحرية

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Syrian Kurds wave flags bearing pictures of the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, as they gather in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria to listen to a message from the jailed leader on February 27, 2025. Ocalan issued a historic call on February 27 for his Kurdish militant force to disband and his fighters to lay down their arms. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) SYRIA-TURKEY-CONFLICT-KURDS

Analysis

هل تستطيع تركيا تقبّل استقلال أكراد سوريا؟ العراق يُقدّم نموذجًا تحذيريًا

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft from the Kuwaiti Air Force fly over during an airshow in Kuwait City, Feb. 25, 2025.

Analysis

تركيا تترقب قرار ميرز بشأن طائرات يوروفايتر في ألمانيا

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

مع اقتراب قوات سوريا الديمقراطية، تركيا تقيم مكاسبها في حين يتطلع ترامب إلى الانسحاب من سوريا

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

The Soloturk aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force flies an F-16 aircraft over Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Turkish Republic's Founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara, on October 29, 2023. Turkey marked its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on October 29, 2023, with somewhat muted celebrations held in the shadow of Israel's escalating war with Hamas militants in Gaza. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALT

Analysis

مع طرح مقاتلات إف-35 ويوروفايتر على الطاولة، تركيا تبرد موقفها بشأن صفقة إف-16

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

An anti-aircraft missile at a Syrian army position near the city of al-Safira, south of Aleppo, January 3, 2025, following reported Israeli strikes.

Analysis

استراتيجية تركيا الدفاعية في سوريا: الاستقرار وليس المواجهة مع إسرائيل

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Somali security forces personnel and police secure the area at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 9, 2016. Islamic jihadists killed three police officers in a bomb and gun attack on a police station in the Somali capital, city authorities said. / AFP / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

الطائرات بدون طيار والدبلوماسية: هل تستطيع تركيا مساعدة الصومال في محاربة حركة الشباب؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 27, 2018) U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Rey White, an aviation boatswains mate handler with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), launches an F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), before the F-35B's first combat strike, Sept. 27, 2018. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deploye

Analysis

هل يعود ملف طائرات إف-35 إلى الواجهة؟ أردوغان يتودد إلى ترامب لإحياء العلاقات الدفاعية بين الولايات المتحدة وتركيا

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Fidan Syria

Analysis

تركيا، المتأثرة بالاشتباكات الطائفية، تعزز دورها في سوريا وتنتقد إيران

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, July 11, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

مع تجميد ترامب للمساعدات لأوكرانيا، هل تتجه أوروبا إلى تركيا للحصول على أنظمة الأسلحة؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands after attending a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Feb. 18, 2025.

Analysis

بعد اجتماع اسطنبول.. ما دور تركيا في وقف إطلاق النار بين روسيا وأوكرانيا؟

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

erdogan somalia

Analysis

طموحات تركيا الفضائية ترتفع بموقعها في الصومال لكن القيود مستمرة

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security