This regional development is fundamentally different from how it is perceived in the global public opinion and general perception: It is not only relevant to the countries of the Middle East but is ...

Erdogan faces domestic criticism over the ... Turkey has carved out a new role for itself as the successor to the Ottoman Empire. Whether neo-Ottomanism represents a viable framework for regional ...

Erdogan’s vision moves closer to carving out an area under Turkish influence, free from jihadists and Kurdish groups, in what would be the largest foreign intervention since the Ottoman Empire.

Erdogan will shrewdly move towards solidifying an alliance with the new Syria and gain for himself the most important Turkish expansion since the humiliation of losing the Ottoman Empire.

Erdogan is deeply motivated by a desire to restore the great Ottoman Empire, transforming Turkey into the leader of the Muslim world. He seeks to soften the resistance of Arab governments to his ...

signaling Erdogan's intent to reclaim a historical and religious leadership role that once belonged to the Ottoman Empire, directly challenging Saudi Arabia's custodianship of Mecca and Medina.

Ankara has pledged to fully apply a law to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets after the death of a toddler.

if the decades of rhetoric from Erdogan’s Islamist political party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), is at all an indication of intent, then the rebirth of the Ottoman Empire ...

Erdogan will shrewdly move towards solidifying an alliance with the new Syria and gain for himself the most important Turkish expansion since the humiliation of losing the Ottoman Empire.