Why Erdogan Might Choose War with Greece

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What Can a Retired Sailor Teach Us About Turkey?

The article of record as published may be found at https://warontherocks.com/2020/10/what-can-a-retired-sailor-teach-us-about-turkey

In the hunt for the "Sultans of Smack:" dope, gangsters and the construction of the Turkish deep state

This article traces the development and evolution of the Turkish heroin trade against the backdrop of the Republic of Turkey’s long transition from imperial core to nation-state. In taking up heroin’s relationship to modern Turkey, I would like to specifically explore the meaning and manifestations of what many inside and outside of academia have called the “deep state.” Heroin, I argue, was and is one of the most vital enablers of the factional “deep state” rivalries that compete for power in Ankara, adding a steady violent dimension to local and national politics

If Putin Stumbles, Will Erdogan Recalibrate?

17 USC 105 interim-entered record; under review.The article of record as published may be found at https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/if-putin-stumbles-will-erdogan-recalibrate/U.S. Government affiliation is unstated in article text

An Honest Broker No Longer: The United States Between Turkey and Greece

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Dogfight Over the Aegean: Turkish-Greek Relations in Light of Ukraine

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An empire unredeemed: tracing the Ottoman's State's path toward collapse

The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordbh/9780198713197.013.3Ottoman rule ended without the consent of most Balkan, North African, Levantian, or Mesopotamian citizens. The establishment of post-Ottoman borders, states, and cultures took place in the wake of foreign conquest. The chapter explains how ending the Ottoman Empire was not necessarily a natural outcome of the First World War. Additionally, Mustafa Kemal/the National Assembly could have maintained the Ottoman mantle and preserved the notion of an empire in Anatolia. Greece’s invasion and occupation cemented the National Movement’s claim that it represented a Muslim and Turkish majority. De-Ottomanization, for the most part, was not decolonization; nationalism or popular agency had little to do with lands removed from the sultan’s domain. However, when looking specifically at the development of nationalist political cultures in the aftermath of 1918, it is clear that the violence unleashed had a profound impact upon perception of the Ottoman legacy