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بارين كياغلو

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

United Arab Emirates army helicopters fly from the Burj al Arab hotel (R) toward Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Jan. 16, 2026.

Analysis

الحرب الإيرانية تدفع تركيا ودول الخليج نحو تحالف دفاعي، ولكن ليس نحو تحالف.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

ليست تركيا وإيران غريبتين عن الاضطرابات، لكنهما ستحافظان على علاقاتهما في عهد مجتبى خامنئي.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A group of Peshmergas of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) walks during military training near one of their bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on March 1, 2025.

Analysis

تركيا حذرة لكنها غير متأثرة بالخطة الأمريكية لتعبئة الأكراد الإيرانيين ضد النظام

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

ANKARA, TURKEY - JANUARY 21: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to MPs at his party's group meeting in the Turkish parliament on January 21, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is among world leaders that have been invited by United States President Donald Trump, to join the Gaza Board of Peace, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was also included as an appointed member. (Photo by Serdar Ozsoy/Getty Images)

Analysis

لماذا قد يكون استبعاد تركيا من قوة غزة نعمة استراتيجية

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Photo of a waving Turkish flag in the sky with a jet flyover behind, and a crowd below holding flags, captured on Izmir's liberation anniversary.

Analysis

تركيا تسعى لكسب ود السعودية بشأن طائرة كان الشبحية، لكن الصفقة تواجه عقبات

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A man holds a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, Turkish-jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), during a gathering of Turkish Kurds for Nowruz celebrations in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey, on March 21, 2025.

Analysis

تحوّلت المحادثات الإيرانية من تركيا إلى عُمان، مما زاد من مخاوف أنقرة بشأن حزب العمال الكردستاني.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkish Foreign Ministery Press Service / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

تأتي مكاسب تركيا في سوريا مصحوبة بمخاطر، حيث تدفع دمشق باتجاه دمج الأكراد.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) speaks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) during the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, on June 21, 2025.

Analysis

تركيا تستعد لتداعيات إيران: اضطرابات تجارية، ولاجئون، وتحولات جيوسياسية

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Somalis celebrate the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won the presidential run-off election during the celebration organized by the government in Mogadishu, on May 29, 2023.

Analysis

تعتبر تركيا تحرك إسرائيل إلى أرض الصومال تجاوزاً للحدود، لكن هشاشة الصومال تشكل مخاطر.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Turkish naval forces patrol vessel TCG F 500 and an unidentified submarine (back) sail during a military naval parade on the Bosphorus in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2023.

Analysis

يدخل قطاع الدفاع التركي عام 2026 بتقدم بحري، ولكن مع وجود نقاط ضعف لم يتم حلها.

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A picture taken on March 2, 2017, shows a sign displaying the routes to Palmyra-Deir Ezzor and Damascus-Iraq as Syrian regime fighters advance to retake the ancient city of Palmyra, from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

بعد هجوم تدمر، تركيا تزيد الضغط من أجل إبرام صفقة بين قوات سوريا الديمقراطية ودمشق

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

This picture taken on Aug. 23, 2019 in Istanbul shows a view of Turkish General Directorate of Mineral research and Exploration's (MTA) Oruc Reis seismic research vessel docked at Haydarpasa port, which searches for hydrocarbon, oil, natural gas and coal reserves at sea.

Analysis

تركيا تتوسع في مجال النفط الصومالي غير المستغل، وتزيد من رهاناتها في القرن الأفريقي

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security