All Policy Analysis by Soner Cagaptay

Turkey's sustained economic growth since 2002 has cast Ankara as the dominant power in its neighborhood.

Ankara and Tehran appear locked, once again, in their centuries-old competition to become the region's dominant power.

Turks judge the world through the prism of the PKK.

The downward spiral in Turkish-Israeli relations is not only an irreversible trend, but also a lose-lose situation for both sides.

Turkey and Israel are at dangerously opposing ends of Levantine politics, and conflict may be looming.

Soner Cagaptay and Ata Akiner examine the political and military implications of Turkey's new order since the military resignations of July 2011.

For the past decade, a military vs. AKP dichotomy has shaped most analysis on Turkey, but a new framework seems necessary now.

Like Ataturk, Erdogan has a vision and controls all levers of power. Time will tell how far he is able to shape Turkey in his conservative design.

Unless conditions in Syria somehow magically revert to normalcy, Turkey will likely lead the international community in taking a tougher line against the brutal crackdown.

The internet provides the medium through which political freedoms are accessible to all for the first time in human history.

Turkey's military has staged coups before, but never one like this week's: by resigning, they created a power gap that destabilizes the government -- and shows how much the country needs them.

The news of mass resignations by Turkey's military leadership is a sign that NATO's second-largest force is snapping under the weight of the ruling party.

As it remakes the Middle East, the Arab Spring is also realigning U.S. and Turkish policies.