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Analyses |
| Adam Michalski, Iwona Wiśniewska
Overnight on 6 to 7 March, the Turkish electronic customs system stopped accepting transit declarations of goods sent to Russia and Belarus that were subject to EU sanctions. This fact was reported by Russian logistics companies involved…
OSW Commentary |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
Natural gas plays a key role in Turkey’s economy and energy sector, with the country’s gas consumption growing in recent years. At the same time, Turkey is fully dependent on imports of this resource, including large quantities from Russia…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
Anti-Western narratives have intensified in Turkey’s domestic discourse and foreign policy in recent months. They were manifested, for example, during the negotiations concerning the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden; the deadlocked…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
On 8 February, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared a three-month state of emergency in the provinces affected by two 7.7 magnitude earthquakes that occurred two days earlier. The tremors affected the south-central part of the…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
The head of Turkey’s foreign ministry, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, paid an official visit to Washington from 17 to 20 January, holding talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other officials within the framework of the Turkish-American ‘…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on 22 January that early presidential and parliamentary elections would be held on 14 May. A formal request to change the date is due to be submitted to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) on…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
On 3 January 2023, an agreement was signed in Sofia between state companies Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ, in the presence of the Bulgarian and Turkish energy ministers Rosen Hristov and Fatih Dönmez. The gas contract, whose term is 13 years,…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska, Andrzej Wilk, Sławomir Matuszak, Adam Michalski
On 29 October, explosions occurred at the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol, most likely the result of an attack using unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in the form of explosive-laden speedboats. The incident was reported by Moscow…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
On 14 October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unexpectedly (and despite earlier abstinence on the part of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources) approved President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to build a Turkish-Russian gas…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Iwona Wiśniewska
On July 22 in Istanbul – after a series of negotiations initiated by Turkey with the participation of the UN – Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms for the creation of a secure corridor for the transportation of grain, food and…