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Sibel Oktay

Erdogan Lashes out at Rival as Voters Prepare to Go to the Polls

In the News
NPR's Morning Edition
Sibel Oktay

Erdogan's standing is in large part due to the government's controlling of the media and silencing opposition, argues Sibel Oktay.

Erdogan pointing to the right holding a microphone
AP Photos
Global Politics

Turkish Election Could Spell End to Erdogan Era

In the News
Responsible Statecraft
Sibel Oktay

“Undoing Erdogan’s rule is nothing short of a Herculean task. But it is not impossible,” writes Sibel Oktay. “Springtime might just be upon Turkey.”

Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks at a campaign rally in Tekirdag, shown from behind in front of a crowd with many red flags.
AP Photos
Global Politics

Erdogan Suspends Election Campaigning

In the News
BBC World News
Sibel Oktay

"If there's one word that can be used to describe Erdogan, it's resilient," Nonresident Senior Fellow Sibel Oktay tells Yalda Hakim.

Screenshot of Sibel Oktay talking to Yalda Hakim on BBC World News. Global Politics

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia against Ukraine

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VOA
Sibel Oktay

Macron’s statements show Europe’s concern that US attention will waver too much from Ukraine to Taiwan, argues Sibel Oktay.

Screenshot of Sibel Oktay on VOA News with bookshelves behind her. US Foreign Policy

Ukraine Expects Increased Attacks on One-Year Anniversary of Invasion

In the News
WGN News
Sibel Oktay

Sibel Oktay remarks on how "steadfast and unwavering" European and American support of Ukraine has been this year with WGN News.

Screen shot of Sibel Oktay in an office with bookshelves in background on WGN Chicago. US Foreign Policy

Turkey as an Obstacle to Finnish and Swedish Accession to NATO

In the News
Duck of Minerva Podcast
Sibel Oktay

Sibel Oktay joins the Duck of Minerva Podcast to discuss the complex history of Turkey in NATO and the sources of their resistance to Finland and Sweden joining.

Flags wave outside the NATO headquarters.
Reuters
Global Politics

The International and Domestic Implications of Turkey's Tanking Lira

In the News
Global Dispatches
Sibel Oktay

Sibel Oktay joins the Global Dispatches podcast to explain the domestic and international implications of Turkey's currency crisis.

Currency protests in Istanbul
REUTERS
Global Economy

AUKUS Is Awkward, but Not Abnormal

In the News
War on the Rocks
Coauthors

The Council surveyed US foreign policy experts to learn how AUKUS had such an effect on US-French relations. Dina Smeltz, Sibel Oktay, Paul Post, and Craig Kafura explain in War on the Rocks.

President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron exchange words at a table with microphones.
Reuters
Public Opinion

How Do Foreign Policy Experts Think About Allies?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

A new experiment by researchers from the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds that policy experts care about formal alliances. But even alliance relationships have limits.

Anthony Blinken Speaking
Ron Przysucha
Public Opinion