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| The Momentous Turkish vs. Israeli Battle over Syria | MEF Observer | July 22, 2025 | |
| The Religious Roots of Turkey's Currency Crisis |
Wall Street Journal | December 29, 2021 | |
| Will Turkey and Greece Clash over a Tiny Island?: Kastelorizo lies a mile from the Turkish mainland |
The Spectator | September 16, 2020 | |
| Deciphering Bidenese |
Gatestone Institute | June 15, 2020 | |
| Erdoğan's Turkey Is Not Coming Back |
National Interest | April 20, 2020 | |
| Erdoğan's Turkish Delight: The Dangerous Reign of Ankara's Corrupt President |
National Interest | November 13, 2019 | |
| Turkey May Go the Way of Venezuela |
Wall Street Journal | October 24, 2019 | |
| Istanbul's Election Puzzle |
Washington Times | June 25, 2019 | |
| NATO's Turkey Challenge: Erdogan's New Turkish Caliphate and the Rising Jihadist Threat to the West |
Ally No More | April 19, 2018 | |
| Saving NATO from Turkey |
Washington Times | October 17, 2017 | |
| I Taught NATO to Stand Up to a Dictator |
National Review Online | September 19, 2017 | |
| Iran vs. Turkey, the MidEast's Perpetual Rivalry |
Washington Times | August 23, 2017 | |
| Another Turkish Ambassador Confronts Me |
Gatestone Institute | July 18, 2017 | |
| Florida Museum Celebrates the Loss of Hagia Sophia |
National Review Online | May 29, 2017 | |
| The Erdoğan Enigma |
Australian | April 22, 2017 | |
| Turkey's Vainglorious Referendum |
Wall Street Journal | April 14, 2017 | |
| Two Bullies, Putin and Erdoğan, Try Friendship |
Australian | December 23, 2016 | |
| Why I Rooted for the Turkish Coup Attempt |
National Review Online | July 18, 2016 | |
| Turkey's Erdoğan Gambles and Loses |
Australian | March 19, 2016 | |
| An Israeli Gas Pipeline to Turkey? Bad Idea |
National Review Online | December 20, 2015 | |
| Turkey Is on the Path to Rogue Dictatorship |
National Review Online | October 26, 2015 | |
| Erdoğan Leads Turkey to the Precipice |
Australian | October 17, 2015 | |
| Turkey's Unimportant Election |
The Washington Times | June 5, 2015 | |
| How Turkey Went Bad |
The Weekly Standard | October 13, 2014 | |
| Basting Turkey's New Prime Minister |
The Washington Times | August 28, 2014 | |
| Yasin al-Qadi, a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," Threatens Me | DanielPipes.org | July 1, 2014 | |
| Turkish Support for ISIS |
The Washington Times | June 18, 2014 | |
| Cyprus Joins the Middle East |
The Washington Times | November 6, 2013 | |
| What Turkey's Riots Mean |
The Washington Times | June 19, 2013 | |
| The Good News in Turkey |
Los Angeles Times | June 4, 2013 | |
| Is Turkey Leaving the West? |
The Washington Times | February 6, 2013 | |
| Talking Turkey |
National Review Online | December 26, 2012 | |
| Turkey's Islamist Turn, 10 Years Later |
Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2012 | |
| Ankara at War |
National Review Online | October 16, 2012 | |
| Kastelorizo - Mediterranean Flashpoint? |
National Review Online | February 7, 2012 | |
| Cyprus on the World Stage |
National Review Online | October 11, 2011 | |
| Is Turkey Going Rogue? |
National Review Online | September 27, 2011 | |
| Ambitious Turkey |
National Review Online | April 12, 2011 | |
| Islamist Turkey vs. Secular Iran? |
The Washington Times | November 30, 2010 | |
| Turkey in Cyprus vs. Israel in Gaza |
The Washington Times | July 20, 2010 | |
| Islamist Turkey Overreaches |
National Review Online | June 8, 2010 | |
| Crisis in Turkey |
National Review Online | March 2, 2010 | |
| Turkey: An Ally No More |
Jerusalem Post | October 28, 2009 | |
| Does Turkey Still Belong in NATO? |
Philadelphia Bulletin | April 6, 2009 | |
| Is Turkey's Government Starting a Muslim Reformation? |
Jerusalem Post | May 22, 2008 | |
| Turkey, Still a Western Ally? |
Jerusalem Post | December 5, 2007 | |
| [Mosul and] Iraq's Next War |
Jerusalem Post | October 31, 2007 | |
| A Critical Moment For Turkey |
New York Sun | May 15, 2007 | |
| A Million Moderate Muslims on the March |
New York Sun | May 8, 2007 | |
| "A Corrective to the Pipes Worldview"? |
History News Network | August 29, 2005 | |
| Is Turkey Going Islamist? |
New York Sun | June 7, 2005 | |
| Turkey's Radical Turn? |
New York Post | August 5, 2003 | |
| A lesson courtesy of the Turks |
Jerusalem Post | April 12, 2000 | |
| [Turkey-Israel and] The Real "New Middle East" |
Commentary | November 1998 | |
| Syria and Turkey Gird for War | Wall Street Journal | October 9, 1998 | |
| You Need Beethoven to Modernize |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1998 | |
| What's Going On in Iran? |
Zaman (Istanbul) | August 4, 1998 | |
| [Turkey and Israel:] The Birth of a New Middle East Alliance |
Washington Times | January 5, 1998 | |
| A New Axis: The Emerging Turkish-Israeli Entente |
National Interest | Winter 1997/98 | |
| A Mideast Friendship Alters the Strategic Map | Wall Street Journal | August 12, 1997 | |
| Interview with Fehim Adak: Erbakan Seeks Cooperation with America | Middle East Quarterly | March 1997 | |
| The Establishment's Power in Turkey and Israel | Middle East Forum Wire | January 1, 1997 | |
| Beyond the Golan: Prospects for Syrian-Turkish Confrontation | Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy | January 31, 1996 | |
| Hot Spot: Turkey, Iraq, and Mosul |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1995 | |
| Interview with Tansu Çiller: "Secularism is an Indispensable Principle for Turkey" | Middle East Quarterly | June 1995 | |
| "Hafiz al-Asad Should Be Careful" |
Turkish Times | December 15, 1994 | |
| Turkey and the Jews |
Turkish Times | September 1, 1994 | |
| "The Event of Our Era": Former Soviet Muslim Republics Change the Middle East |
Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | May 1994 | |
| [Turkey vs. Iran and] Islam's Intramural Struggle |
National Interest | Spring 1994 | |
| Turkic Peoples, Persian Culture | Middle East Insight | January 1994 | |
| Turkey, Quiet Land of Immigration | Turkish Times | August 15, 1993 | |
| Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan Compete in Central Asia | Christian Science Monitor | April 8, 1993 | |
| Ambitious Iran, Troubled Neighbors |
Foreign Affairs | 1993 | |
| Moscow's Next Worry: Ethnic Turks |
New York Times | February 13, 1990 | |
| The Quiet Crisis: Turkish-Syrian Relations | Prepared for the Central Intelligence Agency | November 1989 | |
| East and West in the Middle East | Middle East Focus | March 1985 | |
| Turkey is Not in Europe | Heritage Foundation | 1985 | |
| Mamluk Survival In Ottoman Egypt |
Journal of Turkish Studies | 1983 | |
| Turks in Early Muslim Service |
Journal of Turkish Studies / Türklük Bilgisi Araştirmaları | 1978 | |
Blog Posts |
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| Erdoğan to Me: Stay Out of Turkey |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 22, 2017 | |
| The Mundane Origins of Germany's Huge Turkish Population |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | October 30, 2016 | |
| Erdoğan's Self-Indulgence |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | May 20, 2016 | |
| Will Turks Accept the Election Results? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | November 3, 2015 | |
| Making Sense of the Ankara Bombing |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | October 12, 2015 | |
| Adding Turkey to the "State Sponsors of Terrorism" List |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | November 28, 2014 | |
| Erdoğan Fails to Conquer New York City |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | September 23, 2014 | |
| Forty Years after the Invasion of Cyprus |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 20, 2014 | |
| More on Turkish Support for ISIS |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 18, 2014 | |
| Syria's Looming Water Calamity |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 1, 2014 | |
| "U.S. and Turkey to Create Fund to Stem Extremism" |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | September 27, 2013 | |
| Will Turkey's Military Emulate Egypt's? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 31, 2013 | |
| Must Islamists Be Autocratic? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 19, 2013 | |
| Is Turkey in Europe? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 3, 2013 | |
| Sevan Nişanyan, Sentenced to a Turkish Prison: My Role | Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | May 25, 2013 | |
| On Second Thought … Maybe that Israeli Apology to Turkey was a Good Idea |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | March 29, 2013 | |
| An Israeli Apology to Turkey |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | March 22, 2013 | |
| Erdoğan's Decade as Prime Minister of Turkey |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | March 14, 2013 | |
| Kastelorizo Updates |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 21, 2013 | |
| Futile Israeli Efforts to Win Ankara Back |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 18, 2013 | |
| Alcohol on Turkish Airlines |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 11, 2013 | |
| Fashion at Turkish Airlines |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 10, 2013 | |
| Conspiracy Theories Triumphant in Turkey |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 4, 2013 | |
| Mavi Marmara 2010 = Syrian Anti-Aircraft Fire 2012 |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 27, 2012 | |
| Thoughts on the Syrian Downing of a Turkish Warplane |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 23, 2012 | |
| Ankara Flirts with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 7, 2012 | |
| Turkey's Military Capitulation Hits Home |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | April 16, 2012 | |
| Will No-Interest Banking Undo Turkey's Economy? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | January 10, 2012 | |
| Turkey & Israel – The End of the Affair |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | December 22, 2011 | |
| Obama Hugs Erdoğan |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | November 3, 2011 | |
| Goodbye Ankara |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | September 2, 2011 | |
| Turkish-Iranian Rivalry on the Rise |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 25, 2011 | |
| Turkish-Syrian Tensions Flare Anew |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 19, 2011 | |
| Turkey's Ironic Electoral System |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 13, 2011 | |
| Turkey's Last Free Election |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 12, 2011 | |
| On the Eve of Turkey's Elections ... |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 9, 2011 | |
| Erdoğan and the "Al-Gaddafi Prize" |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | February 28, 2011 | |
| Updates on Turkey in Cyprus |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | December 16, 2010 | |
| Who Lost Turkey? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 10, 2010 | |
| More on Islamist Turkey Overreaching |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 8, 2010 | |
| Turkey Out of NATO: Other Voices |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | November 9, 2009 | |
| Erdoğan Bares His Fangs |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | January 5, 2009 | |
| Is the Middle East "Freer, More Hopeful, and More Promising"? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | December 5, 2008 | |
| Islamic but Not Shar‘i? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 8, 2008 | |
| Bibliography – Writings on Turkey as Rival |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | December 6, 2007 | |
| "Greater Syria" in the News |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 19, 2006 | |
| Turkey to Invade Northern Iraq? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | July 18, 2006 | |
| Assessing Erdoğan and the AKP | Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | May 6, 2005 | |
| Is the Hatay/Alexandretta Problem Solved? |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | January 10, 2005 | |
| Turkey's Malleability | Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | October 24, 2004 | |
| Erdoğan: "Turkey Is Not a Country Where Moderate Islam Prevails" |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | June 14, 2004 | |
| Getting Closer to a Showdown in Turkey? | Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | May 13, 2004 | |
| The Possibility of a Turkish Land-grab in Northern Iraq |
Lion's Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog | March 31, 2003 | |
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| The History of Turkey: Grandeur and Grievance by Maurus Reinkowski |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2024 | |
| The Ottoman World: A Cultural History Reader, 1450–1700 by Hakan T. Karateke and Helga Anetshofer, editors |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2022 | |
| Narrative Traditions in International Politics: Representing Turkey by Johanna Vuorelma |
Middle East Quarterly | Summer 2022 | |
| Turkey's Relations with the West and the Turkic Republics: The Rise and Fall of the "Turkish Model" by Idris Bal |
Middle East Quarterly | June 2001 | |
| Crescent and Star: Turkey between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer |
Middle East Quarterly | June 2001 | |
| Alevi Identity: Cultural, Religious and Social Perspectives |
Middle East Quarterly | March 2000 | |
| Ismet Inönü: The Making of a Turkish Statesman by Metin Heper |
Middle East Quarterly | December 1999 | |
| Turkey and Atatürk's Legacy: Turkey's Political Evolution, Turkish-US Relations and Prospects for the 21st Century by Paul B. Henze |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1999 | |
| Turkey's Kurdish Question by Henry J. Barkey and Graham E. Fuller |
Middle East Quarterly | March 1999 | |
| The Kurdish Question and Turkish-Iranian Relations: From World War I to 1998 by Robert Olson |
Choice | December 1998 | |
| Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey | Middle East Quarterly | December 1997 | |
| The Revolution of 1908 in Turkey by Aykut Kansu |
Middle East Quarterly | September 1997 | |
| Turks and Greeks: Neighbours in Conflict by Vamik D. Volkan and Norman Itzkowitz |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1996 | |
| Imperial Legacy: The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle East | Middle East Quarterly | June 1996 | |
| An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914 by Halil Inalcik with Donald Quataert edtors |
Middle East Quarterly | December 1995 | |
| The Young Turks in Opposition by M. Sükrü Hanioğlu |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1995 | |
| Turkish Politics and the Military by William Hale |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1995 | |
| Turkey: A Modern History by Erik J. Zürcher |
Middle East Quarterly | June 1995 | |
| Turkey Faces East: New Orientations Toward the Middle East and the Old Soviet Union by Graham E. Fuller |
Orbis | Fall 1993 | |
| The U.S.-Turkish-NATO Middle East Connection: How the Truman Doctrine and Turkey's NATO Entry Contained the Soviets in the Middle East by George McGhee |
Orbis | Fall 1990 | |
| Turkey: America's Forgotten Ally by Dankwart A. Rustow |
Orbis | Summer 1987 | |
| Les origines de l'empire ottoman by Mehmet Fuat Köprülü |
DanielPipes.org | November 1973 | |
Spoken |
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| Islamism - An Update | Politika Academisi (Türkiye) | January 24, 2025 | |
| The New Axis of Evil: Iran, Qatar, and Turkey | Jewish Republican Alliance | March 5, 2024 | |
| Assessing Erdoğan's Re-election as President of Türkiye | TVP (Poland) | May 28, 2023 | |
| Turkey and Russia, Finally Friends? |
TVP Eastern Express (Telewizja Polska) | October 27, 2022 | |
| Do NATO and Turkey Have a Future Together? |
World Geostrategic Insights (Italy) | September 4, 2022 | |
| Turkey's Expulsion from NATO Remains Unlikely |
L'Informale (Italy) | July 4, 2022 | |
| Turkey's Stance on NATO Expansion Is "Blackmail" |
TVP (Polish Public Television) | May 14, 2022 | |
| Middle East Geopolitics: Some Predictions |
GeoPolitica (Romania) | January 2022 | |
| Taking a Look at Turkey |
JNS | December 6, 2021 | |
| As Turkey's Currency Tanks and Elections Approach |
Israel Today | November 24, 2021 | |
| Turkey and Europe: What's Ahead? |
Poland In | March 23, 2021 | |
| The Latest on Islamism (and Related Topics) |
Global Review (Germany) | October 12, 2020 | |
| Turkey's "Reconquests" in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond |
Eastern Mediterranean Policy Note | August 2020 | |
| U.S.-Turkish Relations in Context |
Secure Freedom Radio | May 28, 2020 | |
| Is Turkey Coming Back? Updating U.S. Policy | Middle East Forum | December 9, 2019 | |
| Understanding the U.S.-Turkish-Syrian Triangle: An Interview |
Informale | October 21, 2019 | |
| Erdoğan Invaded; What's Next in Syria? |
DanielPipes.org | October 15, 2019 | |
| Why Turkey supports Venezuela's socialist dictatorship |
Rebel Media | February 6, 2019 | |
| The Rise of Western Civilizationism | Secure Freedom Radio | June 6, 2018 | |
| Deciphering the Trump and Erdoğan Foreign Policies: Monday Talk with Daniel Pipes |
Vocal Europe | August 28, 2017 | |
| Erdogan is Capable and Willing to Destabilize the Balkans: And NATO Pretends Everything Is Fine |
Factor.bg | June 29, 2017 | |
| Terror attacks in Turkey |
Press TV | January 1, 2017 | |
| Making Sense of the Coup Attempt in Turkey |
The Rebel (Canada) | July 19, 2016 | |
| Repercussions of the Davutoğlu Resignation | Aydınlık | May 15, 2016 | |
| Violence in Turkey |
Aydınlık (Turkey) | March 22, 2016 | |
| Normalizing relations with Israel up to Erdogan |
Trend News Agency | December 15, 2015 | |
| 'Turks acting aggressively, doing what they want' |
Radio Sputnik | December 8, 2015 | |
| Why Erdoğan Decided to Shoot down a Russian Plane |
Aydınlık | December 6, 2015 | |
| "The 60-year U.S.-Turkish Alliance is Over" |
Aydınlık (Turkey) | November 10, 2015 | |
| Predictions for Turkey's Election |
Mackenzie Institute | October 29, 2015 | |
| Incirlik Base and Operations Against PKK |
Aydınlık | August 7, 2015 | |
| On Syria, Erdoğan Is Better than Obama: Interview with Daniel Pipes |
Aydınlık Daily (Turkey) | March 3, 2015 | |
| Erdoğan Has a Tough Job: A Grave Economic Landscape Awaits |
Aydınlık | August 14, 2014 | |
| Erdoğan Does Nothing But Make Mistakes |
Aydınlık | March 14, 2014 | |
| Assessing Current Developments in Turkey |
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (North Cyprus) | August 27, 2013 | |
| Developments in Syria and Turkey |
Secure Freedom Radio | June 6, 2013 | |
| Discussing Culpability in Syria on Iranian Television |
PressTV | April 7, 2013 | |
| Middle East mayhem: What's in store for Turkey, Libya, and Syria? |
Michael Coren, Arena | October 25, 2011 | |
| Free Libya? Arab Spring turning into winter | Ezra Levant, The Source | October 24, 2011 | |
| West-Muslim Relations since 9/11 |
TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paikin | December 13, 2010 | |
| Debating Policy toward Turkey and Iran |
BBC: Newshour | June 25, 2010 | |
| Symposium: Turkey: The Road to Sharia? |
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 6, 2005 | |
| Dr. Pipes' views on Islamic Terrorism and Turkey |
Voice of Atatürk | March 2003 | |
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