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  • Eine zum Wolfsgruß der Grauen Wölfe geformte Hand (Foto: picture alliance / dpa | Peter Kneffel)
    Ismail Küpeli's "Graue Wölfe"

    A danger left unchecked

    Thousands of right-wing extremists of Turkish origin live in Germany. Violent and deeply embedded, they remain largely ignored by politicians. In his book "Graue Wölfe" (Grey Wolves), Ismail Küpeli takes a closer look at the movement.

  • Turkey's Syrian problem

    Refugees – a hot topic in Turkish politics

    With tensions rising dangerously amid a burgeoning economic crisis, the Turkish government’s refugee policy – ad hoc, miscalculated and unclear – is making Syrians an easy target for the opposition. Ayse Karabat reports from Istanbul

  • The war in Ukraine has accentuated anti-Westernism as one of the main fault lines of Turkish political competition.
    War in Ukraine

    Implications for the future of EU-Turkey relations

    Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is a watershed event for Europe and the wider world, Tur­key included. While Ankara is trying to protect its economy and security interests, anti-Western narratives dominate the public debate, writes Sinem Adar

  • Turkey and the refugee deal

    False friends forever

    Germany is facing a crucial question. How can the refugees be stopped? Demonstrating an alarming lack of historical awareness, Chancellor Angela Merkel is putting all her faith in an alliance with Turkey. Yet as events of the early 20th century clearly showed, Germany should never make its political destiny dependent on co-operation with the nationalistic Turkish state. An essay by Stefan Buchen

  • The Nazi glorification of Ataturk

    Ankara's shining star

    The historian Stefan Ihrig's new book reveals the fascination that Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, held for Hitler and the National Socialists. Ihrig's book has caused a stir in the Turkish press. By Joseph Croitoru

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