Sami (Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي) doesn’t have a violent bone in his body. He may slay you in a debate, but violence isn’t in his vocabulary. I may not agree with all his opinions but he always does a good job articulating and defending his position on issues. Those who think they

This article of mine ‘Instead of waiting for F-16s, Turkey should acquire Eurofighter Typhoons’ written 3 years ago seems to have aged very well. dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Türkiye and the UK signed an £8bn deal for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets, with the first delivery expected in 2030. There’s also a strong likelihood that Türkiye will acquire an additional 24 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Qatar and Oman soon.

I had a great chat with the always insightful and opinionated W.Khanfar وضاح خنفر about the future of the Middle East and where its place will be in a newly forming global order.

Throughout history no one has fought the Russians more than the Turks. In recent history, there’s the Cuban Missile Crisis, and being on opposing sides in Syria and Libya. As a result, both sides know how destructive the adversarial approach can be hence the reinvention of a

The Al-Akhbar story doesn’t make much sense as Egypt and the Egyptian Foreign Minister were the ones at the Doha Summit that floated the idea of a collective defense pact where according to reports Cairo was keen on having the Turks be a part of. Likely fake news. The

I got asked a couple times today on my thoughts on how Erdogan would view Mamdani. He would probably be pleased with the result of the NYC Mayoral election seeing as a Muslim won. As for the individual, the close Soros connection and far-left ideology are most likely non-starters

The irony of the EU’s report on Türkiye is that if Türkiye published a report on the EU it would probably mirror the same criticism.

The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 37 other individuals, on charges of genocide.

A Spox for Israeli PM Netanyahu’s office says, ‘There will be no Turkish boots on the ground (in Gaza) in the past, in the present and in the future’ I guess she’s never picked up a history book and read about the 400 years of Ottoman governance in Gaza.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (on Syria integration and sovereignty): If the problems in both the northeast and the south are not managed carefully, there is a risk that a threat to the country’s territorial integrity could emerge. In such a scenario, the country could

Trump loves working with winners. Fidan is a winner. Erdogan is winner-in-chief. This type of cooperation makes sense if you want to win. The math maths out perfectly.

Our Greek neighbors spend a lot of time thinking about what Türkiye does so they assume it’s reciprocated, when in reality it isn’t. Turks have much more pressing issues that concern us like the War in Ukraine, Gaza, Israel-Iran tensions, the future of Syria, situation in Libya

May they rest in eternal peace and power.

I would like to give Greece the benefit of doubt and believe that the tweet was just an unfortunate coincidence with bad timing as Greece and Türkiye generally console each other during times of national tragedy.