What Abu al-Duhur Reveals About the Türkiye-Israel Rivalry
On the evening of 18 August 2026, Israel launched an airstrike against the runway of Syria’s Abu al-Duhur...
Academic Background
PhD
Galatasaray University • Public Law
LLM
Queen Mary University of London • Public International Law
BA
Ankara Haci Bayram Veli (Ankara Gazi) University • Laws
Total Contribution: 51
Making NATO Matter Again
The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara took place at a defining moment for the Transatlantic Alliance Russia’s war against Ukraine, escalating...
2026 World Cup: America First, Football Second
Passion, rivalry, and entertainment… For most of us, these are the immediate associations that come to mind when...
The War on Iran and the Unravelling of Legal Order
Beyond its immediate destabilising effects on the Middle East’s balance of power, the February 2026 U.S.-Israel war on...
Europe on the Sidelines: The Iran War and the Fracturing of the Western Order
On the morning of 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military campaign against...
Trump’s Board of Peace: Big Promises, Thin Prospects
The international system has entered an age of permanent crisis, where disputes escalate quickly into armed confrontation, and...
The Greenland Question: Geopolitics at the Edge of the Legal Order
While the dust has yet to settle on the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, US President Donald...
America First, Law Last: Venezuela and the Terminal Unravelling of International Law
The events of 3 January 2026, coordinated U.S. airstrikes in Caracas and the extra-judicial apprehension of President Nicolás...
Stretching the Law of the Sea: Statelessness and the Seizure of the Skipper
The seizure of the Skipper has been presented by U.S. authorities as a routine enforcement action grounded in...
UNSC Resolution 2797 on Western Sahara: From a Status Quo to a Pragmatic Approach
On 31 October 2025, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2797 on the Western Sahara dispute, extending...