TNT Radio | Turkish President Erdogan is holding on to power – effectively shoring-up his ‘New Turkey’ Islamic State project.
Articles by Dr Can Erimtan
21WIRE special contributor Dr. Can Erimtan is an independent historian and geo-political analyst who used to live in Istanbul. At present, he is in self-imposed exile from Turkey. He has a wide interest in the politics, history and culture of the Balkans. the greater Middle East, and the world beyond.. He attended the VUB in Brussels and did his graduate work at the universities of Essex and Oxford. In Oxford, Erimtan was a member of Lady Margaret Hall and he obtained his doctorate in Modern History in 2002. His publications include the revisionist monograph “Ottomans Looking West?” as well as numerous scholarly articles. In Istanbul, Erimtan started publishing in the English language Turkish press, culminating in him becoming the Turkey Editor of the İstanbul Gazette. Subsequently, he commenced writing for RT Op-Edge, NEO, and finally, the 21st Century Wire. You can find him on Twitter at @TheErimtanAngle.
INTERVIEW: Dr Can Erimtan – Election: Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey’ Islamic Transition
June 6, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Turkey’s Election Re-Run: Back to the Future Redux
May 30, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | A landmark election which sets ‘New Turkey’ firmly on its post-Kemalist path to an Islamic state.
A Momentous Election or a Decisive Referendum: #Sharia4Turkey
May 11, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | The big day is coming, and it’s do or die for the “New Turkey’ project and Erdogan’s AKP legacy.
INTERVIEW: Dr Can Erimtan – Ukraine & Brzezinksi’s Grand Chessboard Explained
April 30, 2023 By Leave a Comment
TNT Radio | The US grand strategy: weaponising Russiaphobia and ideologies to desabilize the world.
The Ukraine Crisis in Context: Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard in the 21st Century
April 19, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Has the Ukraine trap now placed the U.S. on a suicidal course?
Turkey in Flux: Burning Qurans, NATO Expansion, War in Ukraine and Devastating Earthquakes
February 14, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Turkey finds itself at the centre of multiple storms, all at once – each with huge geopolitical ramifications.
#Shariah4Turkey: Turkey’s 2023 Election – Do or Die?
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Will Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey’ succeed in reviving the Ottoman legacy?
Another Beyoğlu Blast: Getting Ready for Turkey’s 2023 Election Season
November 17, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Once again, it’s about convincing the Turkish electorate to vote for stability over insecurity.
A Brave New World: New Cold War Hysteria and a Chinese Century
August 16, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | The future geopolitical landscape is taking shape right before our eyes.
Erdoğan, Atatürk and Abdülhamid: Turkey’s Past, Present and Future
July 16, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | Behold: the final steps in the transformation of Turkey into an Islamic nation state.
Pivot to Asia Redux: After 9/11 Anniversary, Washington Eyes China
October 21, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | Will Biden be able to successfully complete his predecessor’s pivot to Asia, or will the US be supplanted by China a the Pacific hegemon?
Abandoning Afghanistan: The Hindu Kush in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1979-2021
August 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | From Carter to Biden: a long string of ill conceived ideas and designs which has made the US the latest casualty in the ‘graveyard of empires.’
Closing Bagram Airbase: American Empire and Whatever Happened to Camp Bondsteel?
August 5, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | When it comes to U.S. imperial policy, continuity always trumps change.
Bibi, Biden and Trump: Do Palestinian Lives Matter?
May 26, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | The Lobby had not counted on the ‘BLM effect,’ and has now done the improbable, making a floundering Biden somehow look stronger during the crisis.
Pulling Out of the Istanbul Convention: Women’s Rights and Homosexuality in the New Turkey
May 11, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | This latest move looks to undermine the legacy of Atatürk and the promotion of women’s rights – as a prelude to a full-blown Islamic state.
New Turkey’s Agenda 2023: The End of the Republic and the Return of Sharia Law
March 10, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | As the country continues its radical transformation from secular state to a religious one, Erdogan uses symbolic, fundamental themes to sculpt the New Turkey identity.
From Arab Spring to American Winter: 2011-2021
January 16, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Dr. Can Erimtan | Has the fallout from Capital Protests really killed Trumpism, and will Biden’s inauguration see the beginnings of a new civil war in America?
From Rapture to Woke: A White House Shuffle
December 24, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | From rapture to woke – the great revolving door tradition continues.
Nagorno-Karabakh: The Aftermath of the Attack on Artsakh
December 5, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | Turkey continues it’s NeoOttoman revival, subsuming its new satellite client Azerbaijan into it’s territorial orbit.
Fighting Over a Soviet Legacy: Nagorno-Karabakh
November 16, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Dr Can Erimtan | The ‘frozen’ conflict which finally thawed, and with a bitter ending for the Armenians. Once again, money talks.
