Soner Cagaptay


  • Turkey’s “First Christian”

    Turkey’s “First Christian”

    Editor’s Note: Soner Cagaptay is Director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Visiting Professor at Georgetown […]

  • Soner Cagaptay: NATO’s Turkey Problem

    Soner Cagaptay: NATO’s Turkey Problem

    BY SONER CAGAPTAY The quarrel between Ankara and NATO over the proposed missile-defense initiative suggests that Turkey is becoming the Alliance’s “opt-out” member in operations […]

  • Bring Back the Caliphate

    Bring Back the Caliphate

    Soner Cagaptay Wall Street Journal October 7, 2009 The reaction in Turkey to the recent death of Ertugrul Osman, heir to the Ottoman throne and […]

  • Is Soner Çağaptay Walking the tightrope between morality and subservience?

    Is Soner Çağaptay Walking the tightrope between morality and subservience?

    Op-Ed [An open letter to Newsweek] Is Soner Çağaptay Walking the tightrope between morality and subservience? by MEHMET YILMAZ* As an enthusiastic Newsweek reader, I […]

  • Talking Turkey About Israel

    Talking Turkey About Israel

    Philip Giraldi * The Israeli invasion of Gaza and the slaughter of civilians was such an egregious error in judgment that the usual suspects are […]

  • Misreading Turkey

    Misreading Turkey

    Letters to Editor Thursday, February 5, 2009; Page A16 Regarding Soner Cagaptay’s Feb. 2 op-ed, “Turkey’s Turn From the West”: Mr. Cagaptay’s piece contained grossly […]