The Engine Room · Partnerships

Partnerships : Türkiye's strategic and economic projection through bilateral relationships

Bilateral treaties, mediation roles, defense and training arrangements, trade corridors, and the legal instruments that shape Türkiye's outward reach. The desk reads the documents underneath the diplomacy.

Ankara · 14 Jun 2026

The 1932 treaty Türkiye and Iran never quite forgot

An eight-article bilateral instrument signed in Ankara in October 1932, ratified by the Grand National Assembly in June 1935, and barely cited since, has resurfaced in the spring of 2026. A close reading of the document, its parliamentary record, and its institutional life.

Forthcoming

What Türkiye's Somalia partnership actually delivers

Training, port and naval-facility cooperation, and the long view from Mogadishu. Numbers behind the partnership and the institutional carriers on the Turkish side.