Vehbi Koç built an empire that outlived governments, coups and economic crises. But as this week's Portrait of the Week reminds us, adapting to power is not the same as helping transform society. 👉turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians — same concert, same city, in Istanbul. @shehbender on what that means for Ankara ahead of the NATO summit. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/98…

Pashinyan won his third election in a row. Russian-backed candidates lost. Armenia is heading West — and fast. Turkey welcomed the result. But Turkish Airlines flying to Yerevan while the land border stays shut isn't a policy. It's a contradiction. Retired ambassador @hakanokcal: the border should open. Now. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

Cyprus has seen many "last chances." But with António Guterres nearing the end of his term, a new Turkish Cypriot leader in office, and Europe reassessing Turkey's strategic value, another window may be opening. Will it hold? @barcinyinanc turkeyindepth.com/article/98…

Fifty aircraft parking spots. Private lounges for world leaders. A Hall of Honor. Ankara appears ready for NATO's biggest gathering in years. Yet one technical detail threatens to steal the headlines. Can Air Force One actually take off from Etimesgut? 👉 t.ly/cFbk9

In Turkey, the CHP split is no longer just talk. @nergisdemirkaya breaks down what a clean break would actually require — and why it's harder than it sounds. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

If you follow Turkey, this is your week in brief: 🔴 The CHP split debate is no longer hypothetical. @nergisdemirkaya 🕊️ Armenia chose the West — now Ankara has to choose too. @hakanokcal 🇨🇾 Cyprus is having its most active diplomatic summer in years. @barcinyinanc 🎵 Istanbul reminded Ankara what's at stake before the NATO summit. @shehbender 💼 A hundred years of Koç — and one joke that said it all. 👉turkeyindepth.com The rest is in Turkey in Depth. Start here 👇 🔗 t.ly/cFbk9

Something to carry into the week. Koç Holding turned 100. Rahmi Koç told a joke. A criminal investigation followed. Attacks on Koç businesses across Turkey. The Kurdish question doesn't do anniversaries. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

A few weeks before NATO lands in Ankara — did the city hear what Istanbul said last week? @shehbender on a concert, a war, and the gap between Turkey's potential and the space it allows itself. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/98…

The UN envoy is back in Cyprus — and heading to Ankara and Athens next. A 5 1 meeting is being targeted for late July. Cyprus is having its most active diplomatic summer in years — @barcinyinanc on what's driving it and what could still derail it. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/98…

Pashinyan won. Pro-Western, pro-peace — and looking toward Ankara. What's Turkey waiting for? @hakanokcal has a clear answer. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

A new week in Turkey — and the CHP crisis is still front and center. Nine MPs expelled. 27 resigned. A new party by early July? @nergisdemirkaya on the calculations, the costs, and the 103-year-old brand nobody wants to walk away from. 🔗 turkeyindepth.com/article/99…

A new week in Turkey. Here's where things stand: 🔴 The CHP crisis is heading toward a fork in the road — split or hold? @nergisdemirkaya 🕊️ Armenia voted West. Ankara's next move is overdue. @hakanokcal 🇨🇾 Cyprus diplomacy is quietly accelerating — Ankara and Brussels are talking. @barcinyinanc 🎵 Istanbul hosted a concert the war couldn't divide. NATO arrives in weeks. @shehbender 🖼️ Portrait of the Week: Rahmi Koç — and the century that couldn't outrun Turkey's Kurdish question. This is just the surface. The full picture is in this week's Turkey in Depth 👇 🔗 t.ly/cFbk9  

Turkey never has a quiet week. Neither do we. 🌙 Five late-night reads to start the week refreshed — if you follow Turkey, these are for you: 🔴 CHP will be on the agenda, no doubt. @nergisdemirkaya on what a split would actually take — and why it's harder than it looks. 🕊️ Pashinyan won. Ankara approved. But approval isn't action. @hakanokcal asks: is Turkey ready to really commit? 🇨🇾 The Cyprus file is moving — and some of that momentum runs through a quiet Ankara–Brussels back-channel. @barcinyinanc on whether this diplomatic summer delivers. 🎵 @shehbender traces the gap between Turkey's reach and the limits it places on itself — from an Istanbul concert to a NATO summit. 💼 One hundred years of Koç. One joke from Rahmi Koç. Turkey's Kurdish question doesn't do anniversaries. All free to read now 👇 🔗 turkeyindepth.com 🔗

A week in Turkey. Five stories you shouldn't miss tonight 🌙 turkeyindepth.com

Turkey's main opposition CHP is fracturing. Nine of Özel's closest allies were referred to the disciplinary board — 28 Party Assembly members resigned in response. 🇹🇷 @nergisdemirkaya on the chain of events pushing Özel toward a decision he can't delay much longer. Full context here: t.ly/cFbk9

Ankara revised its Armenia statement in 17 minutes. Erdoğan called Pashinyan four days late and let Yerevan announce it. 🇹🇷🇦🇲🇦🇿 Two signals, one message: Baku sets the pace on Turkey-Armenia normalization — and it hasn't changed. Read it here: t.ly/cFbk9

Turkey hosted Russia-Ukraine talks in the early months of the war. The NATO summit comes to Ankara in weeks. @shehbender argues Turkey's role isn't neutrality — it's keeping the room open. 🇹🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺 A stadium and a summit have more in common than either side admits. The full story is in Turkey in Depth: t.ly/cFbk9

Can there be a change of government without a viable opposition? Or are we watching something deeper: the transition from electoral competition to a system in which the boundaries of opposition itself are redrawn? 👉 t.ly/cFbk9

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