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Anthony Derisiotis

Dr Anthony Derisiotis is a lecturer of Turkey and the Middle East, at the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian studies, of the National and Capodistrian University of Athens. He has graduated from the Department of Turkish Studies of the University of Cyprus and got his MA and PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK. He teaches Turkish political history and foreign policy. His publications and research interests include Turkish domestic and foreign politics, with a special focus in the Middle East and the United States, as well as the Kurdish issue. He has previously held a research associate position at the Hellenic House of Parliament.

Elections in March, Hydrocarbons in Cyprus and Erdoğan’s Nationalist Footsteps

Anthony Derisiotis
04/12/2018
A major characteristic of Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, one that he has mastered during his political career, is the ability to adapt to conditions, especially when he can’t adjust conditions to his views. The latt... Read More...

Andrew Brunson’s release and US-Turkish relations: a tale of two stories

Anthony Derisiotis
23/10/2018
There are two main conclusions from the pastor’s case and the US-Turkey relations. The first is that the Brunson case, despite reaching the front pages of American newspapers, was never at the core of the U... Read More...

Is Idlib going to be the showdown in the Turkish-Russian relation?

Anthony Derisiotis
05/10/2018
The end of the Cold War marked a dramatic change in the global strategic parameters, which affected Turkey’s role in the post-Cold War era, while the Russian Federation rose as a new actor in world politics... Read More...

Should the West be happy with Turkey’s economic crisis?

Anthony Derisiotis
27/08/2018
Turkey’s economic hardships have been on the front pages globally during the last few weeks and will probably remain there for the time to come. When looking into it, it is important to know what this crisis is... Read More...

An Executive Presidency, a Nationalist Partner and Turkey’s Tricky foreign Policy

Anthony Derisiotis
20/07/2018
The 24th of June elections have introduced to Turkey a new constitution, a powerful President and a renewed alliance in the parliament (Türk Büyük Millet Meclisi). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has achieved his goal... Read More...

The Kurds’ awkward position in Turkey’s presidential election

Anthony Derisiotis
12/06/2018
Turkey’s 24 June elections are arguably the most critical in the country’s last 40 years of political history. The 2017 constitution referendum has defined the new presidential system of government that wil... Read More...

Turkey heading for elections under a state of emergency: Democracy challenged

Anthony Derisiotis
19/05/2018
  When Turkey entered a State of Emergency in the wake of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt, nobody expected that almost two years later it would still remain in force. It was declared under the general... Read More...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s ‘Pendulum’ Policy Between Washington and Moscow over Syria is A Gamble with Isolation

Anthony Derisiotis
23/04/2018
Turkey’s relations with Syria either direct –bilateral or regionally multilateral- or indirect -through Turkey’s bilateral and multilateral alliances, i.e. Israel in the 1990s and NATO- have never been far from... Read More...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s domestic manoeuvres impact on Turkey’s foreign relations

Anthony Derisiotis
03/04/2018
On March 1, there was a seemingly harmless incident on the Greek-Turkish border in the Evros district of Western Thrace. Two Greek soldiers, as they were patrolling along the border under heavy snowfall, lookin... Read More...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Kurds and their expendability in AKP politics

Anthony Derisiotis
28/02/2018
The AKP’s rise to power in 2002, brought along its commitment to address the longstanding Kurdish issue, by underlining the need for a different approach as compared to that of the kemalist administrati... Read More...

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