Sinan Kircova

Reza Pahlavi at USC: His Message is Action Over Nostalgia 9/16/25Los Angeles, CA “Shahanshah!” — King of Kings — rang out suddenly from a young woman in the audience at USC’s Town & Gown hall. The cry shook the room. For a moment, it felt as though ti…

USC’s Town & Gown Hall was packed last week for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s appearance. The energy in the room spoke volumes about the enduring interest in Iran’s future. I was able to speak briefly with him before the event.
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Turkey Is Among the World’s Fastest Secularizers: On Par With Britain, Switzerland, and Nordic countries The World Values Survey (WVS), one of the leading databases on global cultural change, shows that Turkey is now among the countries experiencing the steepest decline in religiosity worldwide. …

As I read through global secularization data for my dissertation project, I keep running into surprising patterns—this is one of them. Turkey is now secularizing at a pace comparable to Britain, Switzerland, and Nordic countries.
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Ankara’s Friends & Funds: Both Critically Low Since the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Turkish Central Bank has quietly sold over $35 billion in reserves to stabilize the lira and contain capital flight. But this isn’t mere econo…

I wrote about how Turkey’s economic crisis is undercutting its foreign policy leverage. With shrinking reserves, Ankara is losing its ability to engage partners on favorable terms. sinankircova.com/2025/04/09/a...

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Autocracy in Turkey is a Liability for the West The recent political crackdown in Turkey, marked by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu —President Erdoğan’s archnemesis—highlights the ruling AKP government’s alarming departure from…

I shared my thoughts on why escalating authoritarianism in Turkey poses significant risks to regional stability—and addressed some common fallacies about how to deal with it. sinankircova.com/2025/04/06/a...

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