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Sinan Ciddi

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Sinan Ciddi

@SinanCiddi

Senior Fellow @FDD | Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs | Opinions mine, should be yours

Washington, DC

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Joined June 2015

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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Apr 1
I've long heard that Erdogan and the AKP are "Muslim Brotherhood" But what does that mean? What are Erdogan and 🇹🇷 ties to the Brotherhood, and more importantly, what action should the 🇺🇸 take? Read my latest @FDD memo (report) w/ William Doran👇 🔖 fdd.org/analysis/2026/…
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Oct 28, 2023
They’re not supporting Palestinians, but pledging allegiance to Hamas. You need to up your Turkish language skills
ian bremmer
@ianbremmer
Oct 28, 2023
today: what you’d call a large rally supporting palestinians in istanbul.
Osman Nuri Kabaktepe
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Osman Nuri Kabaktepe
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Oct 7, 2023
Just a few weeks ago, Israeli customs seized 16 tons of bomb-making material that originated in Turkey, destined for Gaza. We wrote about it at @FDD Where do you suppose Hamas sources materials to build rockets used to kill Israeli civilians today?
Israel Intercepts Rocket-Making Material En Route to Gaza From Turkey
From fdd.org
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 2, 2024
US Marine cries out "help" with a leftist mob restraining him, chanting "Yankee go home!"--moments ago...in Turkey A fellow NATO ally hosting US service members on shore leave
Scharo Bajalan
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Scharo Bajalan
Scharo Bajalan
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Scharo Bajalan
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Oct 26, 2023
Erdogan and his supporters are not advocating for Palestinians: they simply hate Jews and Israel. A bookshop in Istanbul tells all👇
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 23, 2025
Let’s be blunt. Selling Erdogan F35's would mean arming a state sponsor of terrorism He is not some misunderstood ally gone astray, but an Islamist strongman who bankrolls and shelters terrorists Trump should not reward him. My latest for @nypost
Turkey's Erdogan gets Trump's red carpet — but don't reward his treachery with US fighter jets
From nypost.com
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Jul 18, 2025
Turkish bus company “Metro” (Turkey’s version of Greyhound) transporting jihadist fighters to to kill Syrian Druze in Suwayda Can’t get enough of Jolani’s inclusive Syria for all!
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Oct 28, 2025
As a 🇬🇧 citizen, I find every aspect of Starmer’s deal with the thug of Ankara deplorable There is ample precedent why 🇺🇸 continues resisting the sale of F-35s to 🇹🇷 This is a desperate PM looking for quick wins, endangering European, NATO and UK security Shameful
Clash Report
@clashreport
Oct 27, 2025
BREAKING: The UK has signed an £8 billion deal to sell 20 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Türkiye. Source: Bloomberg
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Dec 6, 2023
My latest for @ForeignPolicy "It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO Membership"
It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO Membership
From foreignpolicy.com
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 21, 2025
Erdogan’s regime has gone to great lengths to have these images removed from the internet, yet we have to suffer his moralizing rants about Palestinians This is/was Nusaybin in 🇹🇷 This violence was visited on citizens Just how much of a fig do you think he actually gives?
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Dec 25, 2024
So the question is, what will be the US response to Erdogan's desire to butcher our partners? There is no need for Washington to buy his fairytale narrative abt PYD/SDF being a security threat to Turkey Don't be a victim of his agenda
Erdogan: Kurdish militants in Syria will be buried if they don’t lay down weapons
From timesofisrael.com
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 25, 2025
I make the best case for why Washington should not sell F-35's to Erdogan's 🇹🇷 - a regime which openly embraces US designated terrorist entity, Hamas & consistently threatens regional US allies👇
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Dec 31, 2022
I wish many things for 2023, but for my country of origin, I wish for liberation from Erdogan, which history will only remember as the man who ruined Turkey for his personal gains
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Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 28, 2025
Feeling dissatisfied with the outcome of the Washington visit, 🇹🇷 officials threaten to go elsewhere if they don’t get what they want In my first for X, I say: Let them!
Sinan Ciddi
@SinanCiddi
Sep 28, 2025
Article
Turkey Threatens to go Elsewhere if the U.S. doesn't Deliver what it Wants: Let them!
🇹🇷 is finding it difficult to acquire the F-35, new engines for its domestically produced 4.5-5th (?) generation fighter jets-Kaan, even F-16's. Why? Why is Erdogan subject to hearing humiliating...
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