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Do Seagulls Migrate?
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As the Syrian civil war marks a decade of destruction and displacement, millions of refugees are forced to endure harrowing journeys and create new lives from scratch. Do Seagulls Migrate?, the Atlantic Council’s first ever documentary, chronicles the lives of four Syrian women who fled their war-torn homes to seek survival, prosperity, and a new life in Turkey. Do Seagulls Migrate? reveals the refugee experience first-hand as Reem, Khloud, Inam, and Reem M. share their emotional journeys, forge new experiences, care for their families, and build new careers.

Do Seagulls Migrate? has been selected for screening at four film festivals: Prague International Film Festival 2021, 10th Antakya International Film Festival, Germany International Film Festival 2023, Nice International Film Festival 2023, and the 7th Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival.

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Mar 26, 2026

What Iran’s attacks on Turkey reveal about NATO’s future

By Ali Mammadov

Turkey’s recent missile incidents reveal something important about NATO’s future and what the Alliance will need to do to maintain its credibility.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 26, 2026

Pınar Dost comments on Turkey’s tightening position in Responsible Statecraft, as tensions in Iran escalate

Conflict Iran

In the News

Mar 25, 2026

Matthew Bryza joins Pakistan TV’s Beyond Borders to discuss Pakistan’s bid to be a mediator in the U.S.-Iran talks

Iran Pakistan

In the News

Mar 20, 2026

Pınar Dost comments on Ankara’s reaction to the Iran war in Italy’s ANSA

Iran Middle East

In the News

Mar 19, 2026

Matthew Bryza joins TRT World, discussing U.S. strategy around the Strait of Hormuz closure and Iran’s targeting of energy infrastructure in the Gulf

Iran Middle East

In the News

Mar 19, 2026

Matthew Bryza joins Strait Talk on TRT World to discuss escalating tensions in critical Gulf energy infrastructure

Conflict Geopolitics & Energy Security

TURKEYSource

Mar 18, 2026

The unspoken yet growing synergy in Turkey–Spain relations

By Riccardo Gasco & Samuele C. Abrami

Spanish-Turkish defense cooperation could help normalize Turkey as a security actor within the Euro-Atlantic perimeter.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

TURKEYSource

Mar 12, 2026

Turkey has weathered regional instability before. But the war in Iran poses greater risks to Ankara than past conflicts.

By Grady Wilson

Turkey is seeking to limit fallout from the US and Israeli war against Iran but threats to national security increasingly threaten its position.

Conflict Iran

In the News

Mar 12, 2026

Eser Özdil joins TRT World, discussing energy supply constraints amid the Iran war as the Strait of Hormuz remains in chokehold

Conflict Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

Mar 11, 2026

Rich Outzen is quoted in Die Zeit, on Iranian missiles fired into Türkiye

Conflict Iran