Turkey

  • Sep 20, 2016
  • 2 min read

Recent rise in Turkish unemployment is a warning

Instability at home and abroad, the global economy, private sector debt, the banks and the housing market are concerns

Turkey
  • Sep 16, 2016
  • 2 min read

Hardliners block peace in Turkish-Kurdish conflict

PKK militants still see armed conflict as their best option

Turkey
  • Sep 15, 2016
  • 2 min read

Russian-Turkish TurkStream will need gas discount deal

Preparatory steps are taken to restart the TurkStream gas pipeline project

Turkey
  • Sep 14, 2016
  • 2 min read

Turkey will ignore Kurdish ceasefire offer

It is too soon for AKP to resume talking to the Kurdish guerrillas, after announcing an offensive and with Van unavenged

Turkey
  • Sep 12, 2016
  • 2 min read

Turkish removal of Kurdish mayors will solve nothing

Today's Van bomb targeting the AKP office could be the PKK response to suspending Kurdish mayors; no claim has been made

Turkey
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • 7 min read

Turkey involvement will deepen Syria conflict

Turkey's involvement in the Syrian civil war has come at the expense of the Kurds

Syria
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • 2 min read

Second quarter GDP suggests Turkey is slowing rapidly

Poor government policy-making will be a drag on the economy.

Turkey
  • Sep 7, 2016
  • 7 min read

Anonymity will protect Turks' social media use

Oppression and bullying are leading Turks to self-censorship in social media

Turkey