Turkey

  • Dec 15, 2015
  • 2 min read

Iraq-Turkey troops row set to escalate

Ankara's deployment of troops to northern Iraq has touched a nerve in Baghdad

Iraq
  • Dec 14, 2015
  • 2 min read

Smetlivy incident may be another Russian-Turkish show

Ankara is playing down tensions with Moscow, but without backing down on the Russian Su-24 border incident

Turkey
  • Dec 10, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkey's third-quarter growth rate may not last

Third-quarter data are better than expected but a return to the rapid growth rates of the 2000s seems unlikely

Turkey
  • Dec 4, 2015
  • 7 min read

Geopolitics put Russia-Turkey economic ties at risk

Russia-Turkey ties are in turmoil and Moscow has imposed sanctions against Ankara with vital gas ties now at risk

Russia
  • Dec 3, 2015
  • 9 min read

International ground force unlikely in Syria

The debate over an international ground force to fight Islamic State has gained urgency in the wake of the Paris attacks

Syria
  • Dec 2, 2015
  • 7 min read

Turkish-Russian political tensions will be sustained

Putin's personal falling-out with Erdogan will make it hard to repair relations at official level

Turkey
  • Dec 1, 2015
  • 2 min read

Putin's claim of Turkey-ISG oil trade is unlikely

Erdogan would not have publicly pledged to resign if Putin's allegations of oil trading with ISG could be substantiated

Turkey
  • Nov 30, 2015
  • 7 min read

Economic reform will falter with new Turkish cabinet

AKP will pursue its blend of populism, liberalism, intervention and reform

Turkey