Turkey

  • Oct 2, 2015
  • 2 min read

Iran-Russia action will spur Gulf escalation in Syria

Tehran and Moscow's latest moves have alarmed regional states backing the Syrian rebel campaign to unseat Assad

Syria
  • Sep 30, 2015
  • 7 min read

Weak lira will reflect Turkish election fears

Markets will be more anxious about political and policy risk in Turkey than other risks elsewhere in Emerging Europe

Europe
  • Sep 25, 2015
  • 7 min read

Fed's rate caution unsettles global markets

Uncertainty about timing and pace of US rates rises weighs on central bank policy in developed and emerging markets

International
  • Sep 22, 2015
  • 7 min read

Syria aid boost will not stem refugee flows to Europe

Europe's migrant problems have focussed international attention on the aid response to Syria's refugee crisis

Syria
  • Sep 21, 2015
  • 7 min read

Uighurs will spoil Turkey's China ties

Ankara's turn to the East is at least partly to compensate for increasing tensions with its traditional Western allies

China
  • Sep 11, 2015
  • 2 min read

HDP hopes for peaceful 'third way' in Turkey's Cizre

Moderates urge restoring peace to south-eastern town caught between PKK militants and Turkish security forces

Turkey
  • Sep 9, 2015
  • 7 min read

Guerrillas could prompt Turkish state of emergency

Turkey's war with the PKK has taken a sharp turn for the worse

Turkey
  • Sep 7, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkish election may be called off amid PKK surge

It will be hard to conduct elections properly as all-out war develops in south-east against PKK

Turkey