Turkey

  • May 20, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkey will still use coal for power despite risks

Given the EU's lack of leverage, it is unlikely to persuade Turkey to shift power generation from coal

Turkey
  • May 18, 2015
  • 2 min read

Pro-Kurdish party is destabilising Turkish politics

AKP is caught between campaigning vigorously against HDP and facing Kurdish anger if it fails to enter parliament

Turkey
  • May 7, 2015
  • 2 min read

Ankara will have qualms about reuniting Cyprus

Ankara will expect some return -- if only a show of gratitude -- for blood and treasure expended on Cyprus

Turkey
  • May 4, 2015
  • 6 min read

New Turkish Cypriot leader is chance for settlement

However, negotiations to achieve reunification will still be tough

Cyprus
  • Apr 27, 2015
  • 7 min read

Turkey's renewable energy use will not rise soon

Meeting stated renewables targets will be difficult even with major changes to energy policy and legislation

Turkey
  • Apr 23, 2015
  • 2 min read

Ankara will hold onto its version of 1915 atrocities

Yerevan holds the first move towards rapprochement is up to Ankara, hampered by its close ties with Baku

Armenia
  • Apr 22, 2015
  • 7 min read

Middle East Islamist movements fragment under pressure

With their post-Arab uprising successes now a distant memory, mainstream Islamists are moving towards radicalism

Middle East
  • Apr 21, 2015
  • 7 min read

Turkey's business uncertainty will last post-election

June's elections are unlikely to assuage investors' deeper concerns

Turkey