Turkey

  • Apr 15, 2015
  • 7 min read

Turkish-Azeri Tanap line will cut Russian gas prices

Tanap will realise the EU's long-held plan for a Southern gas corridor (SGC) for Caspian gas, competing with Russian gas

Turkey
  • Apr 13, 2015
  • 7 min read

AKP may lack the seats to change Turkish presidency

Other than claiming that a strengthened presidency will sharply raise GDP, AKP is offering voters almost nothing new

Turkey
  • Apr 7, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkish opening to Iran must balance better Saudi ties

Riyahd is a Sunni ally which has recently come closer but Tehran's return to world stage offers Ankara economic benefits

Turkey
  • Apr 6, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkey's economy could slow spectacularly in Q1

Turkey could find itself in classic middle income trap, while growth is now too slow to ease unemployment

Turkey
  • Apr 1, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turks' mounting disaffection will not stop AKP win

Enough Turks back the AKP to give it victory in June, but others are alienated from both government and justice system

Turkey
  • Mar 27, 2015
  • 2 min read

Turkey's slimmed-down security law will not reassure

Even after Gezi park deaths, security law will empower police against demonstrators

Turkey
  • Mar 25, 2015
  • 7 min read

Turkish detente will bolster Saudi regional policy

The Saudi leadership change has provided an opportunity to turn a new page in the kingdom's troubled ties with Ankara

Saudi Arabia
  • Mar 24, 2015
  • 2 min read

Polarised government and AKP will lose Turkish votes

The AKP will be damaged by serious internal divisions which Erdogan may not be able to resolve by the elections

Turkey