Turkey

  • Oct 30, 2014
  • 7 min read

Turkish Central Bank credibility will remain in doubt

If Turkey continues to enjoy improved investor sentiment and falling inflation, cautious interest rate cuts are likely

Turkey
  • Oct 27, 2014
  • 2 min read

Kurds may push back at Ankara hard line

Ankara's insistence that it is dealing with the Kurdish "people" rather than the PKK guerrillas is unconvincing

Turkey
  • Oct 24, 2014
  • 2 min read

US financial sanctions may spur Turkish action on IS

Diplomatic pressure may not move Turkey to act against Islamic State, but financial sanctions may be an effective tool

Turkey
  • Oct 22, 2014
  • 7 min read

Syrian war will raise Turkish internal security risks

Ankara's policy on Syria and its Kurdish minority may lead to serious internal conflicts

Turkey
  • Oct 22, 2014
  • 2 min read

Deepening divisions increase civil war risk in Libya

Foreign interference is pushing Libya closer to the brink

Libya
  • Oct 21, 2014
  • 2 min read

Turkey's Kobani shift will please Obama and PKK

Ankara's partial concession on reinforcing and resupplying Kobani will ease tensions with Washington and Turkey's Kurds

Turkey
  • Oct 20, 2014
  • 2 min read

New cabinet will aid Iraqi fight against jihadists

The line-up reflects significant concessions to Kurds and Sunnis by the Shia-dominated government

Iraq
  • Oct 14, 2014
  • 7 min read

Turkey's Kurdish peace process seems close to collapse

Ankara is bracing itself for an upsurge in Kurdish unrest

Turkey