Turkey

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • 6 min read

Turkey's Erdogan has launch-pad for new term in office

Local elections took place yesterday in the highly polarised atmosphere, in which they were...

Turkey
  • Mar 25, 2014
  • 7 min read

Turkish women will gain little from local elections

Women played a prominent role in last summer's violently repressed protests against the...

Turkey
  • Mar 24, 2014
  • 2 min read

Erdogan's control of Turkey's social media may rebound

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed at an election campaign meeting in Istanbul...

Turkey
  • Mar 20, 2014
  • 6 min read

Crimea will expose Ankara's weakness

Turkey stands with the EU and NATO on the Crimea issue but is also keeping the door to diplomacy...

Turkey
  • Mar 19, 2014
  • 11 min read

Realpolitik may scupper Kurdish statehood dream

The concept of an independent Kurdish state has resurfaced in recent years as a result of shifts...

Middle East
  • Mar 18, 2014
  • 2 min read

Turkey's weakening economy will increase unemployment

The headline (non-seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate returned to double-digits in December,...

Turkey
  • Mar 14, 2014
  • 2 min read

Crimea crisis will bind Baku to Ankara

Azerbaijan's approach to the crisis must be cautious because of the Karabakh conflict, former...

Azerbaijan
  • Mar 13, 2014
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Turkey in the second quarter

The political crisis will continue beyond the municipal elections of March 30. The economy...

Turkey