Turkey

  • Nov 4, 2013
  • 2 min read

Turkish state overtures will not win over many Alevis

Tens of thousands of Alevi citizens staged a demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday opposing "denial...

Turkey
  • Nov 1, 2013
  • 12 min read

Syria's break-up will destabilise region for years

The political geography of the Levant is facing its greatest challenge since the national...

Middle East
  • Nov 1, 2013
  • 2 min read

Ankara seizes opportunity of new Iranian government

The increasingly sectarian nature of the Syrian civil war is a common concern, a Turkish diplomat...

Turkey
  • Oct 31, 2013
  • 2 min read

Obama can oversee deal on Iraqi Kurdish oil exports

The KRG announced today that it plans to complete a second new oil export pipeline to Turkey...

Iraq
  • Oct 31, 2013
  • 2 min read

Headscarf symbolises new social attitudes in Turkey

Four AKP deputies today became the first women to attend a parliamentary session in the headscarf.

Turkey
  • Oct 29, 2013
  • 7 min read

Most Turkish Alevis are likely to stay pro-secularist

Members of Turkey's unorthodox Alevi community played a significant role in the recent secularist...

Turkey
  • Oct 29, 2013
  • 2 min read

Turkish government opens tunnel on Republic Day

With its ceremonial opening today, the 13.6-kilometre (km) tunnel under the Bosphorus forms part...

Turkey
  • Oct 25, 2013
  • 7 min read

Extremists set to expand hold on Syrian insurgency

Radical jihadists clashed with Kurdish militants yesterday in a fight for control of territory...

Syria