Turkey

  • Mar 18, 2021
  • 2 min read

Closing Kurdish party is election gamble for Erdogan

Fear of losing seats at the next general election may explain why Erdogan has given in to calls to close the HDP

Turkey
  • Mar 17, 2021
  • 7 min read

Turkey will export its internal crisis to the Balkans

Erdogan is strengthening his influence in the Balkans, where he is interfering in Bosniak politics

Turkey
  • Mar 12, 2021
  • 2 min read

Egypt and Turkey can create a workable relationship

The Turkish foreign minister said that Ankara had restarted diplomatic contacts with Cairo

Egypt
  • Mar 11, 2021
  • 2 min read

Erdogan keeps investors guessing on economic reform

Apparent reversal on credibility of TurkStat data raises fears that return to economic orthodoxy may be temporary

Turkey
  • Mar 9, 2021
  • 7 min read

Conservative line will delay Turks' gender progress

Ankara’s conservatism on gender equality and LGBT+ rights will add to injustices but may not stop longer-term progress

Turkey
  • Mar 4, 2021
  • 7 min read

Policy concerns will keep Turkish lira under strain

Global inflation fears will add to the challenges facing Turkish monetary policy

Turkey
  • Feb 16, 2021
  • 2 min read

Erdogan will divert dead hostages fury to US ally

Erdogan threatens break with United States unless it breaks with Kurds after 13 Turks are found dead in Iraqi cave

Turkey
  • Feb 8, 2021
  • 7 min read

Erdogan’s attempt to cow academia will meet resistance

Appointing an ill-qualified party loyalist to head an elite university is part of Erdogan’s campaign to transform Turkey

Turkey