Turkey

  • Jul 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

Assassination will spur Iraqi Kurds’ support to Turkey

Gunmen yesterday killed a Turkish consular official in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region

Iraq
  • Jul 15, 2019
  • 7 min read

‘Groupthink’ will damage Turkish foreign policy

Turkey's acquisition of S-400 systems from Russia is based on faulty assumptions among the president's advisers

Turkey
  • Jul 12, 2019
  • 2 min read

S-400 delivery will damage US-Turkish ties

Today’s first instalment of Russian S-400 missiles will not be the cost-less policy option an ill-advised Erdogan thinks

Turkey
  • Jul 11, 2019
  • 8 min read

Russia will show pragmatism in seeking Syria solution

Russia’s actions over the past four years have allowed it to take centre stage in managing the Syrian civil war

Russia
  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 2 min read

Rates will fall after Erdogan sacks Central Bank chief

The central bank's independence is in doubt after Erdogan sacks a governor who was “not on the same page”

Turkey
  • Jul 3, 2019
  • 7 min read

Turkish drilling off Cyprus risks destabilising region

Turkey’s state oil firm has sent two drillships to look for hydrocarbons inside the exclusive zone claimed by Cyprus

Turkey
  • Jul 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Lower Turkish inflation depends on stable lira

Hopes are rising of Central Bank rate cut from an eye-watering 24% but moderating inflation will depend on a stable lira

Turkey
  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 2 min read

World PMIs suggest the stock market rally may be short

Pessimistic industrial surveys in Europe and Asia temper the post-G20 summit optimism of the US-China ‘tentative truce’

International