Turkey

  • Jan 30, 2019
  • 2 min read

Cheaper oil is a welcome boost to Turkish activity

Confidence fell to a four-month low in January, but cheaper oil drove the Central Bank to reduce its inflation forecast

Turkey
  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 2 min read

Turkey will invade Syria with no international support

Turkish leaders promise to invade northern Syria soon, targeting ‘terrorists’ and allowing Syrian refugees to return

Turkey
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • 7 min read

Ankara hopes its Syrian invasion may now go ahead

An Idlib deal could be the price for Turkey’s planned invasion of Kurdish-controlled Syria

Turkey
  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Erdogan and Trump agree Syria deal at Kurds’ expense

After Trump’s “devastation” threat, Erdogan revives security zone for north-eastern Syria

Turkey
  • Jan 11, 2019
  • 2 min read

A rebel deal jeopardises northern Syria buffer zone

Turkish-backed rebels have signed an agreement with a salafi-jihadist faction to end days of fighting around Idlib

Syria
  • Jan 9, 2019
  • 2 min read

Syria suicide attack will bolster critics of US policy

Islamic State (IS) has claimed its largest attack on US-backed, Kurdish-led forces in Raqqa in over a year

Syria
  • Jan 8, 2019
  • 2 min read

US presence in Syria is Kurds’ guarantee against Turks

Bolton’s visit has not won any public concessions from Turkey on the Syrian Kurds, but he has secured them a reprieve

Turkey
  • Jan 4, 2019
  • 2 min read

Turkey’s economy needs reforms not short-term fixes

The lira is still volatile, tossed this way and that by events; a rate cut may be coming but would be premature

Turkey