Turkey

Turkey fails to persuade Western ally that Syrian Kurd representative should be detained on terrorism charges

Industrial policy may aim increasingly to reduce import dependency and make the economy more stable and independent

Turkish warships around Cyprus and in the Aegean are fuelling concerns about a new cold war with Greece

Prague will follow its own precedent in refusing to extradite Syrian Kurd leader to Turkey where fair trial is unlikely

While relations will most likely remain tense, the Netherlands will be wary of risking further escalation

Improved relations with Turkey and Russia are some way off, partly due to domestic Dutch politics

Turkey has defused, at least temporarily, two of its main foreign policy challenges

Syria’s north-west is hotchpotch of manoeuvring government fighters, rebels, external powers and salafi-jihadist groups