Thursday’s simultaneous offensives by ISIS near the border crossing between Kobane and Turkey, in the northern city of Hassakeh and in city of Deraa in southern Syria have shown, once again, that ISIS . . .
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Which side is Turkey on?
In Britain, Turkey has been making the headlines a lot lately. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s recent travel advice warning Britons of the heightened security risk in Turkey has led to . . .
The rising star of Turkey is the HDP. The AKP is down, but not yet out
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has dominated the country’s politics since 2002, has fallen short of a majority on Sunday’s election. With a hung parliament, Turkey is facing the . . .
Turkey’s election- why does it matter?
I have just returned to my hometown, London, after a two-week long visit to my homeland, Turkey. Ahead of the vote on 7th June, I have observed the election landscape in four different provinces . . .