This time last year, I thought that Turkey’s prospects for 2016 had looked very bleak indeed, “with a war raging next door, and an increasingly bitter conflict inside its own borders”. 12 months of . . .
Archives for December 2016
Should we worry about Turkey’s U-turn in Syria?
More than 300 thousand dead, millions displaced, over 4 million people forced to take refuge abroad and centuries-old heritage in ruins, the brutal civil war has been devastating for the . . .
How sustainable is Turkey’s Syria policy?
The Syrian regime's takeover of Aleppo has changed the dynamics in in the Middle East. The Assad regime’s military victory brought further suffering to tens of thousands of Syrian civilians and . . .
Turkey moves another step towards one-man rule
Now that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and its keen new ally The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have submitted their bill to parliament to amend the country’s constitution, Turkey . . .
Turkey’s politics beginning to harm its economy
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) policies are becoming a perfect example of how not to govern a country and manage a risky emerging economy. Ever since the aftermath of the . . .