Turkey

When I read in yesterday morning's news that the Justice and Development Party in Turkey won the local elections, I said it was a different morning; not because it...

In the past week, the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center published a report titled, "Turkey's Local Election: Actors, Factors, and Implications" signed by Alan Makosky, Eric Edelman and Morton Abramowitz,...

The recent crisis in Turkish democracy, caused by the attempted bureaucratic coup by followers of the Gülen Movement against the civilian government, has led to a plethora of Western...

Despite the obvious differences between Turkey and Iran in terms of their political systems and foreign policies, the relations between the two countries appear to be governed by geographical...

Who benefits from corruption in Turkey? This is a critical question that must be answered in order for us to know the truth about what led us to this...

International relations based on a country's political interests serve as the underlying reason for the volatile nature of foreign policy. When considering regional and global developments, a country can...

One recent tweet summed up the feelings of many of its own citizens about Turkey: "It would have been a very enjoyable country if only we weren't its citizens."...

Turkey is going through another tumultuous period six months after the Gezi Parki protests that shook the country. The de facto dispute between the Gulen Movement (GM) and the...

In recent months Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been at the centre of controversy and the subject of passionate debate....

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced that Turkey and Israel are very close to resuming normal ties, Turkish and Israeli media reported on Sunday. According to the Turkish...

Tunisia's Ennahda Party Leader Rashid Ghannouchi met with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday. Following their meeting Ghannouchi told the Anadolu news agency the two leaders discussed...

Turkey and Israel are close to reaching a deal for compensation on the killing, in 2010, of Turks on-board of Mavi Marmara by Israeli commandoes, when the ship was...

Turkey will sign a technical cooperation agreement with Jordan on Monday, the first such agreement between the two countries. Talks will also start on Monday to discuss means of...

Qatar's Al-Jazeera Media Network has confirmed that it has launched a new channel specialising in Turkish affairs. Called Al-Jazeera Turkey, it will follow the successful model of the station's...

Turkey's foreign minister has said that it is now "inevitable" that Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad will face trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes. Ahmet Davutoglu pointed...