The war against Iran has exposed Africa’s dependence on external transit hubs for international and even intra-African connectivity.
Articles on Istanbul
Displaying all articles
Neither side is willing to move away from their original maximalist positions.
One of Turkey’s main opposition figures has been arrested on charges widely seen as politically motivated.
Long-serving, autocratic-leaning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to extend his tenure beyond constitutionally set term limit.
President Tayyip Erdogan and his party suffered their biggest electoral blow in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force.
Research finds that Ramadan can bolster the success of religious organisations and even influence the results of elections.
The crisis in NHS dentistry is driving increasing numbers abroad for treatment. Here are some of their stories.
Whoever wins, the road ahead does not look pretty.
Around 43% of university graduates in Turkey believe a conspiracy theory that secret clauses are about to be revealed from a 100-year-old treaty.
If talks succeed in ending the violence, it would cement Turkey’s role as a key regional power broker.
Converting Istanbul’s Byzantine churches implies a hierarchy prioritising the city’s Islamic past over all other periods.
Turkey’s authoritarian leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was handed a big defeat recently when his party’s candidate lost a crucial election contest. Is this the beginning of Erdogan’s demise?
The disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is worsening relations between US allies Turkey and Saudi Arabia. An expert on the region believes there may be a way out.
Does the Turkish government have ulterior motives in its attempt to make Istanbul a global financial centre?
Unexpected calls to prayer from mosques in Turkey caught many off guard on the night of the attempted coup. An ethnomusicologist explains the political and social power of sound.
Open public spaces are good for mind and body – we shouldn’t have to pay to use them.
Unrest has spread to Istanbul where the US consulate has been attacked.
Top contributors
-
Research Associate in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs, Loughborough University
-
Associate Professor and Director of Planning and Real Estate, Heriot-Watt University
-
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Washington University in St. Louis
-
Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences, Lancaster University
-
Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
-
Associate Professor in Social Science, UCL
-
Research Affiliate, Centre of Migration, Policy, and Society, University of Oxford; Independent Social Research Foundation
-
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
-
PhD candidate, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Catholic University of Milan
-
Research Associate in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
-
PhD Candidate, Università di Bologna
-
Professor of Finance, King's College London
-
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex
-
Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
-
Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University