Turkey is recovering from a failed coup, not a war, but it could learn from the practice of post-conflict reconstruction.
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The protests that helped end the attempted coup turned into an affirmation of Turkish democracy. Can it help resolve the Kurdish crisis?
The latest atrocity will accelerate President Erdogan assumption of executive powers in Turkey..
Politically unstable and bordering the world’s most violent and volatile region, Turkey is at risk of descending into civil war.
Nearly three decades after the horrific gas attack by Saddam Hussein, Kurds are waiting for the world to recognise a genocide.
A second bomb in the Turkish capital in three weeks raises the question of who are the main players in the violent struggle.
Every time Iran has an election, its minority groups are suddenly the centre of attention – and then they’re quickly forgotten again.
Academics and Kurdish areas have been targeted – but the backlash has begun.
After being humiliated at a summer election, Turkey’s ruling party set about winning over the population with fear. It seems to have worked.
Only radical change can prevent civil war in a country fractured by the actions of its own government.
Beleaguered president may about to receive an unequivical message from voters.
During the unrest of the 1990s, mysterious networks were said to have assassinated Kurdish fighters. Some believe they are still in operation.
Turkey’s already illiberal democracy shows all the signs of slipping towards dictatorship. A civil war between its livid political factions could be next.
Things are going from bad to worse in Turkey. Why – and where will it end?
Turkey’s political factions, hardly friends at the best of times, are more divided and mutually suspicious than ever.
What prompted Turkey’s punishing campaign against both Islamic State and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria? The explanation for this sharp reversal of policy may lie in calculations for fresh elections.
Whatever the pretext, Turkey’s latest push against the Kurds will do nobody any favours.
A suicide bombing in Turkey last week has pulled Ankara closer to the US in the fight against ISIS. It has also raised concerns about Kurds who are also being targeted by Turkish bombing raids.
After months of pressure, the coalition against IS has a new team member. But what are its real motives?
The rise of the pro-Kurdish HDP has brought fresh hope to those seeking a peaceful resolution to a decades-long dispute.
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