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Politically unstable and bordering the world’s most violent and volatile region, Turkey is at risk of descending into civil war.
Carl Schmitt rejected the Nazis, but his political philosophy paved the way for the likes of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Follow the money behind the likes of Transparency International and a picture starts to emerge.
If this cruel proposal is all EU leaders can produce in response to mass human suffering, perhaps it’s not a union worth saving.
Welcome to ‘Erdoğanistan’, where the government knows how to change a newspaper’s tune.
Academics and Kurdish areas have been targeted – but the backlash has begun.
With a deadly bombing in Istanbul and a furious roundup of dissident academics, the atmosphere in Turkey is as poisonous as ever.
Tensions at home and abroad make the latest attack by Islamic State particularly difficult to bear.
Firmly back in control after winning snap elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP government are reducing democratic process to a rubber stamp for their undemocratic project.
These two powers have lurched between friendship and war for centuries.
In the wake of Paris and the Russian jet incident, Europe is facing the mother of all challenges over security and refugees. Where does it go from here?
The downing of Russia’s plane by Turkish military forces over the skies of the Syrian-Turkish border has added yet another layer of complexity to the vortex of conflict in the Middle East. Most of the…
At an incredibly sensitive moment, the world’s leaders are gathering in an incredibly sensitive country.
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.
With a high-stakes election just weeks away, any number of suspects are in the frame.
Turkey’s already illiberal democracy shows all the signs of slipping towards dictatorship. A civil war between its livid political factions could be next.
After a terrible summer of violence and political deadlock, things only seem to be getting worse for Turkey. Why?



















