The first Muslim prayer in 86 years was held on July 24 inside Hagia Sophia, recently reconverted to a mosque. For over a millennium, this grand monument has wielded enormous power.
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A proposed new law could increase state control over social media, amid an effort to curb criticism of the Erdoğan government.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
Frogs are harvested as food by the millions every year. A new study shows that uncontrolled frog hunting could drive some populations to extinction by midcentury.
New research with survivors of sexual violence who have been forced to migrate reveals difficulties of COVID-19 lockdowns.
To stem the spread of COVID-19, Turkey is releasing 90,000 prison inmates. Not on the list for release: tens of thousands of academics, journalists and others the regime sees as political threats.
The show of compassion is part of an attempt by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to revamp Turkey’s international status.
Turkey’s economy was already struggling before the coronavirus pandemic hit. It has few options to limit the impact of the crisis.
Five years ago, communities in Italy and Greece volunteered to help migrants and refugees. Now that solidarity has disappeared. Why?
How the humanitarian consequences of the Syrian crisis have spilled across the region.
Turkey is a NATO member but that doesn’t mean its NATO allies will come to its support in Syria.
As Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is marked around the globe, a historian examines the little-known players in the long-running fight in the US Congress to pass a bill acknowledging the Genocide.
The Aegean has long been a place of overlapping migration. Now it is facing a new crisis.
The war in Syria has reached a crisis point, with close to 400,000 deaths and more than 11 million people displaced.
The contested province of Idlib has become a focus of the conflict, which has become increasingly violent and dangerous.
As Syrian forces bombard the opposition enclave of Idlib, Turkey lacks an ongoing strategy.
Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Can the key external enablers of Libya’s conflict also be peacemakers?
NATO had its 70th birthday party in London at an awkward moment.
Why the EU and NATO have struggled to cooperate fully.
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Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Associate professor, London Metropolitan University
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Durham University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Finance, King's College London
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Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Researcher, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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Postdoctoral research associate, European University Institute
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor, New Media and Communication Department, Istanbul Bilgi University
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Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham