What looks from the outside like a domestic currency crash is in fact something far more dangerous.
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President Erdoğan is accusing the West of striving to destabilise Turkey.
In the 70s, Whitlam tried to build new, big cities. But this was too costly. Now the most viable solution for Australia’s population woes is to make existing cities bigger.
Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today’s tech-based economies?
Turkey’s close relationship with the US dates back to the Cold War. But after the June election there put nationalists into a position of power in the government, that alliance could turn rocky.
The Turkish election highlights the growing strength of Turkish opposition despite the defeat and approves of a president who could be weaker than he would like to appear.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has headed off a political humiliation, but making good on his extravagant promises won’t be easy.
Turkey’s snap election is on Sunday. One fact is clear: The candidates and electorate are both nationalist and pious. That’s in contrast to the strict secularism of 20th century politics.
A snap poll intended to boost the Turkish president’s power has stirred up online opposition to his increasing authoritarianism.
Many thousands of Germans got through internment by performing farces, dressing up as women and clapping along to the can-can.
The Turkish lira has dropped more than 15% this year against the US dollar.
Turkey’s June 24 elections are the first in 16 years that could be politically meaningful. Opposition parties seem revitalised and could launch anti-Erdoğan coalition into the second round.
At Gallipoli this Anzac Day, thousands of Turkish youth will re-enact a march that stopped the Anzac advance in 1915. The march has taken on new significance in Turkey since an attempted coup in 2016.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeks nothing short of leading the Muslim world, building on Turkey’s imperial Ottoman past.
The Syrian conflict is a war of many sides. Here’s a rundown of the key players.
In March 2016, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Greece. What has happened since?
Even if Syria’s armed conflict is somehow resolved, new proxy conflicts between regional actors are emerging on the country’s soil.
Refugees hold religious prejudices against each other too – separating them by religion is not the answer.
The prospect of gas wealth has been escalating old rivalries and disputes between Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Greece.
New, extreme levels of censorship in Turkey could lead to waves of digital activism by tech-savvy generations.
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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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