Turkey
Much at stake in Turkey vote for divided Cyprus
Anais Llobet and Anouk Riondet (AFP)
26 May 2023
If it were up to voters in the Turkish-occupied north of the island of Cyprus, President Recep...
Is Greece Disappearing, or will she Revolt in the Elections?
By William Mallinson*
10 May 2023
Introduction
I can with confidence state that the Greece I knew when I settled here in 1994 seems to be in...
Turkey elections: Erdogan in a strong position ahead of presidential runoff
Sources close to the Turkish president are confident of a victory in two weeks, saying Ogan's vote will drift towards him and he has...
Turkey elections: Why Europe is desperate to see Erdogan lose
Erdogan has learned from bitter experience to play hard ball with European capitals
By David Hearst
May 11, 2023
The Economist has surpassed itself in its clearly...
Turkey elections live: Results flood in
May 14, 2023
Anka puts Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu neck and neck
Anka, an opposition-leaning news agency, is doing its own data. It paints quite a different...
US interfering in Turkey’s elections – Ankara
Washington’s coup attempt in 2016 failed, but it has now found a new way to try to oust the government, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu...
The house always wins: A take on Turkey’s elections
by Abdullah Bozkurt
May 14, 2023
No matter the results of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections, nefarious, anti-democratic and unaccountable factions entrenched in Turkish institutions and...
Arab countries call for withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria
May 2, 2023
Following the meeting in Amman, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria advocated a political solution to the...
In Kyiv, NATO Chief Says Ukraine’s ‘Rightful Place’ Is in the...
Jens Stoltenberg made his first visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded
Posted on April 20, 2023
Categories On Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made his first...
Inside Britain’s military dictatorship in the Mediterranean
The UK retains two chunks of Cyprus for military and spying purposes, which are under the control of a Kafkaesque regime. Declassified went to...