Istanbul’s acting mayor: EU soft on Turkey because it needs Ankara
Europe’s security needs have dissuaded it from confronting Turkey on rule-of-law issues, Nuri Aslan claims.
X(Twitter) Secretly Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate
The X account of a Turkish opposition leader with 9.7M followers is restricted in Turkey. Although his new account is not restricted, many users say they don't see his posts on their homepages.
Europe must choose: Invest in fear or in the future
Ramping up military budgets in the face of flatlining social spending is a risky trade-off.
Swedish journalist faces 12 years in Turkish prison after ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
Joakim Medin “is a journalist who has done journalism,” his employer argues.
Erdoğan’s jailed rival says his lawyer has now been arrested
“The evil that a handful of incompetent people are inflicting on our country is growing,” says Ekrem İmamoğlu.
Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe’s new best friend on security
Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty quiet, it seems. Mass pr…
Turkey arrests AFP photographer as Erdoğan’s crackdown builds
Protests erupt across Turkey after Istanbul’s popular mayor is jailed.
Germany’s Scholz slams Turkey for arrest of Erdoğan’s main political rival
Ekrem İmamoğlu’s detention “is depressing for democracy in Turkey, but it is certainly also depressing for relations between Europe and Turkey,” says German chancellor.
Turkey’s grapes: A paradise lost
OPTICS Turkey’s grapes: A paradise lost Turkish wine has a wealth of untapped potential, but it is increasingly under threat from climate change, agricultural practices and the government. Te…
Erdoğan’s risky play in Syria
Aleppo’s fall has much to do with the Turkish leader’s geopolitical maneuverings — partocularly his irritation with Assad for spurning a long-standing offer of reconciliation.
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