Turkey

The new Ottomans

The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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The king and the boss

Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa

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The secrets of familial suffering

Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act

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Don’t forget Armenia

Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again

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The strongman we know

The alternative to Erdogan could be worse

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Why is the United States making concessions to Turkey?

The US should re-evaluate its interests in Europe

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Apocalypse soon?

Civilisations always rise and fall — ours is no exception

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The godfathers of Greek independence

From its very inception as a nation state, Greece learned that it needed allies with shared interests and values to successfully fight the Turks

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2020: Refugees continue to suffer

Turkey blackmails Europe, Greece adopts a policy of deterrence, and the EU remains divided

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Borderland: Europe’s Eastern faultline

Rising tensions over gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean are fuelled by Erdogan’s dream of expanding Turkey’s borders

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