Turkey

Intensifying conflict with the Kurdish armed movement in Iraq and Syria will likely improve his chances of reelection.

It has been the world’s bloodiest body of water since the Cold War—and not just because of Ukraine.

Turkey’s president is seizing on Europe’s crisis to establish his own country’s independent power.

With its economy in a tailspin, Turkey is repairing ties with former enemies in the region.

Ankara faces growing pressure to pick sides between Kyiv and Moscow.

Ankara’s hands are tied by the 1936 Montreux Convention.

The ground in the Middle East is shifting yet again.

The Nagorno-Karabakh war’s aftermath is still impacting Moscow’s plans.

Conflict could topple Ankara’s delicate balancing act between NATO and Russia.

A dismal economy, climate disasters, and political headaches are likely to persist in 2022 as well.

Surrounded by rivals amid a collapsing economy, the Turkish president is facing the longest odds of his life.

A broad, ideologically diverse coalition has the plans and people to turn things around.

Growing military cooperation offers Washington a hedge against Ankara and Moscow.

Turkey’s minister of defense is a staunch nationalist—but that doesn’t mean he’s anti-Western.

Evidence is growing that Turkey’s president is ailing—and that could be bad news for the country’s politics.