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Turks vote in high-stakes election
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Turks vote in high-stakes election

Today is the first round of the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections. Thirty-six parties have formed alliances, but the main competition…

Al Majalla - London 14 May , 2023

Turkey election 2023: High turnout in tight race

May, 2023
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EPA

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan meet supporters outside a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, 14 May 2023.

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REUTERS

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey May 14, 2023.

REUTERS
REUTERS

A person holds the ballot at a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey May 14, 2023.

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AP

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old leader of the center-left, pro-secular Republican People's Party, or CHP, and presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, and his wife Selvi Kilicdaroglu,vote at a polling station

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AP

A woman with a baby votes at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023.

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AP

A man votes at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023

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AFP

Voters cast their ballots for presidential and parliamentary elections at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey on May 14, 2023.

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AFP

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan stand at a polling station to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, on May 14, 2023.

There are myths, misunderstandings and failings in the story of the fate of Palestine from 1948. Pushing an outdated narrative does more harm than good. Barbara Gibson
Politics

75 years later, unpacking the Palestinian Nakba still difficult

The catastrophe suffered by the Palestinian people when they lost their homeland to Israel — known throughout the Arab world as the Nakba — is a…

Majed Kayali 14 May , 2023
Amid all the fuss about the advent of chatbots like Bard, it's strange to be reminded of the Bard — whose works turn 400 years old this year. Albane Simon
Culture & Social Affairs

Could the original Bard become the idol of a doomed profession?

When Dr Johnson said the thought of imminent death ‘concentrates the mind wonderfully’ he was addressing the issue of public executions. Lately, we…

Bryn Haworth 14 May , 2023
The incumbent party of Erdoğan, the AKP, seems to have lost momentum, but it is still premature to make any definitive predictions at this stage. Ewan-White
Politics

Turks vote in crucial and symbolic election

Turkish citizens are heading to the polls today to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections, which is probably the single most important…

Omer Onhon 14 May , 2023
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City, on May 10, 2023. AFP
Politics

Why Gaza’s missile wars have their limits

The renewed round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is part of an ongoing cycle of ‘wars between wars’, as previous confrontations…

Majed Kayali 13 May , 2023
Opinion

Gaza’s wartime exercises for a war that won’t happen

The latest round of violence in Gaza and the West Bank shows how, for Palestinians, violence has become a fact-of-life.At the time of writing, 33…

Houssam Itani 13 May , 2023
This handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency shows Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (C-R) walking alongside Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang (C-L) in Beijing on April 6, 2023. AFP
Politics

Managing US competition with China in the Middle East

US retrenchment in the Middle East was inevitable given America’s new global priorities, which centre on the Indo-Pacific and Europe. But this…

Bilal Y. Saab and Melissa Horvath 13 May , 2023
A Palestinian artist paints a mural at the Yarmuk refugee camp in the southern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on November 2, 2022. AFP
Politics

How Palestinian refugee camps became a gathering place for dreamers

Wars inevitably result in refugee problems. Conflict brings death, destruction, and a fundamental need for people to escape and save their own lives…

Sameer Al-zapen 13 May , 2023
Will Egypt’s credit ratings downgrade lead to liberalisation of the pound’s exchange rate? Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Will Egypt’s credit ratings downgrade lead to liberalisation of the pound’s exchange rate?

Egypt continues to face a severe shortage in foreign currencies as dollar liquidity is limited to circulation outside the scope of government banks…

Marcelle Nasr 13 May , 2023
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
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Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
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Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
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While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

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