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Turkish President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a sign showing the evolution of lands of Israel and Palestine on maps at his party's group meeting in the Turkish National Assembly in Ankara on October 11, 2023. AFP

Israel's Gaza offensive could derail improved ties with Turkey

Erdoğan must carefully weigh his supporters' deep emotions toward the Palestinian cause with the realpolitik benefits of improved relations with Israel.

Omer Onhon 14 October 2023
From Mahmud II to its current victorious ruler, the country’s politicians have attempted to strike the perfect balance between secular forces and its traditional heritage Nesma Moharam

Erdoğan’s recipe for success is rooted in a history laced with contradictions

Throughout Turkey's history, politicians have attempted to strike the perfect balance between secular forces and its traditional heritage

Houssam Itani 14 July 2023
Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it Rob Carter

A look at Turkey's geopolitics through the lens of the war in Ukraine

Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it.

Mitat Çelikpala 08 July 2023
A Turkish protester holds pans as she takes part in a protest against the cost of energy and economic crises at Kadikoy in Istanbul, on February 13, 2022. AFP/Al Majalla

Can Erdoğan turn Turkey's ailing economy around?

Although the Turkish economy is in dire straits, the region's industrial giant has always bounced back from adversity

Güven Sak 06 July 2023
Al Majalla takes a comprehensive look at Erdoğan's domestic and foreign policy agenda and challenges following his election victory. Which policies continue and which have changed? Andy Potts

Erdoğan's pragmatism of continuity

Al Majalla takes a comprehensive look at Erdoğan's domestic and foreign policy agenda and challenges following his election victory. Which policies continue and which have changed?

Omer Onhon 04 July 2023
Suggestions that Erdoğan’s long rule has reinvigorated the idea of reviving the Ottoman Empire are misplaced, as is speculation over calls for a broader Muslim state. Nesma Moharam

Turkey’s influential ‘Erdoğanism’ is not about empire building

Suggestions that Erdoğan's long rule has reinvigorated the idea of reviving the Ottoman Empire are misplaced, as is speculation over calls for a broader Muslim state.

Asaad Ghanem 01 July 2023
Supporters wave flags and chant slogans while waiting for the arrival of CHP Party presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu during a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Tekirdag, Turkey. Getty Images

A landmark political moment for Turkey’s Alevis breaks a big taboo

A much-watched video from the opposition candidate for Turkey's presidency highlighted the challenges faced by the Alevi minority, as well as their growing political potential, in a close-fought race

Rustum Mahmud 18 May 2023

Continuing support for Erdogan ‘shocks’ West but few in Turkey

The default assumption voiced repeatedly by both Western diplomats and Western journalists in recent months had been that Turks and the West both "want him [Erdogan] out"

Shelly Kittleson 17 May 2023
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Izmir, Turkey April 29, 2023. REUTERS

Cengiz Çandar: Ending the Erdoğan era essential for Turkish democracy

These could be the last elections in the country if its president wins again, according to the influential advisor, pundit and journalist. Democracy itself and the Kurdish issue are the main factors.

Rustum Mahmud 11 May 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist AKP party are facing its most serious challenge after two decades in power. Getty

Is Turkey's political Islam experiment coming to an end?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist AKP party are facing its most serious challenge after two decades in power  

Rustum Mahmud 24 April 2023
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Libyan National Army Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar, and Trump advisor Massad Boulos in Washington on 29 June, 2026. @US_SrAdvisorAF/X
Politics

US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
Dave Murray
Science & Technology

More than a game: a look inside the mind of a football fan

30 June 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?

Alaa Emara
A fighter loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds up a weapon backdropped by the minaret of a mosque, during a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state on 27 May 2024. AFP
Politics

The quiet push to finally end Sudan's civil war

29 June 2026

External actors and some domestic parties are believed to be working behind the scenes towards a settlement. Why now?

Shawgi Abdelazim
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in the centre of the hall during the China-Africa forum at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, on 5 September 2024.
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Business & Economy

China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

01 July 2026

Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent

Rabia Abdul Salam
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker

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