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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi at the end of their joint press conference in Ankara on January 24, 2024. ADEM ALTAN / AFP

Turkey and Iran: A close yet competitive relationship

Turkey's search efforts after a helicopter crash killed Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi last week shed light on cooperative yet sensitive relations

Omer Onhon 25 May 2024
Erdoğan's efforts to tame rampant inflation have only scratched the surface of its economic problems, which require deeper and more sustainable reform. So far, that appears unattainable. Ewan White

Does Erdoğan have a magic fix for Turkey's economic slump?

The president's efforts to tame rampant inflation have only scratched the surface of its economic problems, which require deeper and more sustainable reform. So far, that appears unattainable.

Sharif Mohammad 13 May 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Turkish writer Defne Suman on her connection to Istanbul past

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Istanbul-born author of 'The Circle' reveals how and where she writes, what has inspired her to capture tales of memory and minorities and what she is doing next

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 11 May 2024
US President Joe Biden (R) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold bilateral talks at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

'Postponement' of Biden-Erdoğan meeting raises eyebrows

As NATO allies, US-Turkey relations should be good, but after Turkey asked to join South Africa's genocide case in the ICJ against Israel, scheduling is suddenly tight.

Omer Onhon 03 May 2024
Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmez, whose next book will be in Kurdish. Getty Images

Burhan Sönmez: Imagination is shaped by our upbringing

The award-winning Turkish novelist tells Al Majalla about the importance of literary expression and why he chose to write his next book in his mother tongue of Kurdish

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 11 April 2024
Supporters attend the official mandate renewal ceremony of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul on April 3, 2024. He beat the ruling AK Party candidate for a second time. AFP

Erdoğan conducts post-mortem as local elections shake Turkey

The ruling party is not used to coming second at the ballots, so there were emotive words from the president as he sought to understand what went wrong. Meanwhile, the victorious CHP gets on with it.

Omer Onhon 04 April 2024
Opposition CHP supporters celebrate as it emerges that the Party has defeated the ruling AK Party in local elections across the country. AFP

Erdoğan’s AKP Party limps out of local elections in second

Voters in Turkey's cities and provinces delivered their verdict on the current government by handing the opposition a seismic victory. The country's president now has four years to fix its problems.

Omer Onhon 01 April 2024
Somalia is a shining example of how two countries can help each other out. It lacks institutions and needs support to build infrastructure in all fields, and Turkey is happy to help. shutterstock

Turkey's win-win approach is paying off in the Horn of Africa

Somalia is a shining example of how two countries can help each other out. It lacks institutions and needs support to build infrastructure in all fields, and Turkey is happy to help.

Omer Onhon 25 March 2024
Jalaluddin Rumi Museum, a Sufi philosopher and Islamic Sufi poet. Shutterstock

From the divan to the digital: A look at Turkey’s rich tradition of poetry

Political, intellectual and social trends have influenced the country's popular literary rhythms from its earliest and deepest roots. This is their story.

Mehmet Hakki Sucin 12 March 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the State Department headquarters in Washington, March 8, 2024. AFP

Warming US-Turkey relations bring new hope to Syria

Secretary of State Blinken will host Foreign Minister Fidan on 7 March in Washington with the Gaza war at the top of the agenda, but the talks will resonate in Damascus

Omer Onhon 06 March 2024
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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 May 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
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US-Saudi ties are the cornerstone of Trump’s Mideast policy

14 November 2025

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House to meet with US President Donald Trump on 18 November, there will be no shortage of issues for the two leaders to discuss

Brian Katulis
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 10 November 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. SANA / AFP
Politics

Syria-US rapprochement sees cooperation surge

13 November 2025

Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

Charles Lister
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Israel's Olive War aims to uproot more than just trees

09 November 2025

The olive tree is no longer just a source of sustenance for West Bank Palestinians, but a silent witness to their profound struggle between permanence and erasure

Mohammed Najib

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