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Amid an emotional response to the ongoing conflict, Turks rally behind Palestine while hoping for mediation and regional unity. Michelle Thompson

Gaza hospital massacre galvanises Turkish support for Palestinians

Amid an emotional response to the ongoing conflict, Turks rally behind Palestine while calling for mediation and regional unity.

Shelly Kittleson 21, Oct 2023
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, Oct 2023
Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP

Lifting the veil on US-Turkey escalation in Syria

As tensions boil over after a YPG-linked terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey ramps up attacks on the PKK. The US has stood by its YPG allies, coming close to direct confrontation with its NATO ally.

Omer Onhon 06, Oct 2023
A man walks close to a fire raging at a facility in al-Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on October 5, 2023. AFP

Turkey warns neighbours and NATO partner after Ankara attack

Increased cross-border operations have followed an attack claimed by the PKK in Ankara as frustration grows over the seeming unwillingness of allies to admit links and act accordingly

Shelly Kittleson 05, Oct 2023
The world's inability to solve the island's complex problems means there are two names for its main metropolis. On the Turkish side, Lefkoşa blends heritage with modern development. Shutterstock

A tale of one city and two capitals shows Cyprus’s division alongside Lefkoşa’s progress

The world's inability to solve the island's complex problems means there are two names for its main metropolis. On the Turkish side, Lefkoşa blends heritage with modern development.

Omer Onhon 02, Oct 2023

Humanitarian concerns mount as tide turns in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

After almost three decades, Azerbaijan has restored its sovereignty over Karabakh. More than half of 120,000 or so Armenians have already left and many more are expected to follow.

Omer Onhon 29, Sep 2023
Beautiful aerial view over old town of Nicosia, Northern Cyprus and Selimiye Mosque in Cyprus. shutterstock

A Turkish ‘ghost state’ haunts the world’s disparate response to a divided Cyprus

A stubborn lack of international recognition for the Turkish Republic in the island's north has held it back for decades. This is its story – and it shows that it is high time for change.

Omer Onhon 27, Sep 2023
Diana Estefana Rubio

Natural disasters in first half of 2023 rack up $194b price tag

Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria earlier this year were followed by the Morocco earthquake, floods in Libya, and an extreme heatwave in Europe, which will further drive costs up

Al Majalla - London 26, Sep 2023
An Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) walks past a graffiti-covered wall as he inspects damage at the party headquarters following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye. AFP

Iraqi Kurdistan treads carefully as neighbouring countries ramp up attacks on 'terrorists'

An attack on an airport, bombings in the mountains, and Iran's threat of a ground invasion have led the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to tread carefully between its neighbours. Al Majalla explains.

Shelly Kittleson 25, Sep 2023
Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks with AFP during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah. AFP

Mazloum Abdi: Syria, Iran, and Turkey 'incited' Arab tribes to attack the SDF

The SDF commander rejects demands to disband his forces and tells Al Majalla in an exclusive interview that US-Russian tension east of the Euphrates is 'under control'

Ibrahim Hamidi 24, Sep 2023
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