The second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine were held at the historic Çırağan Palace on the Bosphorus in Istanbul this week, a fortnight…

Relations between Türkiye and Israel have deteriorated further ever since opposition forces led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) toppled the regime of…

This has been a fascinating week in many respects, with high hopes for a Russia-Ukraine deal to end the war, a businesslike and successful official…

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Türkiye for more than four decades, made a…

On 26 April, the first Kurdish National Conference convened in Qamishli, the main city of northeastern Syria, which Kurds and many other countries…

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, drew a crowd in much the same way as a celebrity during his recent visit to Türkiye, his second in an…

Since Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham toppled the Assad regime, Israel has gone on the offensive in Syria in a bid to weaken and divide it in the hope that the…

Earlier this month, the mayor of Istanbul and the man who many saw as the primary challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was arrested…

The political crisis that Türkiye has been facing goes well beyond the arrest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival, Istanbul Metropolitan…

The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has sent shockwaves through Turkish society. He was snatched from…