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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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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis
Opinion

Syria’s new parliament raises old questions

11 October 2025

If exclusion and opacity persist, Syria risks reinforcing the very conditions that led to its collapse. It isn't just the legitimacy of one election cycle that's at stake, but the entire transition.

Haid Haid
Nesma Moharam
Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London
A deal being signed at the recently held  Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025. SPA
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

08 October 2025

Whether in cinema or heritage, there are dozens of big cultural projects that investors are interested in, as the sector increasingly contributes towards growth and development.

Turki Harbi
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Culture & Social Affairs

Hamid Reza Mohajerani on the shared heritage of Farsi and Arabic

07 October 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Iranian writer and translator explains why he learned Arabic, its similarities and differences with Farsi, and how politics can stifle creativity

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

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