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August 23, 2024

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Iraqi security forces monitor the area during a demonstration to demand the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from the Bashiqa camp, located in the Mosul province, on Oct. 8, 2016, outside the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad.

Analysis

Turkey’s security pact with Iraq: Which side came out on top?

The most contested presence for Baghdad is the military base established by Turkish forces in 2015 near the Iraqi town of Bashiqa.

Amberin Zaman

ByAmberin Zaman

InLondon,reporting ongeopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt’s Sisi to pay first visit to Turkey as ties with Erdogan warm

Turkey and Egypt are expected to ink several cooperation deals during the visit, which will seal the end of more than a decade-long hostilities.

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Blinken, Fidan discuss Gaza ahead of cease-fire talks in Egypt

The conversation followed the top US diplomat’s latest visit to the region without a breakthrough.

BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey’s Central Bank keeps interest rates at 50% as inflation cools

The bank signaled it was ready for further hikes in case of significant deterioration in the inflation outlook.

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Turkey: Arab Israeli killed, two others wounded in shooting in Istanbul

Police special forces patrol in front of the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 21, 2016.

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From mountaintops to underground: PKK responds to Turkey’s drones

PKK tunnel

Amberin Zaman

ByAmberin Zaman

InLondon,reporting ongeopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Analysis

Global brands still can’t shake Israel boycotts hitting Starbucks, McDonald’s

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags and hold placards along with a Guy Fawkes mask as they walk past a McDonald's during a protest in central London on March 30, 2024, calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Samuel Wendel

BySamuel Wendel

InWashington, DC,reporting onregional business and tech

Analysis

Turkey's Steel Dome defense system: Vast potential, tricky implementation

OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Barin Kayaoglu

ByBarin Kayaoglu

InAnkara,reporting ongeopolitics and national security

Iraq, Turkey set to end standoff over military base with new pact

A soldier rides on a Turkish armored vehicle near the Habur crossing gate between Turkey and Iraq during a military drill on September 18, 2017.

Amberin Zaman

Chief Correspondent

InLondon,reporting ongeopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Ezgi Akin

Associate Editor (Turkey)

InAnkara,reporting ondiplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Barin Kayaoglu

InAnkara,reporting ongeopolitics and national security

Mustafa Sonmez

InIstanbul,reporting oneconomics

Nazlan Ertan

InIzmir,reporting onculture

Melda Dogan

InIstanbul,reporting onculture

A man checks apples at a market in Ashkelon on Jan. 8, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the nearby Gaza Strip.

Israel's vegetable prices soar as Turkey, Jordan ties strain: What we know

On May 2, the Turkish Trade Ministry suspended all trade with Israel “until humanitarian aid is allowed into the Gaza Strip without restrictions.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Rashid Meredov, Turkmenistan foreign minister, at Cankaya Presidential Palace on Aug. 13, 2024.

Analysis

Turkey, Turkmenistan inch closer to sending natural gas to Europe

As the diplomatic traffic between Ankara and Ashgabat speeds up, so does the prospect for plans to import Turkmen gas to Europe, according to experts.

Sabena Siddiqui

BySabena Siddiqui

InKarachi,reporting onSouth Asia, Middle East, Iran

TOPSHOT - Turkish ruling and opposition lawmakers fight each other after a scuffle between former footballer Alpay Ozalan (unseen), a lawmaker from Erdogan's ruling AKP party and Turksih Workers Party (TIP) deputy Ahmet Sik (unseen) at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on August 16,2024. A brawl broke out in Turkey's parliament on August 16, 2024, after lawmakers convened to discuss the status of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. T

Brawl erupts at Turkey's parliament over jailed MP, 2 lawmakers injured

The scuffle took place after lawmakers convened to discuss the status of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas meets with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

Palestinian President Abbas meets Erdogan ahead of speech to Turkey's parliament

Abbas’ visit to Turkey comes at a critical time as it remains unclear how relations between the Palestinian Authority and its rival, Hamas, will evolve under Yahya Sinwar's leadership.

This combination of file photographs created on July 7, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Ankara on May 29, 2023, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 16, 2023.

Turkey’s defense chief: Syria wants timetable for troop withdrawal to resume talks

The defense minister said that Turkey "perceives" such a condition as an unwillingness to return to peace.

A blind man guided by a girl walk in front of a sign, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on September 16, 2021. - For 30 years, Somaliland has tried unsuccessfully to convince the world of its case for statehood, holding democratic elections and avoiding the anarchy that engulfed the rest of Somalia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Somaliland rejects Turkey-led proposal for Ethiopia-Somalia talks

The breakaway region reaffirmed its commitment to a controversial deal it signed with Ethiopia in the face of Turkey’s alternative proposal.

Turkish Foreign Ministry

Analysis

What’s next for Ethiopia-Somalia rift as talks in Turkey end with no breakthrough?

The two countries will meet next month for a third round, the top Turkish diplomat said.

Ezgi Akin

InAnkara,reporting ondiplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Woman who blamed Erdogan for Turkey’s Instagram ban jailed for 'insult'

A Turkish woman was arrested today for insulting Turkey’s president, infuriating many in the country — and even within his ruling Justice and Development Party.

An elderly woman pulls a trolley ahead of the May 28 Turkey's presidential run-off, Istanbul, Turkey, May 22, 2023.

Turkey arrests teen who live streamed knife attack on five elderly people

The attack by an 18-year-old suspect on five members of the public rattled Turkey.

Turkish animal rights activists pet a dog during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Istanbul on July 30, 2024.

Turkey’s stray dogs killed in droves after passage of Erdogan-backed law

The legislation was rammed through parliament last month by AKP lawmakers and their nationalist allies in the face of nationwide protests.

Yahya al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, shakes hands with a masked fighter of Hamas' Qassam Brigades during a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the group's foundation, in Gaza City on December 14, 2022. Hamas will end talks on securing a prisoner exchange with Israel unless there is progress soon, the militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip said on December 14. Since Israel's 2014 invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group has held the bodies of Israeli so

Analysis

With its ally Haniyeh gone, how will Turkey approach Sinwar-led Hamas?

Hamas’ new political chief, Yahya Sinwar, is seen as hard-line and pro-Iran, which unsettles Turkey, but he is unlikely to turn the armed Palestinian group into a mere instrument of Tehran.

Barin Kayaoglu

ByBarin Kayaoglu

InAnkara,reporting ongeopolitics and national security

Royal Saudi Air Force Panavia Tornado and F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft fly over during an airshow marking Saudi Arabia's 93rd National Day celebrations in Riyadh on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Saudi Arabia lures in Turkey’s defense giants as its military industry grows

Saudi Arabia is making big strides in its efforts to localize its defense industries.

Francesco Schiavi

ByFrancesco Schiavi

InBologna,reporting onsecurity, defense, economy, governance