What path lies ahead for Turkey after Erdogan...

Kim Ghattas is the author of "The Best Kind of American," her most recent book that reveals shocking new details of the 1984 murder of Malcolm Kerr, the dean of the American University of Beirut.Ghattas's account is also a compelling history of the chain of events that led to Ame ...  Show more

Libya analyst Jalel Harchaoui explains how Turkey's courting of Libya's eastern warlord has cemented Turkish influence in North Africa and beyond.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 

Turkey’s longtime leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing what many describe as his toughest election yet. On Sunday, May 14th polls will open for presidential and parliamentary elections, and amid a dire economic crisis in the country, his prospects are in doubt. His leading rival ...  Show more

The arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey’s main political challenger to President Erdogan, has sent shockwaves across the country. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest his detention and express growing concerns over Turkey's shift to ...  Show more

For two decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has loomed large over Turkish politics. But skyrocketing inflation and a devastating earthquake have eroded his power and, in a presidential election over the weekend, he was forced into a runoff.

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