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Türkiye’s Sisyphus clears the smoke amid giant fund probe Image

Türkiye’s Sisyphus clears the smoke amid giant fund probe

Opinion

4 min read

To understand why Finance Minister Simsek is likely to stay, and why Erdogan needs him to, one must remember how he got here

From Rawalpindi to Riyadh: The Pakistani general who could stitch together the Mecca Pact

Opinion

7 min read

As the first head of the Mecca Defense Agreement, Pakistan's Nauman Mahmood will bridge the Turkish defense industry and Saudi resources

From Rawalpindi to Riyadh: The Pakistani general who could stitch together the Mecca Pact Image

Groundhog Day in the Balkans: Same script but with new plot twists

Opinion

7 min read

Balkans are having another political Groundhog Day, but look closely: the candidates, alliances and calculations are no longer quite the same

Groundhog Day in the Balkans: Same script but with new plot twists Image

How Türkiye grabbed Russia by the tomatoes

Opinion

6 min read

Türkiye's most consequential contribution to international commerce is the tomato: cheaper than a drone, tastier than an airline ticket

How Türkiye grabbed Russia by the tomatoes Image

What Saudi Arabia gives up for the F-35s—besides $24B Image

Opinion

What Saudi Arabia gives up for the F-35s—besides $24B

2 min read

When the golden wheat cannot reach the world Image

Opinion

When the golden wheat cannot reach the world

2 min read

Al-Sharaa's past shouldn't be the story anymore—his future should be Image

Opinion

Al-Sharaa's past shouldn't be the story anymore—his future should be

2 min read

Can Türkiye’s Washington reset survive Trump? Image

Opinion

Can Türkiye’s Washington reset survive Trump?

2 min read

Niagara Falls, Suleyman Demirel, and the shape of Türkiye's next century Image

Opinion

Niagara Falls, Suleyman Demirel, and the shape of Türkiye's next century

2 min read

Small modular reactors, big centennial energy: Inside Türkiye's UNGA push Image

Opinion

Small modular reactors, big centennial energy: Inside Türkiye's UNGA push

2 min read

Please pass the butter, your ex-concellency Image

Opinion

Please pass the butter, your ex-concellency

2 min read

How Elif Eralp, a German-Turkish leftist, became Berlin's Mamdani Image

Opinion

How Elif Eralp, a German-Turkish leftist, became Berlin's Mamdani

2 min read

The court, the crude and the cost of Trump Image

Opinion

The court, the crude and the cost of Trump

2 min read

Trump's UN week is booked solid—but Xi gets the good seat Image

Opinion

Trump's UN week is booked solid—but Xi gets the good seat

2 min read

Guns in the arch, bombs on the jets, nobody at the wheel Image

Opinion

Guns in the arch, bombs on the jets, nobody at the wheel

2 min read

A cash squeeze? Here's what really happened behind Türkiye's fund run Image

Opinion

A cash squeeze? Here's what really happened behind Türkiye's fund run

2 min read

Türkiye's Trump playbook: Near enough to deal, far enough to doubt Image

Opinion

Türkiye's Trump playbook: Near enough to deal, far enough to doubt

2 min read

The Turkish folk song Syria never sang, but understands Image

Opinion

The Turkish folk song Syria never sang, but understands

2 min read

Germany caught in a pincer: The AfD at home, Russia abroad Image

Opinion

Germany caught in a pincer: The AfD at home, Russia abroad

2 min read

Everyone's racing to win at AI. Nobody's watching the basement Image

Opinion

Everyone's racing to win at AI. Nobody's watching the basement

2 min read

English sells in Türkiye, even when nobody knows what it says Image

Opinion

English sells in Türkiye, even when nobody knows what it says

2 min read

Who should I vote for? Let me ask AI Image

Opinion

Who should I vote for? Let me ask AI

2 min read

Off the American track: Could Canada be Europe’s next gravy train? Image

Opinion

Off the American track: Could Canada be Europe’s next gravy train?

2 min read

The Black Sea's key is in Ankara. Brussels keeps looking elsewhere Image

Opinion

The Black Sea's key is in Ankara. Brussels keeps looking elsewhere

2 min read

While Europe fights over budgets, Canada signs up for a century with Kyiv Image

Opinion

While Europe fights over budgets, Canada signs up for a century with Kyiv

2 min read

Syria's fuel crisis is a legitimacy test, not just an economic one Image

Opinion

Syria's fuel crisis is a legitimacy test, not just an economic one

2 min read

Trump's 'enemy at the gate' was made in America, and Tangier has the receipts Image

Opinion

Trump's 'enemy at the gate' was made in America, and Tangier has the receipts

2 min read

Türkiye is building an AI powerhouse—so why is local industry ghosting it? Image

Opinion

Türkiye is building an AI powerhouse—so why is local industry ghosting it?

2 min read

A lot to mull over before October rate cut as oil prices muddy Türkiye's outlook Image

Opinion

A lot to mull over before October rate cut as oil prices muddy Türkiye's outlook

2 min read

The ultimate trendsetter meets the man walking a tightrope Image

Opinion

The ultimate trendsetter meets the man walking a tightrope

2 min read

Mladic's burial rips open old Balkan wounds, tests Serbia's EU ambitions Image

Opinion

Mladic's burial rips open old Balkan wounds, tests Serbia's EU ambitions

2 min read

West Bank settlement ban has teeth—just no bite Image

Opinion

West Bank settlement ban has teeth—just no bite

2 min read

Ukraine war may get worse before diplomacy gets better Image

Opinion

Ukraine war may get worse before diplomacy gets better

2 min read

Beyond the drug war, America's 'Miami Pact' has a China-shaped blind spot Image

Opinion

Beyond the drug war, America's 'Miami Pact' has a China-shaped blind spot

2 min read

Yemen's war just reached world's most dangerous chokepoint Image

Opinion

Yemen's war just reached world's most dangerous chokepoint

2 min read

Why the route named after Trump isn't winning friends in Central Asia Image

Opinion

Why the route named after Trump isn't winning friends in Central Asia

2 min read

Iceland says 'nei'—Türkiye is still waiting for an answer Image

Opinion

Iceland says 'nei'—Türkiye is still waiting for an answer

2 min read

Beyond blocs: How Türkiye is hedging its bets in a polycentric world Image

Opinion

Beyond blocs: How Türkiye is hedging its bets in a polycentric world

2 min read

Why Türkiye’s president refuses to call Daesh 'ISIS' Image

Opinion

Why Türkiye’s president refuses to call Daesh 'ISIS'

2 min read

Landslide, no landing: Germany's far-right AfD just won big, but it still can't govern Image

Opinion

Landslide, no landing: Germany's far-right AfD just won big, but it still can't govern

2 min read

Run, young Ivan, run: The Russian art of getting out alive Image

Opinion

Run, young Ivan, run: The Russian art of getting out alive

2 min read

Could Israel’s battle-hardened Eisenkot thaw icy ties with Türkiye? Image

Opinion

Could Israel’s battle-hardened Eisenkot thaw icy ties with Türkiye?

2 min read

Inflation comes in as expected, rising oil clouds Turkish central bank meeting Image

Opinion

Inflation comes in as expected, rising oil clouds Turkish central bank meeting

2 min read

9/11 to now: The alliance that keeps surviving its own funeral Image

Opinion

9/11 to now: The alliance that keeps surviving its own funeral

2 min read

Reaching out, falling short: Assessing Mazloum Abdi’s failed pitch to Turkish public Image

Opinion

Reaching out, falling short: Assessing Mazloum Abdi’s failed pitch to Turkish public

2 min read

Türkiye-Russia ties: Fraying on one end, strengthening on the other? Image

Opinion

Türkiye-Russia ties: Fraying on one end, strengthening on the other?

2 min read

Turkish power, Sudanese wars, and a blueprint replayed Image

Opinion

Turkish power, Sudanese wars, and a blueprint replayed

2 min read

Why Türkiye's nuclear push is really an AI strategy Image

Opinion

Why Türkiye's nuclear push is really an AI strategy

2 min read

Russia's big Asia bet has a timing problem: Power Image

Opinion

Russia's big Asia bet has a timing problem: Power

2 min read

Golden Dome, the $1.2 trillion Death Star nobody can describe Image

Opinion

Golden Dome, the $1.2 trillion Death Star nobody can describe

2 min read

The cloaked Tel Aviv trip that melted Swiss pretense Image

Opinion

The cloaked Tel Aviv trip that melted Swiss pretense

2 min read

Something is fishy in the Black Sea Image

Opinion

Something is fishy in the Black Sea

2 min read

The Meis anomaly: Tiny island making shockwaves in Eastern Mediterranean Image

Opinion

The Meis anomaly: Tiny island making shockwaves in Eastern Mediterranean

2 min read

Do Israelis want a new enemy or a new prime minister? Image

Opinion

Do Israelis want a new enemy or a new prime minister?

2 min read

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