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In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi schoolbooks

21 March 20210120 James M. Dorsey

Turkish Schoolbooks Replaced Saudi Texts in Muslim Majority World

In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Mu

21 March 20210104 Neville Teller

Turkey’s Suspicious Charm Offensive

Back in the Autumn of 2020 Turkey’s relations with much of the world were at a low ebb while, at the same time, political developments were in train t

15 January 20210212 Neville Teller

Turkey Talks with Forked Tongue

Normalisation is in the air. In the past few weeks Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced not only that he would like to have better re

10 January 20210218 MPC Journal Team

Turkish Army Claims It Killed 226 Terrorists in 43 Operations

On 10 January 2021, Turkish Ministry of Defence released a video saying that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) had carried out a total of 43 operations d

4 January 20210596 James M. Dorsey

Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world o

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will remain in northern Syria until all 'terrorists' leave the area [File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images]

10 March 20200623 Neville Teller

What Game Is Turkey Playing in Syria?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - © Photo: File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images[/caption] Three basic factors underlie Turkey’s stance in the confused

28 January 20200490 MPC Journal Team

Turkey blasts Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan

On 28 January 2020, Turkey criticised US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, calling the agreement “stillborn’’. US President Donald Trump r

9 March 20190405 James M. Dorsey

Turkish-Chinese Spat Puts Central Asian Leaders on the Spot

A Turkish-Chinese spat as a result of Turkish criticism of China’s crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its strategic but troubled north-western province o

It was once the largest and wealthiest city in Europe, and a series of stunning postcard images now reveals what life was like on its streets. The ancient architecture of Constantinople, in Turkey, is shown in the pictures, taken in the last years before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and carefully restored to add colour.

28 February 201702431 Hakim Khatib

Final Days of Ottoman Empire’s Istanbul in Coloured Pictures

It was once the largest and wealthiest city in Europe, and a series of stunning postcard images now reveals what life was like on its streets. The anc

30 June 20160582 Hakim Khatib

The Quandary of Turkey’s EU Bid

Turkey – a de facto NATO-EuroMed member – moved a step closer in its bid to join the European Union after its government announced fresh talks with t