January 2024
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
America’s allies: with friends like these, who needs enemies?
The United States’ foreign entanglements have become numerous and knotty enough to make George Washington turn in his grave.
- Andreas Kluth
November 2023
- Opinion
- Emerging markets
Emerging markets have ignored the ‘Buenos Aires consensus’
Serial debt-defaulting countries have stunned economists by thriving though prudent policies advocated by the IMF.
- Kenneth Rogoff
Turkish central bank lifts key interest rate to 40pc
The Monetary Policy Committee raised the benchmark one-week repo rate by 500 basis points, double expectations, boosting the nation’s currency.
- Beril Akman and Baris Balci
September 2023
Putin says he won’t renew grain deal until West meets demands
Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the Kremlin’s demands as a ploy to advance its own interests.
- Matthew Lee
August 2023
Russian missile blockade strands grain ships
Russia kept up its attacks on a key Ukraine port, forcing international ships to halt and drop anchor at the mouth of the Danube River.
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- Pavel Polityuk
July 2023
Erdogan links Turkish EU membership talks to Swedish NATO accession
“Turkey has been waiting at the door of the European Union for over 50 years,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as he left for a NATO summit in Lithuania.
- Karl Ritter and Suzan Fraser
February 2023
‘Concrete like sand’: Turkey arrests builders over quake disaster
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces mounting criticism over the poor quality of construction in the stricken region.
- Ben Hubbard, Hwaida Saad, Raja Abdulrahim, Safak Timur, Steven Erlanger and Gulsin Harman
Rescuers pull families, babies from quake rubble
The death toll has risen to more than 7700, but rescuers have found reason for hope, pulling people alive from destroyed buildings.
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- Safak Timur, Ben Hubbard and Gulsin Harman
January 2023
Russia blames soldiers’ mobile phone use for deadly missile strike
The ministry’s reaction came amid mounting anger among some Russian commentators, who are increasingly vocal about what they see as a half-hearted campaign in Ukraine.
- David Ljunggren and Grant McCool
July 2022
Putin finds a new ally in Iran, a fellow outcast
A three-way summit in Tehran between the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey sent a clear signal that Vladimir Putin is pushing back against being ostracised by the West.
- Anton Troianovski and Farnaz Fassihi
May 2022
Turkey and Hungary strongmen stall unity in NATO and EU
Leaders of Turkey and Hungary are using the requirement for consensus in both NATO and the EU to get their domestic political concerns addressed.
- Steven Erlanger and Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Norman downplays Khashoggi killing, saying ‘we’ve all made mistakes’
Former golf world number one Greg Norman said the media should “also talk about the good [that Saudi Arabia] is doing to change its culture”.
- Reuters
April 2022
How Russian oligarchs are finding safe havens outside the West
When it comes to reining in sanctioned Russian wealth, the West faces a multitude of challenges. As Russian oligarchs are finding, somebody always loves a billionaire.
- Anthony Faiola
November 2021
Why strongmen are clinging to power
Authoritarian leaders have strengthened their rule. Three key elections in once democratic countries will determine whether anyone can topple them.
- Jeremy Cliffe
April 2021
Biden tells Erdogan he’ll call Armenian massacre a genocide
President Joe Biden would be the first US president in 40 years to publicly recognise the 1915 mass killings as a genocide.
- Onur Ant, Jennifer Jacobs and Gregory Korte
November 2020
Turkey's new-look central bank lifts key rate to 15pc
The decision by the central bank's new boss furthered bolstered the lira, and is a major test of President Erdogan's willingness to accept 'bitter' policies to stabilise the economy.
- Ezgi Erkoyun and Ali Kucukgocmen
Turkey's Erdogan adjusts to life after Trump
The autocrat had a rapport with the US President but now he must rebalance, even as a tanking economy drags him down. Ousting his son-in-law was just the first step.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Turkey’s finance minister resigns amid pressure over economy
Berat Albayrak's resignation comes a day after the head of Turkey's central bank was replaced.
- Carlotta Gall
March 2020
- Opinion
- Syrian conflict
Erdogan's refugee ploy is morally reprehensible
The Turkish leader is trying to play the victim, but he is just as responsible as the Assad regime, together with its Russian and Iranian backers, for provoking yet another refugee crisis.
- Con Coughlin
October 2019
'Meltdown': House Republicans censure Trump over Syria
"Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool". White House releases extraordinary Trump letter to Turkish president amid blistering criticism from alarmed Republicans.
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- Jacob Greber