Turkey’s recent policies in Syria are emblematic of the way a middle power can exert influence in its region, sometimes outmaneuvering seemingly stronger players. Throughout Syria’s civil war, which ...

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

Trump’s Middle East trip comes amid a heady few days for Turkey, with news the PKK would disarm and as it is set to host ...

Turkey and Israel have established a hotline ... two sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. Turkish and Israeli officials have been meeting in the Azerbaijani capital Baku since ...

If successful, it would boost Turkey’s aspirations to reshape the Middle East and burnish support ... or what it calls “democratic autonomy” — a status that would devolve more powers ...

On a macro level, Hassan said, “Erdogan’s ambitions are deeply rooted in a neo-Ottoman Empire vision that seeks to reassert Ankara as a dominant power ... Middle East, said a stronger Syria ...

Turkey is home to more than 3m Syrian refugees, and wants Syria to be safe enough for many to return. Nor does any other outside power have as ... but another Middle Eastern country has made ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tenure in power since 2002 has accelerated ... nationally produced,” Akbaba tells Middle East Eye. Turkey’s navy has long operated second-hand ...

SANLIURFA, Turkey, Dec 30 (Reuters ... possible energy cooperation including transmitting electricity to ease power shortages. He said Syria's pre-war installed power of 8,500 megawatts had ...