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Category: Turkey

Financial shuffle won’t lift Turkey’s free-falling lira

by Özlem Albayrak November 10, 2020November 11, 2020

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, long the presumed successor of his father-in-law President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, abruptly resigned from his post on November 8, 24 hours after the appointment of a new Central Bank chief. The Turkish lira, which has lost more than 80% of its value against the US dollar since Albayrak took the […]

Biden inherits ‘facts on the ground’ in the Mideast

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse November 7, 2020November 10, 2020

Erdogan drives lira’s fast and furious collapse

by Özlem Albayrak November 2, 2020November 6, 2020

Azerbaijan’s ‘five day’ war turns uphill battle

by Richard Giragosian October 30, 2020November 3, 2020

Azerbaijan’s next move will make or break Karabakh war

by Richard Giragosian October 26, 2020October 29, 2020

Unofficial Saudi boycott costing Turkey billions

by Anuj Chopra October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

Gas war with Russia drives Turkey in the Caucasus

by Laura-Maï Gaveriaux October 21, 2020October 24, 2020

Karabakh war portends new Turkish-Armenian exodus

by Laura-Maï Gaveriaux October 15, 2020October 19, 2020

Erdogan defiance of Putin bodes a bloody October

by Richard Giragosian October 13, 2020October 16, 2020

Why peace in Nagorno-Karabakh is now a bigger ask

by Kaveh Afrasiabi October 12, 2020October 16, 2020

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to Moscow-brokered ceasefire

by AT Contributor October 10, 2020October 10, 2020

Russia checkmates Turkey on Caucasus chessboard

by Richard Giragosian October 9, 2020October 12, 2020

Turkey deploys Syrian mercenaries to Karabakh war

by Ahmad Zaza October 7, 2020October 11, 2020

Caucasus conflict heralds clash of the titans

by Richard Giragosian September 29, 2020October 2, 2020

Time ticking down on US nuclear presence in Turkey

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2020November 12, 2020

Turkey braces for a perfect economic storm

by Özlem Albayrak September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Turkey plows ahead in Mediterranean expansion

by Jonathan Gorvett August 17, 2020August 20, 2020

Turkey’s neo-Ottoman reach could soon nettle China

by Francesco Sisci August 4, 2020August 6, 2020

First Muslim prayers held in Hagia Sophia

by AT Contributor July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Erdogan decrees Hagia Sophia revert to mosque

by Jonathan Gorvett July 11, 2020July 15, 2020

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