Reflections from our correspondents on the ground in the Turkish capital.
November 8, 2025
As shown by Merz’s first visit to Turkey as German chancellor, the powers that be don’t pay a blind bit of notice to NGOs like HRW. Though they sometimes respond with a spot of pantomime.
September 26, 2025
Billionaire loses presidency of “Big four” club Fenerbahce. Unpopular figure subjected to language you wouldn’t even hear on a building site.
September 12, 2025
Turks hit back with a storm of “patriotic” response.
September 1, 2025
The figures are laughable, but the media take them ever so seriously.
August 1, 2025
Will it be the Fed governor or the US president who’s remembered as the “stubborn MORON”?