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  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    FT SeriesErdogan’s great game
    Erdogan’s great game: Turkish intrigue in the Balkans

    String of extractions of Turkish citizens from countries beholden to Ankara is raising alarm

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    News in-depthFT Series
    Erdogan’s great game

    Turkey’s strongman president is remaking the country’s foreign policy in his image

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    FT SeriesErdogan’s great game
    Erdogan’s great game: The Turkish problem on the EU’s doorstep

    More than 15 years since accession talks began, tensions are on the rise between Ankara and Brussels

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    FT SeriesErdogan’s great game
    Erdogan’s great game: Soldiers, spies and Turkey’s quest for power

    Turkish president’s muscular foreign policy has left Ankara more isolated from the west

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    US businesses pull donations, Turkey’s quest for power

    Corporate America is reviewing its political donations after the attack on the US Capitol

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Eastern Mediterranean tensions
    EU plans new sanctions on Turkey over Mediterranean dispute

    Leaders will discuss response to escalating crisis that has stoked fears of regional conflict

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Global InsightLaura Pitel
    Erdogan’s ultranationalist friends fuel ruling party tensions

    Turkish president’s room for manoeuvre limited by the rightwing Nationalist Movement party

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    FT Magazine
    Erdogan’s family drama and the future of Turkey

    President faces economic and political questions after son-in-law Albayrak’s resignation as finance minister

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    David Gardner
    Cocooned by sycophants, Erdogan sheds layers of reality and support

    Resignation of Turkey’s finance minister highlights how exposed the president is

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  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    News in-depthTurkey
    Scale of Turkey’s economic crisis triggered Erdogan family implosion

    Resignation of president’s son-in-law from government followed months of mounting challenges

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    News in-depthAzerbaijan-Armenia conflict
    Caucasus ceasefire cements Turkey as a power in Russia’s backyard

    Azerbaijan-Armenia truce underlines new regional balance between Moscow and Ankara

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s new finance chief faces uphill task to turn economy round

    Lutfi Elvan must grapple with weak currency and strong views of country’s president

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Turkey needs a profound change in economic policy

    Prosperity depends on European integration and attracting long-term investment

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    Turkish politics
    Erdogan accepts son-in-law’s resignation as finance minister

    Turkish president appoints former development minister to replace Berat Albayrak

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    Currencies
    Shock change in Turkey’s economic leadership raises stakes for lira

    Currency is stuck at all-time lows, building pressure for a rate rise

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Turkish economy
    Erdogan ousts head of Turkish central bank after lira plunge

    Governor Murat Uysal to be replaced by former finance minister

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Europe
    Earthquake kills 17 people in Turkey and Greece

    Powerful tremor hits Izmir and Samos with buildings shaken as far away as Istanbul

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    News in-depthTerrorism in France
    Erdogan tilts at Macron as France mourns victims of terror

    Turkish president leads charge as anti-French protests spread across Muslim world

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
    Russia open to return of occupied Azeri land by Armenia

    Territory surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh is a central element in the stalled peace negotiations

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    David Gardner
    Putin tests Erdogan’s over-reach

    The Turkish president’s spat with France’s Macron has made headlines, but his rivalry with Russia is the bigger menace

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Turkish politics
    Turkey vows legal action over Charlie Hebdo cartoon

    President Erdogan condemns French caricature amid rising tensions between Ankara and Paris

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    UAE vs Turkey: regional rivalries pit MBZ against Erdogan

    Tensions between the two leaders — stretching from Libyan civil war to Qatar boycott — threaten to boil over

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    US foreign policy
    US rebukes Turkey after Russian missile system test

    Trump administration says Ankara risks serious damage to their security relationship

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    Three strongmen and their battle for the Middle East

    The Russian, Turkish and Saudi leaders are engaged in a struggle for power and influence

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    Turkey
    Facebook to defy new Turkish social media law

    Erdogan government alarmed human rights groups with rules to oversee tech companies

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