Beset by troubles at home, Turkey’s Erdogan continues to drive wedges around the region. Is he serious about making so many enemies, or is it all for domestic consumption
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Relations between Turkey and key EU states continue to sour over Turkish rights violations and Erdogan’s adventurism in Libya, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Erdogan’s expansionist designs are raising increasing alarm in Europe, as well as the Arab world, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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With his eyes set on oil and gas, Turkey’s Erdogan seems willing to put amicable relations with Moscow into the cooler, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Might Erdogan’s military meddling in Libya ultimately have a domestic goal?
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The partisan way in which Turkey’s Erdogan has mishandled the coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight as never before on his pedantic style in politics
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Turkey has the highest Covid-19 transmission rate in the world and the highest number of confirmed cases in the Middle East
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A belated “voluntary quarantine” has toughened the battle against Covid-19 in Turkey, reports Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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The announcement of a new breakaway front from the ruling Justice and Development Party might signal the coming end of Erdogan’s imperial era, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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From bellicose rhetoric to smiling agreements, Turkey’s Erdogan continues his attempts to play all sides against each other in pursuit of narrow self-interest, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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In opening its borders to Syrian refugees, Turkey is playing a card it previously wielded as a threat against the EU; one that some European officials have openly called blackmail
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Ankara faces losses in Syria and Libya as Turkey’s foreign military adventures unravel
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The situation in Idlib in northern Syria is growing worse for Turkey by the day and leading to a crisis in Russian-Turkish relations
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As Bashar Al-Assad’s regime nears regaining total control over Syria, Turkey’s Erdogan is still playing politics with Turkish involvement in the Syrian northeast
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As the Bashar Al-Assad regime nears regaining control over the whole of Syria, Turkey’s Erdogan is again sabre-rattling, threatening a fourth military operation, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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While Turkey’s Erdogan has tried to position himself as a peacemaker in Libya, Europe and the international community are simply not buying it
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After a flurry of high-level meetings, it appears Turkey’s Erdogan is reassessing major military involvement in Libya, though mercenaries continue to flow in
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Seemingly bent on reviving the Ottoman Empire, Turkey’s president is not content with failure in Syria and Iraq. Libya must now yield
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With Libya’s Al-Sarraj facing opposition to a MoU he struck with Ankara, Turkey appears to be turning on Russia in an attempt to bolster Islamist forces in Tripoli, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to French criticisms of his policies in Syria by claiming that the French president needs his 'brain death examined'
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