Erdogan’s so-called “safe zone” in northern Syria will likely consolidate the identity of Syrian Kurds, which is the opposite of what he planned
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Erdogan paid a visit to the US capital, but can he breach the divide between the US and Turkish strategic interests and goals, asks Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Despite his bombast, Erdogan’s intervention in northeast Syria has amounted to nothing for Ankara, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a complaint against the French news magazine Le Point for its coverage of his policies, reports Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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The Turkish invasion of northeast Syria and its actions against the Syrian Kurds have severely damaged Turkey’s standing in international public opinion, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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In war, Turkey’s Erdogan appears to have even fewer friends than he does in peace. Yet he continues anyway, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Erdogan — mostly for domestic political reasons — has been drumming for war in northern Syria for months. Has the point been reached where there is no turning back? Sayed Abdel-Meguid investigates
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Turkey’s Erdogan continues to use Syrian refugees as a pressure card on Europe and Trump for personal political ends, with little to no effect, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Deep fissures in the ruling party are widening as Turkey’s Erdogan continues to lose, embarrassingly and publicly, key former allies, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Turkey’s Erdogan continues to sabre-rattle on the Kurdish question and northern Syria, lining up to clash with Washington
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Ankara appears to be gearing up for fresh offensives on separatist Kurds, but will Trump look the other way, asks Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Is the US and Europe on the verge of imposing sanctions on Ankara, asks Sayed Abdel-Meguid
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of deceiving the Turkish people over reports of the delivery of a Russian missile system, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara
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Following the party’s defeat in the rerun of the elections for mayor of Istanbul last week, commentators are asking whether this could be the end of Turkey’s ruling AKP
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The loss of major cities in last week’s municipal elections is a personal setback for Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan and the ruling AKP Party
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Turkey’s Erdogan is busy attacking former allies. But will rhetoric alone save him at the polls
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For all intents and purposes, Turkish aspirations for accession to the EU are blocked, to the eminent chagrin of Erdogan
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If Turkey’s Erdogan was expecting to find consensus with Russia and Iran on Syria at the Sochi summit, he was surely disappointed
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While Turkey’s Erdogan claims glory in Syria, his measure of control over the Kurdish issue may soon slip from his hands
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The opportunity Erdogan saw to pounce on his Kurdish adversaries upon the withdrawal of US forces from Syria has quickly evaporated
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