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Twitter was blocked in Turkey for about 12 hours at the height of rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, severely hampering a vital tool for disaster response.
The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
An earthquake expert explains why the death and devastation have been so terrible in Turkey and Syria
Disasters such as the earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria are always worse when there is bad blood between the countries involved.
When Monday’s earthquake struck, many poorly constructed buildings suffered a ‘pancake mode’ collapse.
At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.
Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
Amid further strain on public funding, we ask: What’s the future of the welfare state in developed and developing nations?
Around 43% of university graduates in Turkey believe a conspiracy theory that secret clauses are about to be revealed from a 100-year-old treaty.
Four-fifths of the first-generation Turkish men who came to Europe as guest-workers and ended up settling there lived below an income poverty line.
Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Turkey has never resembled an autocracy as much as it does today. A new history examines its slide into illiberalism.
Conviction means popular opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu is barred from running for office. It comes as incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces dwindling support.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Renewed military activity in Syria is also stoking a round of alliance building for the Ukraine war.
Turkey’s bombing of northern Syria is worrying both the US and Russia, for different reasons.
Hunters are warned to take precautions handling wild birds, and the virus can spill over to non-avian species, so no one should approach wild animals that appear ill.
The Ottoman empire once stretched from Vienna to Cairo, an expert explains its power.
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Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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