Enough?
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A snap poll intended to boost the Turkish president’s power has stirred up online opposition to his increasing authoritarianism.
Die show muss weitergehen!
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Many thousands of Germans got through internment by performing farces, dressing up as women and clapping along to the can-can.
Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, looms large over the upcoming elections.
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The Turkish lira has dropped more than 15% this year against the US dollar.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 1, 2014. Is he headed for another election victory?
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Turkey’s June 24 elections are the first in 16 years that could be politically meaningful. Opposition parties seem revitalised and could launch anti-Erdoğan coalition into the second round.
Turkish soldiers in a trench at Gallipoli. The way Turkish youth commemorate the battle tells us much about the country’s politics.
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At Gallipoli this Anzac Day, thousands of Turkish youth will re-enact a march that stopped the Anzac advance in 1915. The march has taken on new significance in Turkey since an attempted coup in 2016.
President Erdoğan of Turkey is happy to jaw-jaw, but will war-war where necessary.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeks nothing short of leading the Muslim world, building on Turkey’s imperial Ottoman past.
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The Syrian conflict is a war of many sides. Here’s a rundown of the key players.
A March 2018 protest outside the European Commission in Brussels against the deal.
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In March 2016, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Greece. What has happened since?
Syria is a battlefield for outsiders.
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Even if Syria’s armed conflict is somehow resolved, new proxy conflicts between regional actors are emerging on the country’s soil.
Syrian refugees arrive to start a new life in Germany.
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Refugees hold religious prejudices against each other too – separating them by religion is not the answer.
Turkish ships on patrol.
The prospect of gas wealth has been escalating old rivalries and disputes between Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Greece.
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New, extreme levels of censorship in Turkey could lead to waves of digital activism by tech-savvy generations.
Kurdish protestors against the Turkish operation in Afrin outside the EU building in Lebanon on January 28.
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The Erdoğan regime’s move into northern Syria is being justified in the name of European security.
Outta here.
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Yes, a lot of Turkish citizens are looking for a chance to start new lives abroad – but not all of them are doing it for the same reasons.
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters in east Afrin, Syria.
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Over the past three decades, Turkey has launched countless operations across the Iraqi and Syrian borders, succeeding only in making matters worse for itself. This time may be no different.
Turkish Airlines the first major international carrier to run a regular service to the Somali capital in more than two decades.
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Turkey’s actions have arguably improved the situation in Somalia over the past six years but its increasing role could bring it on a collision course with other states.
Turkish troops prepare to go after US-backed Kurdish forces.
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Turkey’s priorities in Syria just don’t match the US’s – and its increasingly authoritarian domestic politics don’t help.
The UN buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Divided by military force for decades, many Cypriots have lost their zeal for unification – but more than a few are still hopeful.
Supporters of the Turkish government policy of making suspects wear uniforms wave banners in August 2017 saying ‘terrorists in single uniform’.
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Those accused of involvement in the 2016 coup in Turkey must wear brown uniforms in court, while those accused of terrorism must wear grey ones.
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With his one-man grip on the Turkish state increasingly secure, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spent a year fighting for every populist cause he can.