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How skipping Antalya could help solve the Cyprus problem
An unlikely authority - British civil aviation - could help fix the Mediterranean's decades-old conflict
Saturday 16 December 2006
Erdoğan to meet Pope (at baggage reclaim?)
It appears the Prime Minister won't avoid meeting Benedict after all
Sunday 26 November 2006
So they chanted slogans. Who cares?
The Prime Minister is jeered at Bülent Ecevit's funeral, but secularists are wrong to say his end is nigh
Sunday 12 November 2006
As the progress report looms…
Europe isn't expected to go easy on the pace of Turkey's reform programme
Wednesday 8 November 2006
A dove takes flight
Obituary: The tragedy of Bülent Ecevit, five-time Turkish prime minister, whose time in office was marked more by disaster than success
Monday 6 November 2006
Armenia: French bills and Nobel laureates
France and Orhan Pamuk have different ideas on how to approach the Armenian issue. Orhan Pamuk is right.
Thursday 12 October 2006
Armenia: New cards at play
A Turkish concession to Armenia that isn't quite historic, but which could lead to greater things
Tuesday 3 October 2006
Southeast Turkey: Ceasing fire. Again.
Speculation has been mounting that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, is on the verge of unilaterally declaring a ceasefire.
Thursday 28 September 2006
Article 301: Victory, but beware the nationalist
Only one person has been successfully prosecuted under a law that criminalises insulting Turkishness. Surely it's time to scrap it?
Thursday 21 September 2006
Article 301: Cracks in the AKP?
Senior figures in Turkey's governing party appear divided over a law that criminalises insulting Turkishness
Wednesday 20 September 2006