Turkey
Has Interpol become the long arm of oppressive regimes?
Once used in the hunt for fugitive criminals, the global police agency’s most-wanted ‘red notice’ list now includes political refugees and dissidents
Josh Jacobs
17, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM
Why are Britons so much more relaxed about Covid than Europeans?
UK residents abroad are shocked at the lack of mask wearing back home, and point fingers at the government’s blase approach
Rachel Obordo and Alfie Packham
15, Oct, 2021 @3:51 PM
Afghan refugees accuse Turkey of violent illegal pushbacks
Migrants, many fleeing the Taliban regime, claim they are being beaten, harassed and turned back by Turkish border forces
Peter Yeung
14, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM
Muslim foreign ministers to make women’s rights plea to Taliban
Ministers from Muslim-majority nations to travel to Kabul to discuss ban on girls going to secondary school
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
13, Oct, 2021 @12:07 PM
Inside the murky world of Istanbul’s taxi cartels
Turkey’s biggest city’s drivers caught in brutal power struggle between politicians, unions and wealthy licence holders
Bethan McKernan in Istanbul
10, Oct, 2021 @8:35 AM
Saudi aide accused of directing Khashoggi murder edges back to power
Saud al-Qahtani, aide to Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is praised on pro-government social media
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
08, Oct, 2021 @5:29 PM
‘The water used to be up to your armpits’: birds starve as Turkey’s lakes dry up
Drought, rising temperatures and poor farming practices are taking a devastating toll on the country’s wildlife
Liz Cookman and Emre Caylak
07, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
‘It’s like a war’: Greece battles increase in summer wildfires
Prevention and suppression are crucial as climate change creates stronger heatwaves, say experts
Ruth Michaelson
30, Sep, 2021 @11:18 AM
Erdoğan and Putin hold face-to-face talks over Syria ceasefire
Turkey’s president wants to shore up the truce because it has been ruptured repeatedly in the last 18 months
Bethan McKernan in Istanbul
29, Sep, 2021 @4:06 PM
Syrian oil spill moving towards Cyprus appears to partially dissolve
Spill was threatening island’s Karpas peninsula, but pieces have detached and fate now depends on sea currents
Helena Smith in Athens
01, Sep, 2021 @3:32 PM
Afghanistan’s neighbours offered millions in aid to harbour refugees
Bordering states such as Pakistan urged to temporarily take in Afghans bound for Europe and the US
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
31, Aug, 2021 @9:30 PM
International talks aim for consensus on Taliban government
Western G7 powers are meeting Turkey, Qatar and Nato in Doha to discuss how Kabul airport could be reopened
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
30, Aug, 2021 @12:41 PM
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