Turkish police have detained the strongest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move that experts say is aimed at ...

Israel, on the other hand, remains deeply suspicious of Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, pointing to his roots in ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

Sign up to receive High Country News’ email newsletters and get on-the-ground reporting and investigations delivered to your inbox each week. Over the last few ...

Here on Turkey’s Turquoise Coast, and across the country for that matter, they like to go large on Republic Day. Marked annually on October 29, it commemorates the founding of the Turkish ...

It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...

Marmaris, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, is one of the country’s most beloved tourist spots. Visitors, particularly Brits and Russians, flock to the city for its beaches, crystal water and ...

Both leaders hail from the Black Sea coast ... in Turkey. In response to his arrest, the CHP called for protests by the party’s headquarters and provincial offices across the country.