To explain how this could be the case, Turkish officials invoke names ranging from Irving Fisher (an economist, and the finance ministry’s preferred guru) to God (Mr Erdogan’s policymaker of ...

EVER SINCE Recep Tayyip Erdogan won power in Turkey 20 years ago he has been in little danger of losing it. Mr Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) party have won every presidential and ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

Mr Erdogan crushed Kurdish militias in a military ... Alas, they will not get much else. Subscribers to The Economist can sign up to our Opinion newsletter, which brings together the best ...

More chaos, or even a new war, could be around the corner. But for now Mr Erdogan’s hand in Syria is stronger than ever. For years, Turkey’s policy in Syria was hostage to Russia, whose ...

Moments later he was arrested. His party is calling it an attempted putsch by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Arrest warrants were issued the same day for 105 others, including some of ...

The Turkish lira was in free fall, inflation was soaring, and economists were warning of a full-scale financial crisis. But ...

For many Turkish citizens, life has become more difficult under Erdogan’s government in recent months as economic pressures ...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had reacted to the killing by declaring a day of national mourning. The same day, Turkey blocked access to Instagram, accusing the social-media ...

Erdogan embraced crank economic theories. He forced Turkey’s central bank, its equivalent of the Fed, to cut interest rates in the belief, contrary to standard economics, that doing so would ...

The country’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines, will resume flights to Syria on January 23rd. Map: The Economist As a result of offensives Mr Erdogan launched against Kurdish insurgents in ...