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July 14, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Tragic Politicization of Hagia Sophia
Why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s push to turn the structure into a mosque is such a loss
October 27, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
How Would a Good Leader Respond to Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing?
Advice from Max Weber to Donald Trump.
April 24, 2018
MagazineSuzy Hansen
“What Difference Is Trump for Us?”
How politics and culture in America look from Istanbul today
June 30, 2016
Sibel Oktay
Is Turkey Paying for Its Foreign Policy Sins of the Past?
Two policy changes may have opened the door to the Istanbul airport bombing.
April 13, 2016
Kaya Genç
Springtime in Istanbul
Life changes in the midst of terror.
July 30, 2013
Pankaj Mishra
Orhan Pamuk on Taksim Square, the Effects of 'Breaking Bad,' and Why the Future of the Novel Is in the East
June 17, 2013
Jenna Krajeski
Water Cannons on Taksim Square
A tear-gas confrontation on Saturday night. A rally for Erdogan on Sunday.
June 10, 2013
Thomas de Monchaux
The Mixed-Up Files of Taksim Square Architecture
The long, strange history of the building that sparked the Istanbul protests
June 4, 2013
Jenna Krajeski
Scenes from the Gezi Park Protests
In booming Istanbul, the middle class Erdogan helped create has turned on him
January 24, 2013
Jenna Krajeski
From Hardliner to Peacemaker: Will Erdogan End Turkey's Thirty Year War With the Kurds?
October 19, 2012
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Battle that Birthed the Middle East
October 18, 2012
Suzy Hansen
Turkey's Prime Minister Wants War in Syria. Turks Don't.
August 20, 2012
Piotr Zalewski
The Meager and Gruesome Options For Syria’s War Wounded
March 15, 2012
Suzy Hansen
The Assault on Turkish Journalists Continues
March 13, 2012
Soner Cagaptay
Why Turkey Hasn’t Intervened in Syria
February 7, 2012
Fouad Ajami
The Honor of Aleppo
July 19, 2011
Kara Brandeisky, Julia Dionne
INCOMING! A Video History of Pies, Shoes, Eggs, and More Hurled at Public Figures
June 9, 2011
Suzy Hansen
The Strongman
March 17, 2011
Suzy Hansen
Tone Deaf
March 17, 2011
Benny Morris
The Liar as Hero

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