Turkey

The Bosphorus has been a contested waterway for centuries, and the lessons of its history have never been more relevant

Ankara wants the world to use its native language name – but there’s more than one problem with that

It’s a great film, but yet another example of Anatolia being reduced to a backdrop for Greece’s ancient history. But to view history through a single lens is a mistake

I hadn't downloaded any films or podcasts for my journey, but in the end it turned out I didn’t need any. All I needed was the window

In the face of a crackdown, the Istanbul biennial returns with fewer homegrown artists and political content neutered

With more and more people moving to the cities, a shortfall of workers in the countryside means authentic Turkish carpets are a vanishing commodity

The opposition in Turkey has been reluctant to use protests as a tool against Erdoğan. But the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, has changed everything

A report from the front line as Turkey slides into autocracy

The X owner is shutting down the accounts of opposition activists in Turkey and suing politicians in the US

Istanbul has had many names over time – including Greek, Latin and Byzantine versions – before settling on its Turkish incarnation

The former home secretary recalled visiting the Italian-Turkish border, despite no such thing existing

Thousands of Syrians living in exile celebrated, including in neighbouring Turkey, which hosts more than 3.5 million refugees

President Erdoğan wants English speakers to pronounce his country’s name differently. Will he succeed?

Despite the president’s propaganda machine, Turkish people appear confident that their democracy is strong enough to vote him out of office

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turkey has been attempting a balancing act between the two warring nations

After his humiliating local election defeat, Erdoğan wants to silence his ideological opponents

Provocative and dramatic work from Turkey is among the highlights of this year’s Photo London

For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook

Turkey’s recent local elections shattered the president’s illusion of invincibility

What happens when a country can’t read its own past?

The Istanbul Modern has been forced to cooperate with the government and compromise on its politics

Next month’s local elections are sure to bring extensive debate over how the disaster was handled by local government

Erdoğan is risking alienating Israel, a crucial trade partner, to please his voter base

Turkish secularists and Islamists have been demonstrating against the war, but for different reasons

Turkey’s women’s volleyball team is not just a group of athletes – they embody so much more

The story of “Wembley of Turkey” goes far back into the Byzantine era

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne crushed hopes of a homeland for Turkey’s Armenian and Kurdish minorities. Today, hostilities remain

The museum that masks Erdoğan’s contempt for Turkey’s artists

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

If the Turkish president scrapes victory in Sunday’s run-off, there are still lessons to be learned about how to fight populist authoritarianism

Despite a flailing economy and soaring unemployment, president Erdoğan may retain his grip on the country's reins

Expat Turks have had the chance to remove Erdoğan and restore democracy in the process. Will they have seized this chance?