David Lepeska

After pushing each other to the brink of war last summer, Ankara and Athens are set to launch exploratory talks next week

The backlash to a botched insurrection divided the nation and created a witch hunt that continues to this day

For Turkey, 2021 may well be as bumpy as the year that just passed

In a year of darkness, there were patches of bright sunlight

Turkish-American relations are at a new low, but there is plenty of room for manoeuvre

Amid challenges on multiple fronts, Erdogan is trying to make good with the world and pushing through a host of reforms

The President's own ex-PM is among those wanting to undo his legacy

Increasingly aggressive and isolated, both countries are backing themselves into the same corner

Turkey's President wants to plunder the Mediterranean, but his adventurism risks turning his country into a naval outlaw

In 2013, millions took to the streets as part of the Gezi Park protests against the Erdogan government. But a brilliant new book argues that the roots of dissent go far deeper.

Tens of thousands of refugees are trapped in Greece as the EU shuts its borders. We report from the notorious Softex camp where many are losing hope .

A bestseller in her home country, Samanci's graphic memoir Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey describes life during a time of great social and political upheaval,

Like many cities, Istanbul has grown exponentially over the past 40 years and the novelist Orhan Pamuk has been a faithful chronicler of its transformation. David Lepeska reads his latest novel and reflects on man’s struggle to keep pace with urbanisation.