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      Lizzie Porter

      Lizzie Porter

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      Lizzie Porter is The National's Istanbul correspondent. She has been a foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, and was previously based in Beirut and Baghdad. She covers diplomacy, politics, conflicts and crises in Turkey and across the Middle East, and has won multiple awards for her reporting on topics ranging from missing persons in Iraq to the region's climate crises. A native English speaker, she also speaks fluent French, Arabic and Farsi. Her Turkish is improving.
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      The remains of the Byzantine Basilica of Saint Neophytos, by Lake Iznik, which Pope Leo XIV is due to visit on Friday. Reuters
      Play03:10
      Pope Leo's visit to Iznik to put small Turkish town on map

      Famous for ceramics, less is known about western spot's key role in Christianity

      MENANovember 27, 2025
      Pope Leo will visit Turkey and Lebanon during his first overseas trip since his appointment in May. AFP
      Turkey’s Christians eager to ‘feel seen’ during Pope Leo’s visit

      Hopes high that Pope's trip will bring boost to interfaith relations

      MENANovember 25, 2025
      Kurds hold a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in February. AP Photo
      Turkish MPs make first visit to jailed PKK leader

      Politicians meet Abdullah Ocalan in island prison to advance peace process

      MENANovember 24, 2025
      Supporters of Abdullah Ocalan hold up a poster depicting the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey, in February 2025. AFP
      Turkish MPs vote to visit jailed PKK leader in prison

      Approval sets stage for first recorded visit to Abdullah Ocalan from non-Kurdish lawmakers

      MENANovember 21, 2025
      Nuh Yilmaz, then Turkey's deputy foreign minister, arrives at the Europa Building in Brussels in March, for a conference on supporting Syria's post-Assad transition. AFP
      Turkey appoints ambassador to Syria after 13-year absence

      Nuh Yilmaz will head Turkish embassy in Damascus

      MENANovember 20, 2025
      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Istanbul in July 2023. EPA
      Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Turkey in bid to revive peace talks with Russia

      No Russian representation at Ankara meetings

      MENANovember 19, 2025
      Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, left, with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan at their meeting in Ankara. EPA
      New UN draft on way for Gaza stabilisation force, says Egypt's Foreign Minister

      Badr Abdelatty reveals latest talks at meeting with Turkey

      MENANovember 12, 2025
      Former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested in March, sparking protests. Reuters
      Turkey files corruption charges against ex-Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

      Rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused of running $4 billion criminal enterprise

      MENANovember 11, 2025
      The 20-point Gaza peace plan stipulates Hamas must have no role in governing the territory. Bloomberg
      Play01:09
      Hamas ready to hand over power in Gaza, Turkey says

      Ministers from Arab and Muslim nations gather in Istanbul to advance Gaza ceasefire

      MENANovember 03, 2025
      PKK fighters arrive for a disarmament ceremony in the Qandil mountains of Iraq on October 26. Reuters
      Pro-Kurdish party and Erdogan hold talks to advance PKK dissolution

      Talks come after PKK announced withdrawal from Turkey

      MENAOctober 30, 2025
      Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu, the president of Turkey's football federation, revealed hundreds of referees have betting accounts. AP
      Turkey names 150 referees in football betting scandal

      Officials accused of placing tens of thousands of bets are referred for disciplinary action

      MENAOctober 29, 2025
      Fatih Tuna of the AKP says Europe's people have stood up for Palestinians even as their governments sympathise with Israel. Lizzie Porter / The National
      InterviewEurope has lost moral high ground over Gaza, Turkish official says

      Turkish contractors 'very capable' of rebuilding war-torn strip

      MENAOctober 27, 2025
      2TCDHKE Barcelona, 03/07/2016. Interview with the writer Omer Bartov. Photo: Ines Baucells Archdc. Credit: Album / Archivo ABC / Ines Baucells
      Play02:06
      Israel must confront its past crimes, says leading genocide scholar

      Omer Bartov calls for acknowledgment of the past and a truth and reconciliation-style process to break the cycle of denial

      MENAOctober 25, 2025
      Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, meets the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim, in Doha. AFP
      Turkey and Qatar seek permanent Gaza ceasefire in Doha talks

      President Erdogan on three-country Gulf tour as he seeks closer regional ties

      MENAOctober 22, 2025
      Turkey and the PKK shorthand cover illustration. The National
      Special reportAfter 40 years, can Turkey find peace with the PKK?

      The Kurdish militant group is laying down its weapons. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering expanding minority rights. But some people say they cannot forgive and forget…

      NewsOctober 17, 2025
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