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Lizzie Porter

Lizzie Porter

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Istanbul
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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Aysenur Eygi was shot dead while volunteering with a pro-Palestinian solidarity group in the village of Beita near Nablus. AP
Body of US-Turkish activist shot by Israel set to arrive in Turkey

Palestinian autopsy report says death was caused by severe bleeding and swelling of brain

MENASeptember 12, 2024
Protesters in Istanbul on Sunday hold portraits of Narin Guran, eight, who was found dead after being missing for 19 days. AFP
Parents among suspects after Turkish girl, eight, found dead in sack

Twenty two people face trial after man admits to disposing Narin Guran's body

MENASeptember 12, 2024
The body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, will be buried in the Aydin district of Turkey's Aegean coastal region. Reuters
Partner of US-Turkish activist shot by Israel says her killing was not an accident

Israeli army had said it 'unintentionally' shot Aysenur Eygi dead

MENASeptember 10, 2024
Protesters in Istanbul hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found on Sunday after being missing for 19 days. AFP
Outrage in Turkey after body of girl found in sack

Two dozen people arrested over suspected murder as Erdogan says he is following case

MENASeptember 10, 2024
Mourners pray over the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, who was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers while participating in an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank, during her funeral procession in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. AP
Body of US-Turkish citizen shot in West Bank to be returned to Turkey

Symbolic funeral held for Aysenur Eygi in Palestinian city of Nablus before her body is transported to Turkey

MENASeptember 09, 2024
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at her University of Washington graduation this spring. Photo: International Solidarity Movement, via her family
Family seeks independent inquiry after US-Turkish citizen killed during Israeli gunfire

Eyewitness says Aysenur Eygi was shot when troops opened fire at a protest in the West Bank village of Beita

USSeptember 06, 2024
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a signing ceremony in Ankara on Wednesday. Reuters
Turkey and Egypt look for new partnerships in El Sisi's first visit to Ankara

Previously icy relations thaw as leaders pledge closer co-operation and more trade

MENASeptember 04, 2024
Economic ties between the Turkey and Egypt are strengthening. Reuters
Egypt's El Sisi visits Turkey for first time as President

Agenda includes meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Ankara and Cairo seek closer ties

MENASeptember 04, 2024
Liridon Rexhepi entered Turkey on August 25 and was arrested five days later in Istanbul. Photo: Turkish security services
Turkey arrests Mossad 'financier' in Istanbul

Case of spy agency backer comes amid major downturn in relations with Israel

MENASeptember 03, 2024
Since the outbreak of war in Gaza, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed near-daily exchanges of fire. AFP
Hezbollah-Israel exchanges continue despite cooling of tension

At least five sites in south Lebanon were struck by Israel overnight

MENAAugust 30, 2024
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is due to visit Iraq in a trip lasting three days. AFP
Iran's President to visit Iraq next month in first official trip abroad

Tehran has wide political influence in neighbouring Iraq and holds significant power over some armed groups

MENAAugust 28, 2024
A woman carries a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah past houses hit by Israeli air strikes, in Aita Al Shaab, a village on the border with Israel, on June 29. AP
ExclusiveTalks involving Iran halted greater Israel-Hezbollah conflict

Tehran has become a behind-the-scenes player in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, sources tell The National

MENAAugust 26, 2024
President Bashar Al Assad told MPs in Damascus the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria was not a prerequisite to rapprochement between the neighbours. AFP
Assad says no progress in Syria and Turkey's push to mend ties

Syrian President says mediation efforts by Russia, Iran and Iraq have not achieved results despite recent hints at diplomatic thaw

MENAAugust 26, 2024
UAE Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei and Turkey's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu at the signing of the Development Road framework agreement in Baghdad in April. EPA
Turkey to host summit with UAE, Qatar and Iraq on new trade route

The Development Road project seeks to connect the Arabian Gulf to Europe through Iraq and Turkey

MENAAugust 26, 2024
Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, meets Abdirizak Omar Mohamed, Minister of Petroleum of Somalia in Istanbul. Photo: Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
Special reportWhy Turkey is looking to Africa to shore up its global reputation

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government seeks to shore up trade and strategic interests across the continent

MENAAugust 26, 2024
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