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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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      Judges enter the courtroom during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands. EPA
      Turkey joins South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel

      Support for the UN court case marks the latest shift in Ankara's position towards Israel

      MENAAugust 07, 2024
      A woman holds a phone showing the Instagram logo, in Istanbul, Turkey, where a nationwide ban on the app continued for a fifth day on Tuesday. EPA
      Instagram ban continues in Turkey as activists file legal challenge

      President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities trying to establish a dialogue through official institutions

      MENAAugust 06, 2024
      A rally in Istanbul on Wednesday to protest against the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Reuters
      Turkey's Hamas ties in focus after Haniyeh's killing in Tehran

      Thousands of Turks marched through the streets of Istanbul waving Hamas and Palestinian flags

      MENAAugust 01, 2024
      A fighter of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia inspects the site of a US air strike in Hilla, Iraq, in December 2023. Reuters
      US strike on militant base leaves Iraq truce hanging in the balance

      Senior official of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq tells The National there will be a response to attack south of Baghdad

      MENAJuly 31, 2024
      Boji, one of Turkey's estimated four million street dogs and a regular user of public transport, sits on a tram in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul. Reuters
      Turkey passes law to round up stray dogs

      The country seeks a solution for more than four million animals without a home

      MENAJuly 30, 2024
      Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, left, with Serdar Kilic, Turkey's special envoy for negotiation, at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum hosted by Turkey in March 2022. AP
      Turkish and Armenian envoys meet at border for talks on normalisation

      Ankara and Yerevan resume efforts to repair diplomatic ties

      MENAJuly 30, 2024
      Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during President Masoud Pezeshkian's endorsement ceremony in Tehran. EPA
      Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian faces reform dilemma

      Heart surgeon-turned-politician wants change but not too much of it

      MENAJuly 30, 2024
      An Iranian man cools off during the hot weather in Tehran. Iran is facing a heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees. EPA
      Iran shuts banks and government institutions as temperatures soar

      Government in Tehran orders state offices, banks and financial markets to stay closed to save electricity and avoid risks to public health

      MENAJuly 27, 2024
      Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Rome’s intention to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria. Reuters
      Italy appoints ambassador to Syria after 12-year absence

      Rome announces renewal of diplomatic ties with Bashar Al Assad's government in Damascus after 12 years

      MENAJuly 27, 2024
      Carpet seller Hikmet Sirlak and his colleague at Recep Karaduman carpets in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. Lizzie Porter / The National
      Postcard from IstanbulTurkey's carpet traders weather the economic storm

      Despite competition from cheap imports, traders of handwoven rugs refuse to give up on preserving the region's traditional textiles

      MENAJuly 26, 2024
      A Russian suspected of carrying out a car bomb attack in Moscow was arrested by Turkish authorities in Bodrum on Wednesday. Demiroren News Agency / AFP
      Moscow car bombing suspect arrested at Turkish beach resort

      Security forces detain a Russian man in Bodrum

      MENAJuly 25, 2024
      US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to Tel Aviv in October 2023. Reuters
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      Will Joe Biden be missed in the Middle East?

      The US President's legacy will be tarnished by Israel's war in Gaza Strip, experts say

      MENAJuly 22, 2024
      The business and commercial district of Istanbul. Turkish MPs are set to pass legislation including major corporation tax rises. Reuters
      Turkey plans to raise taxes to shore up revenue and 'create fairer system'

      Legislation outlines corporate tax rises and an increase in fees for Turkish travellers as government addresses budget deficit

      MENAJuly 19, 2024
      Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Syrian President Bashar Al Assad back in 2011. AFP
      Erdogan's diplomatic overtures to Assad likely to yield only minor wins

      Talks with Damascus could help Turkish leader ease domestic concerns

      MENAJuly 12, 2024
      Turkish troops, pictured here on an unrelated deployment, made an incursion into Iraq to chase down a Kurdish separatist group, Iraqi officials said. AFP
      Iraq denounces Turkish military move in country's north

      Delegation led by Baghdad's national security adviser arrives in Kurdish region

      MENAJuly 11, 2024
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