GlobalPost — Turkey

Reviving Turkish baths

Nichole Sobecki — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:31:42 +0000

Opinion: It's getting chilly between Turkey and Israel

HDS Greenway — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:10:10 +0000

As Turkey gets friendlier with Syria and Iraq, relations with Israel take a back seat.

In Kas, reminders of a gilded age

Nichole Sobecki — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:54:21 +0000

An ancient Turkish port town reluctantly offers itself up to the tourist trade.

Kas — city of ancient charms

Nichole Sobecki — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:51 +0000

Armenia and Turkey — not so fast

David L. Stern — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:28:18 +0000

Obstacles to reopening the two countries' border include Azerbaijan, parliamentary approval and the weight of history.

Normalizing Armenia-Turkey relations

Nichole Sobecki — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:27:11 +0000

The two sides have signed an historic — but shaky — accord re-establishing diplomatic ties.

Turks ponder — and protest — any IMF deal

Nichole Sobecki — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:45:13 +0000

As the world lender heads to Istanbul for its summit, Ankara weighs the merits of a multibillion-dollar loan.

Opening the "death wells" of Turkey

Nichole Sobecki — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:03:34 +0000

An investigation into a shadowy force suspected of killing PKK supporters has shed light on a recent dark chapter in Turkey's past.

G20 Pittsburgh: They meet again

Michael Goldfarb — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:13:12 +0000

Opinion: The world does not hold its breath.

Opinion: The Turkey-Armenia detente

Ian O. Lesser — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:11:15 +0000

Why it's good news for the region and the US.

Turkey's identity dilemma

Nichole Sobecki — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:04:43 +0000

A push to expand the rights of Kurds has rattled the foundations of the modern Turkish state.

Turkey sees merit in jailing children

Nichole Sobecki — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:03:08 +0000

The case of a 16-year-old jailed for attending a protest highlights the harshness of the country's penal code.

Children behind bars

Nichole Sobecki — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:43:12 +0000

Turkey’s long, unrequited quest

Cameron Abadi — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:59:08 +0000

As Iceland eyes quick EU entry, is Europe too racist and Islamophobic to welcome its eastern neighbor into the fold?

All aboard the Anatolia 'Express'

Nichole Sobecki — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:20:23 +0000

It isn't fast, but the Güney Expresi affords passengers a view of another Turkey altogether.

Meet the economic gangsters

Mark Scheffler — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:03:52 +0000

Economic gangsters come in all shapes and sizes — they're Asian dictators and Somali pirates.

Saving Istanbul's skid row

Nichole Sobecki — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:15:59 +0000

Landmines must go, but how?

Nichole Sobecki — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:06:20 +0000

Turkey has thousands of landmines on its border with Syria. Will it sacrifice national sovereignty to get rid of them?

Turkish game show a leap of faith

Nichole Sobecki — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:06:25 +0000

Convert to religion and win! That's the premise of a new show offering a vacation with every salvation.

Saving Istanbul's skid row

Constanze Letsch — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:05:08 +0000

The battle lines are drawn over the city's planned "improvements" to a notorious neighborhood.

Kurdish oil flows again

Nichole Sobecki — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:01:35 +0000

A small step for the oil trade, a giant leap for Iraq.

The language of cross-border love

Nichole Sobecki — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:05:13 +0000

Interview: How the U.S. and Mexico can learn to get along — just like the EU and Turkey do.

Thoughts of winter cold distract EU leaders

Teri Schultz — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:05:25 +0000

European Union rushes to put crisis-preparedness plans in place, fearing another gas shutdown.

Nabucco gives Turkey leverage

Valentina Pasquali — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:40:47 +0000

A pipeline deal with Turkey was taken as a step toward EU energy security, but Russia looms large.

They'll huff and puff, but not for long

Stephanie Rice — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:54:51 +0000

Turkey, which has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, faces a ban beginning July 19.

She shoots, she scores

Nichole Sobecki — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:11:54 +0000

Skirting religion and convention, Turkish women are taking to the soccer pitch.

Has Turkey turned eastward?

Nichole Sobecki — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:55:41 +0000

There are signs that Turkey, which has long straddled East and West, may be acceding to its Ottoman past and Arab neighbors.

The rise of Turkish contemporary art

Nichole Sobecki — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:44:32 +0000

As the financial crisis further limits their options, buyers are looking to one long-neglected — and surprisingly current — market.

Istanbul art scene

Nichole Sobecki — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:25:26 +0000

Law enforcement or repression in Turkey?

Nichole Sobecki — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:34:30 +0000

The outlawed PKK isn't the only pro-Kurdish party in Ankara's sights.

May Day in Turkey

Iason Athanasiadis — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:05:50 +0000

Healing a populist rift with Turkey

Nichole Sobecki — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:02:35 +0000

Obama is saying all the right things to Turkey, but advisers are keenly aware that if he touches the Armenian issue all bets are off.