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Iraqi oil flows to Turkey after US pledges role in Baghdad-Kurds customs dispute

A US-brokered breakthrough between Baghdad and Erbil has restarted Iraqi oil exports through Turkey after a weeklong standoff.

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

NATO deploys new Patriot battery to Turkey as Fidan in Riyadh for regional talks

The deployment to a key Turkish airbase likely signals NATO planners’ heightened concern over Turkey’s military assets.

Turkey

Desperate to sell its oil, Iraq turns to Turkey amid standoff with Kurds

As Iraq looks to reroute oil to Turkey, Baghdad is also using the plan to push the Iraqi Kurds to greenlight exports through their territory.

Iraq

Analysis

No strangers to turmoil, Turkey-Iran to maintain ties under Mojtaba Khamenei

Even as war heighten tensions between Ankara and Tehran, the mix of rivalry and pragmatic cooperation that has long defined Turkey–Iran relations is likely to endure.

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Newsletter: Turkey

Turkey braces for Iran war fallout

As the US and Israel's war with Iran nears its third week, Turkey braces for missile threats, refugee flows and regional instability while pushing for a diplomatic role.

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Feature

Iranians crossing into Turkey haunted by regime crackdown more than war

Many Iranians crossing into Turkey suggest the regime’s deadly crackdown on recent protests, not the bombardment, is the trauma they cannot shake.

By Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Newsletter: City Pulse Istanbul

Revisiting Halil Pasha

Also this week: Beyoglu’s storied Pano winehouse, Istanbul exhibitions and Kanye West in concert

By Nazlan Ertan

In Izmir and Istanbul, reporting on culture

Analysis

Oil-price hikes from Iran war threaten Turkey's rate cuts in inflation fight

Surging oil prices and regional disruptions could halt monetary easing and widen Turkey’s current account deficit.

By Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Analysis

Oil crisis stokes inflation risks for Mideast as Iran war exposes importers

With crude oil briefly nearing $120 per barrel on Monday before giving up gains, the conflict is poised to reignite inflationary pressures around the world, including for vulnerable economies such as Egypt and Turkey.

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Culture

The weight of war: Erdal Duman’s sculptures probe politics of violence

As missiles cross again Middle Eastern skies, Turkish artist Erdal Duman’s brightly colored weapons ask an uncomfortable question: When does war really begin?

Turkey

Analysis

Turkey cautious but unfazed by US plan to mobilize Iranian Kurds against regime

Plans to involve Iranian Kurdish armed groups in the US-Israeli campaign against Tehran raise potential security, ethnic and refugee spillover risks for Turkey, but officials in Ankara appear largely unfazed.

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Newsletter: Turkey

War reaches Turkey’s door

An intercepted Iranian missile, rising oil prices and renewed Kurdish tensions test Ankara’s balancing act.

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture