Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters train in a camp in the Aleppo countryside of northern Syria on December 16th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

While most of the attention is focused on the growing economic crisis in the country, Recep Erdoğan must deal with another serious problem: democratic dissent.

• By Gary M. Grossman

A snap election in Turkey, announced earlier this month, briefly put residents of Northern Syria on edge ahead of a threatened incursion by Turkish forces. Now, it's back to life-as-usual.

• By Kenneth R. Rosen

Why the institutional Islamism that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pursued for decades is no protection against violent Islamism.

• By Qanta A. Ahmed

The city’s malls, once so hip, are disappearing—but they're where many modern Turks forged their identity.

• By Kaya Genç