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Economics

Breaking Down Trump’s Economic Sanctions

The current administration has made heavy-handed economic policy one of its main tools for influencing global politics.

Ian Hurley

People react and wave flags outside the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, on June 24th, 2018, during the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections. More than 59 million citizens voted in the presidential and parliamentary elections. According to state media reports, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won presidential poll with 53 percent of the vote after nearly all votes have been counted.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Presidential Elections in Turkey Come to an End

People react and wave flags outside the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, on June 24th, 2018, during the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections.

Pacific Standard Staff

Women walk on a bridge past campaign banners with the portrait of Turkey's president in Istanbul on June 18th, 2018. Turkey prepares for tight presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24th, while many analysts say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants a major foreign policy success to give him a final boost. The slogan reads "A big Turkey wishes a powerful leader."

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Turkey Prepares for a Crucial Upcoming Presidential Election

Women walk on a bridge past campaign banners with the portrait of Turkey's president in Istanbul on June 18th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man walks in the open air market in Manbij, northern Syria, on March 28th, 2018.

In Northern Syria, Residents Balk at Turkish Threats

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.

Kenneth R. Rosen

Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Breaking Ramadan Fasting in Istanbul

Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.

Pacific Standard Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018. Putin launched the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power station and vowed to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems to Ankara in a new tightening of an increasingly close alliance that has alarmed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Joint Press Conference Signals Cooperation Between Turkey and Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

This picture, taken on March 30th, 2018, shows the dust storm in Khartoum. A thick sandstorm engulfed the Sudanese capital on Thursday, forcing authorities to cancel flights and shut schools in Khartoum and other nearby towns.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: From a Student Protest in Turkey to Dust Storms in Sudan

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Pacific Standard Staff

Students of Mehmet Akif College hold pictures of their Turkish teachers as they demonstrate against their arrest in Pristina on March 29th, 2018. In an operation carried out between Turkey's National Intelligence Organization and Kosovo's spy services, six high-ranking members of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement were brought back home on a private plane, Anadolu news agency reported, citing security sources.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Turkish Students Publicly Protest Teacher Arrests

Students of Mehmet Akif College hold pictures of their Turkish teachers as they demonstrate against their arrest in Pristina on March 29th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units and Women's Protection Units attend the funeral of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces that were killed in combat against the Islamic State.

Social Justice

The Complex Gender Politics of Kurdistan

While the region touts some of the most pro-feminism positions in the world, there are still many regressive aspects to its society.

Haidar Khezri

Supporters of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel demonstrate with heart-shaped balloons during a motorcade protest on February 14th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. The day marks Yücel's first full year in custody in Turkey without charge. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim expressed hope ahead of key talks in Berlin that Yücel would soon be freed after spending one year behind bars.

Social Justice

Viewfinder: Protesters in Germany Push for a Jailed Journalist’s Freedom

Supporters of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel demonstrate with heart-shaped balloons during a motorcade protest on February 14th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.

Pacific Standard Staff