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Turkey

Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems ride through Red Square in Moscow. (AFP)

Turkey’s Russia arms deal ratchets up tensions with US

Turkey

Turkey’s CHP Presidential candidate Muharrem Ince (R) poses for a selfie during a campaign rally in Corum, on May 17. (AFP)

With media cheerleading him fully, Erdogan hopes to win

Turkey

Turkish 50 Lira banknotes. (Reuters)

Turkish voters could pay a heavy price for Erdoganomics

Egypt

A statue of Alexander the Great, founder of Alexandria, stands in a square in one end of the Fouad street in Alexandria. (Reuters)

Egypt moves towards 'reviving roots' with Greece amid Turkish history rethink

Syria

An elderly woman carries a bag on her head in Manbej in Aleppo countryside, on May 10. (Reuters)

In Syria, the victors are moulding populations to their own designs

Turkey

A woman holds pictures of former HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas, in jail for a year and a half, during a rally, on May 4. (AFP)

Tightening race places Turkey’s Kurds at the centre

Erdogan

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for the upcoming presidential election Muharrem Ince delivers a speech at the start of his campaign in Ankara, on May 4. (AFP)

Weeks before Turkish elections, why is Erdogan hinting at defeat?

Turkey

A display of foreign exchange rates against Turkish liras at Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. (AFP)

Erdogan’s real election rival is the economy

Turkey

Leader of Turkey’s Iyi (Good) party Meral Aksener (L) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), in Ankara, on April 25. (AP)

Erdogan in bind as opposition forms alliance for elections