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Turkey

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter watches his team, the New York Knicks, play the Washington Wizards at the O2 Arena in London on television, January 17. (Reuters)

Fearing for his life, Turkish player skips NBA game in London

Turkey

The official inauguration of the Cologne Central Mosque, last September. (Reuters)

Turkey moves to widen influence among Muslims in Europe

Iran

Iranian women walk past a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. (AP)

Will 2019 usher in Iran’s transition to the rule of state?

Khattar Abou Diab

Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, last September. (Reuters)

What safe zone? Turkey’s margin to manoeuvre in Syria shrinks

Syria

New direction. Turkish military vehicles ride at the Bab el-Salam border crossing between the Syrian town of Azaz and the Turkish town of Kilis, January 1. (Reuters)

Developments shift Erdogan’s priorities in Syria

Turkey

Turkish young women look on as veiled women pass by in front of a fast-food restaurant at Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue. (AFP)

After 16 years of Erdogan rule, Turks are less religious

Russia

Primacy at stake. A member of the Russian military stands guard on the border between Syria and Lebanon in Jdaidat Yabous. (AFP)

Russia strives to assert primacy, rein in Turkish ambitions in Syria

Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum

EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Canete (C) visits the Zohr gas field facilities, off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. (Twitter)

Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum a powerful new global player

Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the AK Party Mayor Candidates Presentation Meeting at Ankara Sports Hall, January 1. (AFP)

Stakes for the opposition in Istanbul and Ankara mayoral elections

Abdullah Aydogan