Ayşe Nur Dok

How displaced Palestinians struggle to live in war-torn Syria

Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus, a once-busy district, is now a ghost town heaped with rubble and mangled steel rods. Here’s how Palestinian refugees are living through Syria’s war.

The private business of for-profit prisons in the US

Advocates argue private prisons in the United States help increase prison capacity and keep costs down, but these for-profit facilities have thrown a spanner in the process of rehabilitation. Here's a brief overview.

Left, right and centre: the tangle of political labels

Europe is accused of shifting more to the right as the region faces a refugee crisis. The left is accused of pulling more to the centre. Here's a quick look at what these symbolic terms mean.

Turkey elections: People of Istanbul reflect on their choices

With election activities in full swing, party flags, posters and campaign tents of political parties across Istanbul portray a contentious political atmosphere ahead of Turkey's upcoming polls.

Return to south Syria: Conflict in Daraa and occupied Golan Heights

The Assad regime is positioning itself to regain complete control of Syria, while rebels control stretches of southwest Syria, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights amid Israel’s concerns over presence of Iran and Hezbollah along the frontier.

How Turkey-UK relations will evolve in the post-Brexit period

Turkey and the United Kingdom seek to boost cooperation on the economy and defence in the aftermath of Brexit while searching for solutions to war in Syria, irregular migration and security threats.