Mehboob Jeelani is a senior editor at TRT World
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Edward Erickson, an American military expert, argues that the US seeks to cultivate influence in Syria by creating "Kurdish enclaves" run by anti-Turkey forces.
Hip hop has been slow to take off in Turkey. The music has a small but dedicated fanbase in Turkey. The Free Flow Festival is aimed at changing that, launching the biggest ever hip hop event to come t...
Hair transplant and weaver extraordinaire Koray Erdogan started off from humble origins, rising to the top of Turkey’s billion dollar hair transplant industry.
The violence of the attempted overthrow brought back traumatic memories for Turkey's Syrian refugees, but many supported the elected government against what they saw as an attempt to establish a regim...
Marriages are forced upon children as young as 11 in the US for reasons ranging from religious beliefs to poverty. Activists, some of whom are former victims themselves, are fighting hard for a nation...
With the war in Syria showing no sign of abating, many Syrian refugees are becoming permanent Turkish residents, or even citizens. We speak to Syrian business people to see how they are dealing with t...
After being hit by deadly sarin gas in Idlib on April 4, Omar Hamoud, an anti-Assad rebel fighter, was brought to Turkey for medical treatment. He says the attack on Khan Shaykhun was part of a broade...
With over 40,000 ceasefire violations being recorded every month, the conflict between pro-Russia separatists and EU-backed government forces shows no signs of abating.