As if there wasn’t enough turmoil in the Middle East, the emergence and rapid escalation of a new crisis involving Qatar and its neighbours threatens to create even more instability in a region crying out for democracy and peace. On 5th and 6th June, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Yemen, Egypt, the Maldives, and Bahrain […]
Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece, the UK’s first and only Turkish Cypriot member of Westminster’s Upper Chamber, and the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Equalities, has been refused an entry visa by the USA. The Muslim Peer was due to represent the UK Parliament as part of the European Parliamentary Forum at two important meetings: at the World […]
The AKP has dominated Turkish politics since coming into power in 2002 and its foreign policies have often deviated from the established policy lines of previous Turkish governments. Given the radical changes in its region, Professor William Hale of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) will address the question: “Turkey and the Middle […]
