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Minimal gains for Erdogan in Syria ceasefire deal

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came home with the Syrian ceasefire he wanted from his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but the deal leaves key challenges unresolved, not the least the…

Betting on presidential rule

WHETHER Pakistan will be better off with a presidential system of government or not — the debate is perennial. But the proposition now seems to have assumed a more serious…

Erdogan’s Return

Erdogan’s return

The election commission in Turkey announced on June 25 that the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has won the first round of presidential elections. For opposition parties, it was not…

Erdogan Reigns

Erdogan reigns

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a referendum which would change Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential democracy. Right? Not quite. Parliament would still have considerable powers. Nevertheless with the…

Erdogan’s counter-coup

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), including the opposition (except for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party), turned…

Erdogan In My Village

Erdogan in my village

On April 12, 1922, a crowd of 20,000 people gathered in Lahore at the 37th meeting of Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam, a leading philanthropic organisation of that time. Most participants had joined…