Piotr Zalewski

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Istanbul Bombing a Strike Against Turkey's Economy

Targeting tourists in the city's historic district will deal the country an economic blow

By Piotr Zalewski / Istanbul

Ankara Attack Threatens to Deepen Turkey's Divisions

Political groups began implicating one another within hours of the bombing

By Piotr Zalewski

Turkey Gets Ready to Vote

The Justice and Development Party want Turks to give them a mandate to increase the power of the presidency

By Piotr Zalewski / Istanbul

Kurds Welcome Backup to End ISIS Siege of Syrian Border Town

Turkey allows Kurdish troops to cross into Kobani

By Piotr Zalewski

Kobani Struggles Amid Medicine and Food Shortages

One local describes how some trapped residents have been forced to break into the houses of neighbors who have fled to take their food. He and others are eating whatever they had stored as well as that left behind by the tens of thousands of who fled

By Piotr Zalewski / Suruc, Turkey

ISIS Retreats From Syrian City

But Anwar Muslim, the head of Kobani's local government, tells TIME more than a thousand civilians are still trapped in the city center

By Piotr Zalewski / Suruc, Turkey

Turkey Decides to Hit Kurdish Rebels, Not ISIS

Airstrikes target the Kurdistan Workers' Party and not the Islamist militants fighting for control of Kobani, a Kurdish city in Syria near the Turkish border

By Piotr Zalewski / Istanbul

Turkey Feels Pressure as Kurds Fight ISIS

The Kurds are angry that Turkey isn't doing more to help the fight against ISIS, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won't budge

By Piotr Zalewski

Turkey Grapples With an Unprecedented Flood of Refugees Fleeing ISIS

Turkey has done a better job than most at accommodating refugees, but the burden is proving too large to bear

By Piotr Zalewski / Gaziantep, Turkey

Erdogan Promises 'New Era' After Winning Presidency

Turkey's Prime Minister gets five more years of power

By Piotr Zalewski / Istanbul

Turkey's Prime Minister Sets Eyes on Presidency

The Turkish PM wants to transform the presidency from a largely ceremonial post into an executive seat of power, but some say he's overplaying his hand

By Piotr Zalewski

Syrian Refugees in Turkey Wearing Out Their Welcome

Turkey was home to less than 200,000 Syrian refugees at the start of 2013, but the patience of many Turkish citizens is running thin as that figure hovers around 700,000. With no sign of the conflict in Syria abating, that number is expected to more than double this year

By Piotr Zalewski

Turkey’s Erdogan Wins Big, Thinks Bigger

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) drubbed its secular rivals in local elections over the weekend, vindicating him from charges of corruption and giving him a mandate to settle scores with his enemies

By Piotr Zalewski

More Ukrainians Want Out

After Russia's de facto annexation of Crimea, questions loom over the status of other parts of Ukraine where many remain sympathetic to Russia

By Piotr Zalewski / Donetsk, Ukraine

Protests Rock Turkey After Teenage Boy Dies

Demonstrations erupted across the country after Berkin Elvan, 15, the boy who fell into a coma after being struck by a police tear gas canister fired at close range, died following a 269-day battle to stay alive

By Piotr Zalewski / Istanbul
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