https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AULVV-15j7c/sinan-ulgen RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 21:32:17 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-09/how-biden-and-erdogan-can-end-the-turkish-american-standoff https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-09/how-biden-and-erdogan-can-end-the-turkish-american-standoff Wed, 09 Jun 2021 04:00:18 GMT ANKARA, TURKEY - AUGUST 24: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives US Vice-President Joe Biden (L) at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on August 24, 2016. (Photo by Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-09/no-easy-passage-for-erdogan-s-canal-plan https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-09/no-easy-passage-for-erdogan-s-canal-plan Fri, 09 Apr 2021 04:00:10 GMT A fisherman fishes on the Bosphorus in the Ortakoy district of Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reopens Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia for prayers next week, it will be the crowning symbol of his mission to reassert Turkey’s role as a Muslim power on the global stage. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-23/turkey-the-politics-behind-erdogan-s-central-bank-decision https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-23/turkey-the-politics-behind-erdogan-s-central-bank-decision Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:00:04 GMT RIZE, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 15: Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends his ruling party's 7th Ordinary Provincial Congresses of Aksaray, Kirsehir, Konya via video link, in Rize, Turkey on February 15, 2021. (Photo by Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-16/after-trump-s-sanctions-biden-can-reset-with-turkey https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-16/after-trump-s-sanctions-biden-can-reset-with-turkey Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:30:19 GMT ANKARA, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 15: (---EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTRY / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) The final parts of the second battery of Russian S-400 missile defense system arrive at Murted Airbase in Ankara, Turkey on September 15, 2019. (Photo by TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTRY / HANDOUT/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-11-11/erdogan-and-turkey-have-the-chance-to-do-things-differently https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-11-11/erdogan-and-turkey-have-the-chance-to-do-things-differently Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:00:18 GMT Newly appointed Treasury and Finance Minister Lutfi Elvan (C) speaks to media after attending a ceremony marking the 82th death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at the mausoleum in Ankara on November 10, 2020. - Turkey's lira surged to its biggest gain in two years on November 9, 2020, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powerful son-in-law quit as finance minister following the abrupt appointment of a new central bank chief. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-02/black-sea-gas-find-strengthens-turkey-s-hand-against-greece https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-02/black-sea-gas-find-strengthens-turkey-s-hand-against-greece Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:17:49 GMT ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 29: In this aerial photo taken with a drone, Turkish drilling vessel 'Fatih' sails up the Bosphorus towards the Black Sea on May 29, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-06-10/turkey-needs-more-than-a-veto-in-the-eastern-mediterranean https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-06-10/turkey-needs-more-than-a-veto-in-the-eastern-mediterranean Wed, 10 Jun 2020 04:00:25 GMT The big stick is working. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-05/turkey-s-erdogan-is-learning-why-nato-membership-matters https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-05/turkey-s-erdogan-is-learning-why-nato-membership-matters Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:52:14 GMT Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, arrives for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Leaders' meeting at the Grove Hotel near Watford, U.K., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. The U.K. is hosting NATO leaders to mark the military alliance's 70th anniversary. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-17/turkey-s-erdogan-gambles-on-idlib https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-17/turkey-s-erdogan-gambles-on-idlib Mon, 17 Feb 2020 10:46:42 GMT TOPSHOT - A Turkish military convoy of tanks and armoured vehicles passes through the city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria, near the Syria-Turkey border, late on February 7, 2020. (Photo by Aref TAMMAWI / AFP) (Photo by AREF TAMMAWI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-21/canal-istanbul-choppy-waters-for-erdogan-s-latest-megaproject https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-21/canal-istanbul-choppy-waters-for-erdogan-s-latest-megaproject Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:00:41 GMT A Liberian-flagged cargo vessel 'Songa Iridium' is tugged by a Coastal Safety boat after it ran ashore in the Bosphorus, on December 27, 2019, in Istanbul. - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dream project of building a canal in Istanbul to rival those at Suez and Panama has turned into a political showdown with the city's new mayor. Ekrem Imamoglu, who won a shock victory for the opposition in 2019 to become mayor of Turkey's largest city, says the 75 billion lira ($12.6 billion) canal is wasteful, environmentally destructive and could even increase the earthquake risk. "Canal Istanbul is a criminal project," he tweeted in December as he launched an "Either Canal or Istanbul" campaign and withdrew from a construction protocol signed by the previous mayor. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-09/turkey-s-erdogan-is-taking-a-big-gamble-in-libya https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-09/turkey-s-erdogan-is-taking-a-big-gamble-in-libya Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:00:16 GMT ISTANBUL, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 27: President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Fayez Al-Sarraj (L) as they pose for a photo at Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul, Turkey on November 27, 2019. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-11/turkey-has-turned-up-the-dial-in-the-eastern-mediterranean https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-11/turkey-has-turned-up-the-dial-in-the-eastern-mediterranean Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:25:30 GMT A Turkish navy warship escorts the Fatih oil drilling ship as it prepares to sail to the contested waters of the Mediterranean Sea for oil and gas drilling operations near Anatalya, Turkey, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Turkey’s first deep-sea drilling ship, flanked by Turkish war vessels, set sail Tuesday looking for natural gas and oil in contested waters of the Mediterranean, a launch liable to exacerbate longstanding tensions with Greece. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-11-11/turkey-s-digital-tax-will-inspire-other-countries https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-11-11/turkey-s-digital-tax-will-inspire-other-countries Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:57:03 GMT PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 31: In this photo illustration, logos of the Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon applications (GAFA) are displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone on May 31, 2018 in Paris, France. The acronym GAFA refers to the four most powerful companies in the world of the internet: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. The European Union has decided to better tax the giants of the internet with Brussels proposing to tax 3% of income generated by the data of users of Internet companies. This new tax would bring in 5 billion euros a year in the European Union. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-23/europe-must-re-engage-with-turkey-now https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-23/europe-must-re-engage-with-turkey-now Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:13:27 GMT Belgian Prime Minister and European Council president designate Charles Michel (R) welcomes German Defence Minsiter and European Commission president candidate Ursula von der Leyen ahead of a meeting with the at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, on July 8, 2019. (Photo by François WALSCHAERTS / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS/AFP/Getty Images)