Turkey’s presidential election boosts nativist politics
And endangers an immigration boom in Gaziantep.
Descendants of expelled Muslims renew ties with Crete
A century after a major population exchange, Turkocretans offer an example of reconciliation with Greece.
NYT: Joshua Levkowitz on Syrians in Turkey
“Scapegoated by Everyone, Wanted by No One,” by Joshua Levkowitz (Syrians in exile, 2021-2023), New York Times, July 12, 2023
Russian émigrés’ fractured families
Exiles reckon with accusations of betrayal from loved ones back home.
Syrians trapped in Lebanon’s failed state
A mounting anti-refugee campaign is raising real fear about deportation home.
Syrian arrivals see northern Iraq as a springboard
But earlier waves still in the country provide a cautionary tale.
Communities in Ghana try to arbitrate farmer-herder conflicts on their own
But mediators are still finding themselves ensnared in messy local politics.
In Warsaw, Russian ‘parliament in exile’ debates a post-Putin future
But questions about legitimacy and motives dog the Kremlin's opposition.