A sober warning to Greek Cypriots from a friend.

Elif Shafak sees the Erdogan tactics repeated in Britain.

@JoostHiltermann’s gloomy analysis of Syria.

Neat.

Awful. My favourite airport.

@Hugh_Pope reflects on his 28 years in the city.

*gulp*

Ivan Krastev draws lessons from 1851.

tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.

From Bosnia to Somaliland, via Nagorno-Karabakh.

The secrets of Agia Sofia!

The ban that failed.

A *very* small exclave of Turkey in Syria.

Spine-tingling and moving.

Another eyewitness account.

Hugh reports. #fb

Fascinating.