Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to Newsweek's Owen Matthews about Islam, modernity and Turkey's role in Israel-Syria communications

Steven A. Cook states that “not since the Ottoman Empire have the Turks played as prominent and potentially problematic a role in the Middle East.”

Turkey is at war with itself again, over religion and politics in Turkish life, and the consequences for both itself and its friends could be devastating.

Noah Feldman explains that “if Turkey is to continue its integration into European and Western civilization, it needs to show that liberal values and Islam are not only compatible but complementary.”

Abdullah Akyuz and Steven Cook discuss whether U.S.-Turkish relations are likely to improve.

Turkish military strikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq underscore the ethnic tensions mounting in the region. The unsettled matter of Kirkuk also feeds insecurity.

Steven Cook argues that Turkey can play an important role in helping the U.S. achieve its interests if the U.S. can accept the differences between the two nations.

The ruckus over the election of a religious conservative as Turkey's president has exposed the illiberal nature of Turkish secularism -- as well as the pragmatism of the country's reformed Islamists. Preserving democracy in Turkey by keeping the military out of politics will be a tall order, but the future of the Muslim world's most promising democratic experiment is at stake.

The Iraqi minister caught between the Turks and the Kurds discusses rising regional tensions—and the unexpected Syrian reaction—in the wake of a cross-border PKK raid.

Turkish ground raids into Iraqi Kurdistan could undermine U.S. military efforts and further fragment Iraq’s federal government.

Advocating for greater Kurdish autonomy through violent resistance, the Kurdistan Workers Party remains a vibrant militant presence on the border of northern Iraq and southern Turkey.

CFR’s Steven A. Cook says recent Turkish military action in Iraq and a controversial U.S. congressional vote could undermine U.S.-Turkish relations at a critical time.

Turkey’s new president seeks to reinvigorate his country’s efforts to gain EU membership, but major rifts appear to outweigh limited signs of progress.

Watch Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discuss Turkey's recent elections and its foreign policy goals for the years ahead.

Listen to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discuss Turkey's recent elections and its foreign policy goals for the years ahead.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey, discusses Turkey's recent elections and the country's foreign policy goals for the year ahead.

Steven A. Cook, an expert on Turkey, says the sweeping victory of the Justice and Development Party in parliamentary elections has proven “beyond a shadow of a doubt that you can have democracy in a Muslim-majority country.”