David Lepeska

David Lepeska

David Lepeska, a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Financial Times and other... outlets. His work focuses on Turkey and the Middle East. 


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The first re­spon­si­bil­i­ty of a state is to pro­tect its cit­i­zens.

Opinion by David Lepeska
Published On 14 Mar 2016
Explosion in Ankara

In an in­creas­ing­ly volatile Turkey, the takeover of Za­man marks the lat­est blow in the bat­tle be­tween Er­do­gan and Gulen.

Opinion by David Lepeska
Published On 6 Mar 2016
Turkey - Zaman

Af­ter lengthy ne­go­ti­a­tions, Ankara and the EU fi­nalised their refugee deal. Now comes the hard part.

Opinion by David Lepeska
Published On 30 Nov 2015
ANGELA MERKEL AND AHMET DAVUTOGLU

Rather than com­pelling Turks to unite, the Ankara bomb­ing looks set to deep­en the fis­sures in Turk­ish so­ci­ety.

Opinion by David Lepeska
Published On 12 Oct 2015
TURKEY ANKARA BOMBING

Turkey’s bold, risky pay­out plan to catch sus­pect­ed ter­ror­ists may back­fire.

Opinion by David Lepeska
Published On 1 Sep 2015
TURKEY CLASHES WITH THE KURDS