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  • The leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, address a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, gave a speech as the crowd chanted “Allahu akbar (God is greatest),” a video shared by the rebels on their Telegram channel showed. (Photo by Aref TAMMAWI / AFP) (Photo by AREF TAMMAWI/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Who is Al-Jolani, the Syrian rebel who ended Assad’s rule?

    By Selcan Hacaoglu, Sam Dagher, and others
  • A BYD Co. Seal U electric vehicle (EV) at a BYD showroom in Paris, France, on Friday, June 14, 2024. Brussels decided on Wednesday to impose additional tariffs on electric cars shipped from China, taking levies to as much as 48% depending on the degree of cooperation companies displayed during the EU probe. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    BYD to build $1 billion plant in Turkey, boosting the Chinese EV maker’s access to the EU as higher tariffs loom

    By Firat Kozok, Selcan Hacaoglu, and others
  • Man charges electric vehicle.Retail

    BYD eyes manufacturing in Turkey as another route into EU customs area for EV imports

    By Firat Kozok, Selcan Hacaoglu, and others
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla, center, arrives to the Turkish House to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York, US, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Erdogan hosted Musk to discuss cooperation on a range of subjects from space technology to electric-vehicle batteries. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Elon Musk took his son to meet Turkish President Erdogan, who asked him to build a Tesla plant in Turkey

    By Selcan Hacaoglu and Bloomberg
  • NATO summit in Madrid

    Finland and Sweden are one step closer to joining NATO with Turkey deal

    By Firat Kozok, Selcan Hacaoglu, and others
  • The Turkish drilling vessel ‘Fatih’ sails up the Bosphorus towards the Black Sea on May 29, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. On Friday, Turkey announced the vessel was part of the largest ever natural gas find in the country’s history.

    Erdogan hails Turkey’s biggest ever energy discovery. The markets are unimpressed

    By Selcan Hacaoglu, Cagan Koc, and others
  • US-Turkey-Pense-ErdoganPolitics

    Why U.S. and Turkey—Allies for Decades—Keep Feuding

    By Selcan Hacaoglu and Bloomberg