Daniel Dombey

Hugely proud of my wife @elcinpoyrazlar ‘s latest detective novel Ecel Çiçekleri Turkish readers: it’s on sale here: dogankitap.com.tr/kitap/ecel-cic…

One of the best Big Reads of all time -- The thing to read to understand why the undeclared war with Iran cannot take the second China shock out of the newspapers/ why imbalances are back of the G7 agenda 9/9 ft.com/content/7d51a6…

An extraordinary article explaining how China's hi-tech factories are going to change the world ft.com/content/7d51a6… @rwmcmorrow @Sam1Fleming @pmdfoster x.com/leahyjoseph

Where did Apple get its manufacturing chops from? The answer may surprise you. Fascinating piece by @PatrickMcGee_ on the tech giant’s roots in an occupied and war-battered country ft.com/content/080062…

The FT's inimitable John Foley on a huge issue facing the world economy - will what could well be the biggest peacetime investment in history actually make any money? Lex in depth: Will the AI data centre boom become a $9tn bust? ft.com/content/805f78… via @ft

Tastes of history: the best of Istanbul’s Ottoman palace restaurants by @elcinpoyrazlar ft.com/content/b9cbf1… via @ft

There is no better way to start the day than watching Istanbul slide past on a Bosphorus ferry towards the Black Sea. There are also few better ways to spend the rest of the day than retracing your steps by foot, with @danieldombey as your guide ft.com/content/513948…

On my favourite Istanbul walk: by the Bosphorus ft.com/content/513948…

"One Sunday morning in 2008, I woke up to learn I had supposedly plotted with then-U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to overthrow the Turkish government," writes @elcinpoyrazlar politico.eu/article/turkey…

There's something populist about the backlash against tourism. It involves a turn inwards similar to reactions we've seen to immigration and deindustrialisation. And it unites people on the conservative right & the radical left. ft.com/content/de15a5… via @ft

Spain is Nato’s biggest laggard on defence spending. It spends less as a % of GDP than any other Nato country. A national aversion to muscular militarism explains why. ft.com/content/5803cc… via @ft

Yeni roman heyecanı!

The inimitable @georgewparker ft.com/content/656f0c…

The last Brexit deal? Superb and atmospheric report by ⁦@barneyjopson⁩ from the Rock on.ft.com/3NQwSdB

Five days before Turkey’s historic elections, I’m looking forward to watching this BBC documentary on the man at the centre of it all (I’m one of the talking heads) bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Tune in for a fascinating discussion with @humeyra_pamuk, @EPspin, @elcinpoyrazlar, and @SonerCagaptay on #Turkey's runoff elections. 🗓️Thursday, May 25 ⏰12:30PM ET 📺youtube.com/watch?v=ke2rbb…

Caught up last night with the first episode of this excellent documentary on Tayyip Erdogan. Some amazing 90s footage which brought back many memories. Highly recommended in advance of Sunday's crucial election 1/2 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Turkey: Empire of Erdoğan, BBC2 review — lucid survey of the president’s rise on.ft.com/42vlAA4

Feels quite old school to do a #ff but my colleague and long-time fellow @Merkez_Bankasi-watcher @adamsamson recently arrived in Ankara as the new @FT Turkey correspondent. A must-follow for news on the upcoming elections, earthquake fallout, Turkish economy + more.

For the first time in over 20 years, the Turkish president has lost his aura of invincibility. My news analysis for Politico @POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/turkey…