Pandemic lessons from other places
Published by The i paper (10th August, 2020) I have resumed my job as a foreign reporter following a four-month... Read Full Article
Ankara plays pass the asylum-seeker
Published by The i paper (9th March 2020) The scenes of squalor and stories of despair had a sordid sense... Read Full Article
Greek police beat us, stole our money, phones, even our shoes. Then they dumped us back in Turkey
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2020) Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling... Read Full Article
Inside the real Santa’s grotto
Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th December, 2017) The ancient Byzantine church sits behind a scruffy shopping square in... Read Full Article
Standing in the blood of vengeance… against a coup beaten by FaceTime
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th July, 2016) It was an astonishing call to arms, made from an iPhone... Read Full Article
Human rights, hypocrisy and a humanitarian summit
Published by The ipaper (23rd March, 2016) Four years ago United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon announced his idea for a... Read Full Article
They brainwashed our boys and made them watch beheading videos
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th October, 2014) Hamid’s son had been missing for a week, seized by Islamic... Read Full Article
Go cold Turkey
Published in The Daily Mail (January 1st, 2014) As arrived at our flat in the heart of Istanbul, big fat... Read Full Article