Peter Kenyon
Peter Kenyon is NPR's international correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Prior to taking this assignment in 2010, Kenyon spent five years in Cairo covering Middle Eastern and North African countries from Syria to Morocco. He was part of NPR's team recognized with two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards for outstanding coverage of post-war Iraq.
In addition to regular stints in Iraq, he has followed stories to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Morocco and other countries in the region.
Arriving at NPR in 1995, Kenyon spent six years in Washington, D.C., working in a variety of positions including as a correspondent covering the US Senate during President Bill Clinton's second term and the beginning of the President George W. Bush's administration.
Kenyon came to NPR from the Alaska Public Radio Network. He began his public radio career in the small fishing community of Petersburg, where he met his wife Nevette, a commercial fisherwoman.
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President Trump's offer to hold talks with the Iranian president may just complicate pressure that Hassan Rouhani is receiving from hardliners at home.
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So far, more than 130,000 people have been sacked from the military, police, civil service and academia in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown, known in Turkey as "the purge." -
The head of Iran's judiciary described Trump's comments as the "words of a troublemaker." The president tweeted Iran risked consequences if it made threats against the U.S.
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Trump tweeted about the dangers to Iran of making threats. Iran's president said American must understand that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.
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Two years after a military uprising attempted to topple Turkey's leader from power, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has consolidated more power than ever.
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Turkey votes Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that could indicate what path the contentious U.S. ally takes for the future.
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On Sunday, voters will elect a president and parliament in snap elections called by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has amassed broad powers over the years. Here's a look at what's at stake. -
The Turkish president is holding elections next week in an attempt to win a new term in an already powerful presidency. But Turkey's economy is worrying voters.
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Signatories to the Iran nuclear deal will meet with their Iranian counterpart in the first such gathering since the United States pulled out of the deal. The meeting will assess what can be done to keep the deal going.
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As the United States opens its controversial embassy in Jerusalem Monday, it's getting mixed reviews with celebration from Israelis and disappointment among Palestinians.
