After bombs exploded near her home in the eastern Iranian city of Golestan, hairdresser Merve Pourkaz decided to leave.

Iranians are streaming across the border with Turkey, fleeing constant bombardment. But some are also going the other way -- returning to Iran out of worry for loved ones they can't otherwise reach.

Iranians are having to make hard choices about whether to flee for safer locales including Turkey during the war.

Turkey has been watching with growing concern as the war between its neighbor Iran and the US and Israel escalates. Ankara fears the conflict could destabilize the region.

Al-Monitor’s Turkey correspondent, Ezgi Akin, joins host Adam Lucente to discuss her recent reporting from the Turkish-Iranian border. Listen as they discuss the diverse set of reasons people in Iran ...

Israeli war on Iran is starting to weigh on Turkey's economy, as inflation continues to exceed expectations and Ankara faces both an outflow of foreign investors and a widening current account deficit ...

Since the start of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, an estimated 100,000 people have fled the capital city of Tehran, according to the World Health Organization. Some Iranians are leaving their ...