| NEAREAST | Revolutionary nest area in Turkey and Syria, for instance (4,4) |
| TIGRIS | Border river for Turkey and Syria |
| PIGEONHOLES | Nest areas in dovecotes for culvers; cubbies reminiscent of said nooks for letters/papers; categories; or, compartments of the mind (11) |
| SYRINGA | No good in Syria for orange pretender in garden? (7) |
| WARTORN | Like Syria, for the last decade |
| EUPHRATES | River that rises in Turkey and flows south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab |
| AGA | A title of respect for important officials in Turkey and other Muslim countries |
| KALPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the |
| CALPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the |
| CULPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. |
| TRAVERSAL | Journey across states in Turkey and Albania (9) |
| BEY | Formerly used in Turkey and Egypt as a courtesy title (3) |
| RAKI | Strong, aniseed-flavoured spirit distilled in Turkey and Yugoslavia (4) |
| EURASIA | Article is a regret after revolution in Turkey, and so on |
| TREMOR | Sign of earthquake in Turkey and more elsewhere (6) |
| LIRA | Turkish ____ , the official currency in Turkey and Northern Cyprus (4) |
| KURDISH | Language spoken in Turkey and Iraq |
| KURDISTAN | Mountainous region in the Middle East that has struggled for self-determination since 1923 against the governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria |
| LEVANT | Area in the Middle East, includes the historic areas of Palestine, Israel and Syria (6) |
| DRUZE | Member of a religious sect living largely in Lebanon and Syria, having certain characteristics in common with Muslims (5) |
