Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Centre right Iyi Party disavows alliances in municipal elections, dealing blow to opposition prospects to keep big cities Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 December, 2023 Turkish center-right opposition İyi Party on Dec. 4 announced its decision not to collaborate with … Continue ReadingCentre right Iyi Party disavows alliances in municipal elections, dealing blow to opposition prospects to keep big cities
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics IYI Party to decide on local election alliance with CHP on Monday Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 November, 2023 Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) new leader Özgür Özel and İYİ (Good) … Continue ReadingIYI Party to decide on local election alliance with CHP on Monday
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics U.S. Presses Sceptical Turkey to Curb Hamas Fundraising Güldem AtabayPosted on30 November, 202330 November, 2023 The U.S. Treasury’s top terrorism financing official said on Thursday he had discussed with Turkish … Continue ReadingU.S. Presses Sceptical Turkey to Curb Hamas Fundraising
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics First Take: The Commission and the High Representative present a report on the state of play of EU-Türkiye relations with positive overtones Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 November, 2023 The Joint Report was published only a few hours and it will take some time … Continue ReadingFirst Take: The Commission and the High Representative present a report on the state of play of EU-Türkiye relations with positive overtones
Categories Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics Guldem Atabay: US serious about Russia – Hamas sanctions, what will Turkey do? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2023 According to Bloomberg, U.S. Treasury Department Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson will … Continue ReadingGuldem Atabay: US serious about Russia – Hamas sanctions, what will Turkey do?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Municipal elections is the last stand of democracy in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2023 Turkey will hold nation-wide municipal elections by end-March 2024. These are extraordinary. If the governing … Continue ReadingMunicipal elections is the last stand of democracy in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan and ally Bahceli clash on new constitution Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 November, 2023 Turkish politics are in turmoil once again, as both the governing coalition of AKP-MHP and … Continue ReadingErdogan and ally Bahceli clash on new constitution
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Like his master, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister sharpens attacks on US, Europe Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 November, 2023 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sharply criticized the United States and European countries for their … Continue ReadingLike his master, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister sharpens attacks on US, Europe
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: Iyi Party’s sudden identity crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 November, 2023 İYİ Party has been shaken by a series of resignations in recent days. The wave … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Iyi Party’s sudden identity crisis
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish courts are at each other’s throat. But why? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 November, 2023 Bar associations across Turkey reacted with demonstrations, marches and legal actions Friday to a constitutional … Continue ReadingTurkish courts are at each other’s throat. But why?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Why does Erdogan support HAMAS? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 November, 2023 Turkish President Mr Erdogan is creating trouble by loudly supporting HAMAS in its conflict with … Continue ReadingWhy does Erdogan support HAMAS?
Categories Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: Can Ozel deliver Istanbul to CHP once again? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 November, 2023 The İmamoğlu-Özel era certainly increases CHP’s chances in local elections, at least in Istanbul, where … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Can Ozel deliver Istanbul to CHP once again?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Introducing Ozgur Ozel, NEW leader of main opposition, CHP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 November, 2023 Turkish main opposition CHP voted the “revisionist” candidate Mr Özgür Özel as its new chair … Continue ReadingIntroducing Ozgur Ozel, NEW leader of main opposition, CHP
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish voters sick of economy, politicians, Kemal Kilicdaroglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 November, 2023 By Fehmi Koru, former columnist and blogger There is no election on Sunday, the closest … Continue ReadingTurkish voters sick of economy, politicians, Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey to privatize highways, bridges, and hydroelectric power plants to reduce current account deficit Güldem AtabayPosted on1 November, 2023 Turkey’s Finance Minister Mehmet Simşek unveiled plans for the privatization of infrastructure projects such as … Continue ReadingTurkey to privatize highways, bridges, and hydroelectric power plants to reduce current account deficit
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Why is Erdogan so eager to defend HAMAS….and is he serious? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 November, 2023 Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel “to never expand the scope of … Continue ReadingWhy is Erdogan so eager to defend HAMAS….and is he serious?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Pro-AKP journalist: No change in Turkey’s Middle East policy. The first target is ‘immediate ceasefire’ Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 October, 2023 Erdoğan’s statement “We will continue to implement military measures if necessary” brings with it comments … Continue ReadingPro-AKP journalist: No change in Turkey’s Middle East policy. The first target is ‘immediate ceasefire’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey-Israel energy collaboration plans halted on Gazze tensions Güldem AtabayPosted on25 October, 2023 Shortly after Turkish President Erdogan said, “Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a group … Continue ReadingTurkey-Israel energy collaboration plans halted on Gazze tensions
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan: Hamas are freedom fighters, not terrorists; cancels Israel trip Güldem AtabayPosted on25 October, 2023 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Hamas as ‘freedom fighters,’ and rejected that it is a … Continue ReadingErdogan: Hamas are freedom fighters, not terrorists; cancels Israel trip
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Foreign Minister Fidan: The Customs Union dispute with the EU is not political but technical in nature Güldem AtabayPosted on18 October, 2023 Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a chat session with Ankara correspondents from various newspapers, addressed … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Foreign Minister Fidan: The Customs Union dispute with the EU is not political but technical in nature
