Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Refugee Crisis Dominates Turkey’s Election Agenda Cem CetingucPosted on24 April, 2023 Turkey has taken in about 5.5 million refugees, many of them Syrians. Ahead of the … Continue ReadingRefugee Crisis Dominates Turkey’s Election Agenda
Categories HYPED Politics 12 polls show Kilicdaroglu ahead of Erdogan in the presidential race Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2023 Just days before the Presidential elections on May 14, 2023, 12 research companies published the … Continue Reading12 polls show Kilicdaroglu ahead of Erdogan in the presidential race
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Economy Struggles Ahead of May Elections Cem CetingucPosted on17 April, 2023 As the elections near next month, Erdogan continues to fight inflation while the nation still … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Economy Struggles Ahead of May Elections
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Iraq’s Oil Exports from North Stalled Amid Turkey Negotiations Cem CetingucPosted on17 April, 2023 Oil exports from northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan remain at a standstill … Continue ReadingIraq’s Oil Exports from North Stalled Amid Turkey Negotiations
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Could Turkey’s Inflation Crisis Affect Erdogan’s Re-Election Bid? Cem CetingucPosted on17 April, 202317 April, 2023 A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis … Continue ReadingCould Turkey’s Inflation Crisis Affect Erdogan’s Re-Election Bid?
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Voters Losing Faith in Erdogan as Economy Struggles Cem CetingucPosted on14 April, 2023 Selman Deveci, a chef working his shift at a cafe in the Turkish city of … Continue ReadingTurkish Voters Losing Faith in Erdogan as Economy Struggles
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan: Turkey to Send Message to West in May Elections Cem CetingucPosted on14 April, 2023 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discusses local defence industry, rise of far-right in France, as well … Continue ReadingErdogan: Turkey to Send Message to West in May Elections
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics US Sanctions Turkish Entities for Aiding Russia’s War Effort Cem CetingucPosted on14 April, 2023 The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on at least four Turkey-based entities it said … Continue ReadingUS Sanctions Turkish Entities for Aiding Russia’s War Effort
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kilicdaroglu unveils “100-day action plan” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 April, 2023 Main opposition party CHP prepared a brochure explaining what the Presidential candidate of the Nation … Continue ReadingKilicdaroglu unveils “100-day action plan”
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan pledges to bring Turkey to the ‘level it deserves’ Cem CetingucPosted on12 April, 2023 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the election manifesto of the Ruling Justice and Development … Continue ReadingErdogan pledges to bring Turkey to the ‘level it deserves’
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Muharrem Sarikaya: Nation Alliance bested the D’Hondt system Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 April, 2023 Political wisdom has always shown that the COUNTRY threshold to enter the Grand Assembly (GA) … Continue ReadingMuharrem Sarikaya: Nation Alliance bested the D’Hondt system
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics May 14 mayhem: Five alliances to enter election polls Cem CetingucPosted on11 April, 202311 April, 2023 A total of 13 out of 26 political parties that submitted their parliamentary candidate lists … Continue ReadingMay 14 mayhem: Five alliances to enter election polls
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics The Kyiv Independent: Upcoming elections can change where Turkey stands on Russia’s war Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2023 As Turkey reels from an economic crisis and a devastating earthquake, its president, Recep Tayyip … Continue ReadingThe Kyiv Independent: Upcoming elections can change where Turkey stands on Russia’s war
Categories HYPED Politics Washington Post: Turkey’s ‘Gandhi’ May Need Lessons From Lincoln Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2023 As Turkey’s general election campaign enters its home stretch, a team of rivals is determined … Continue ReadingWashington Post: Turkey’s ‘Gandhi’ May Need Lessons From Lincoln
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish and American Defense Ministers Meet to Discuss NATO Expansion Cem CetingucPosted on7 April, 20237 April, 2023 Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has had a phone conversation with United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin … Continue ReadingTurkish and American Defense Ministers Meet to Discuss NATO Expansion
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Russian FM to talk about Ukraine grain deal, and energy during Turkey visit Cem CetingucPosted on7 April, 20237 April, 2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu will discuss the conflict … Continue ReadingRussian FM to talk about Ukraine grain deal, and energy during Turkey visit
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Tim Ash on Erdogan’s economic policy: Erdogan is not for turning Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 April, 2023 Not unexpected commentary from Turkey’s finance minister, Nebati, over the past 24h to say that … Continue ReadingTim Ash on Erdogan’s economic policy: Erdogan is not for turning
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kılıçdaroğlu pledges to repeal presidential insult law if elected Cem CetingucPosted on5 April, 2023 Turkish opposition Nation Alliance’s presidential candidate and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal … Continue ReadingKılıçdaroğlu pledges to repeal presidential insult law if elected
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Finland joins NATO amid Ukraine war Cem CetingucPosted on4 April, 20234 April, 2023 Finland is poised to join NATO on Tuesday, a historic realignment brought on by Russia’s invasion of … Continue ReadingFinland joins NATO amid Ukraine war
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics It’s Not The Economy, Stupid: Why Turkish Elections Are About More Than Money Güldem AtabayPosted on3 April, 2023 The upcoming Turkish elections on May 14th, 2023 defy conventional wisdom. Turkey’s economic downturn and … Continue ReadingIt’s Not The Economy, Stupid: Why Turkish Elections Are About More Than Money