Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdoğan challenges Kılıçdaroğlu for 2023 presidental elections Cem CetingucPosted on19 October, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has openly challenged the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to announce … Continue ReadingErdoğan challenges Kılıçdaroğlu for 2023 presidental elections
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics AKP to draft constitutional amendment on headscarf freedom Cem CetingucPosted on7 October, 2022 A draft constitutional amendment that permits the use of headscarf in the public sphere will be introduced … Continue ReadingAKP to draft constitutional amendment on headscarf freedom
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics ‘Big Reis’ is watching: Authoritarianism intensifies in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on6 October, 2022 In the summer of 2013, groups of Turkish citizens gathered in Istanbul’s Gezi Park to … Continue Reading‘Big Reis’ is watching: Authoritarianism intensifies in Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Journalists protest new ‘disinformation’ bill threatening freedom of expression Cem CetingucPosted on5 October, 2022 Turkish journalist organizations on Tuesday denounced a government-backed bill that could see offenders jailed for … Continue ReadingJournalists protest new ‘disinformation’ bill threatening freedom of expression
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan supports Putin to get pre-election funding Cem CetingucPosted on12 September, 2022 With a 2023 vote looming, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity has declined amid an … Continue ReadingErdogan supports Putin to get pre-election funding
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Court places Turkish star under house arrest over religious school comments Cem CetingucPosted on30 August, 202230 August, 2022 A Turkish court has placed pop music singer Gulsen Bayraktar Colakoglu under house arrest, state-run news … Continue ReadingCourt places Turkish star under house arrest over religious school comments
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics AK Party’s 21st anniversary: For whom the bell tolls Cem CetingucPosted on16 August, 202216 August, 2022 Turkey’s longest serving ruling party Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Aug. 14 celebrated its … Continue ReadingAK Party’s 21st anniversary: For whom the bell tolls
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan trys to play his card right for upcoming elections Cem CetingucPosted on16 August, 2022 A series of diplomatic wins, capped by the deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports, provides … Continue ReadingErdogan trys to play his card right for upcoming elections
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu pledges to end polarization Cem CetingucPosted on25 July, 2022 One of the primary tasks of the opposition will be restoring the state and ending polarization … Continue ReadingCHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu pledges to end polarization
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics AKP, MHP to finalize new and extended press bill: MP Cem CetingucPosted on23 May, 2022 Works for the Law on Combating Disinformation and amendments to several laws, including the Press … Continue ReadingAKP, MHP to finalize new and extended press bill: MP
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish life standards hit the bottom due to high inflation Cem CetingucPosted on16 May, 2022 Inflation in Turkey hit a two-decade high of almost 70% in April, as prices of … Continue ReadingTurkish life standards hit the bottom due to high inflation
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics 60 percent of Turkey lost faith in Erdogan: Metropoll survey Cem CetingucPosted on9 May, 20229 May, 2022 Almost 60 percent of Turkish voters do not believe that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can … Continue Reading60 percent of Turkey lost faith in Erdogan: Metropoll survey
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics 7 political parties make a call for May Day Cem CetingucPosted on6 April, 2022 “To the May Day for daily bread, peace and freedom,” say the Labor Party, Laborist … Continue Reading7 political parties make a call for May Day
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics HDP: ‘Poverty is a result of government’s deliberate policies Cem CetingucPosted on6 April, 20226 April, 2022 Mithat Sancar spoke at the weekly group meeting of the HDP, calling on other opposition … Continue ReadingHDP: ‘Poverty is a result of government’s deliberate policies
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s parliament approved new electoral bill Cem CetingucPosted on1 April, 2022 Turkey’s parliament on March 31 approved electoral law amendments by a show of hands after a three-day debate. … Continue ReadingTurkey’s parliament approved new electoral bill
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics 70 percent of AKP voters think Turkey’s economy is got worse Cem CetingucPosted on23 March, 2022 A new survey by the Aksoy Research company has found that an overwhelming majority of … Continue Reading70 percent of AKP voters think Turkey’s economy is got worse
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Hacettepe University arts students protest dismissal of nude models Cem CetingucPosted on4 March, 2022 After nude models working for Hacettepe University’s Faculty of Fine Arts were dismissed from the … Continue ReadingHacettepe University arts students protest dismissal of nude models
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kılıçdaroğlu sketches out new road map for Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on18 February, 2022 The opposition alliance is drawing a new road map for Turkey, with democracy and justice being … Continue ReadingKılıçdaroğlu sketches out new road map for Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s past, present and future: After Erdogan, what then? Cem CetingucPosted on1 February, 2022 This latest history of Turkey in the 20th century traces the line of change from the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s past, present and future: After Erdogan, what then?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kılıçdaroğlu promises economy will recover, if elected Cem CetingucPosted on20 December, 2021 The leader of the main opposition party, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has reiterated his vow to recover the … Continue ReadingKılıçdaroğlu promises economy will recover, if elected