Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Turkey to Proceed with Elections Despite Disaster Zone Challenges Cem CetingucPosted on31 March, 2023 Last week, it became official: the number killed in February’s earthquakes in Turkey alone crossed … Continue ReadingTurkey to Proceed with Elections Despite Disaster Zone Challenges
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey to vote on Finland’s NATO membership Cem CetingucPosted on30 March, 2023 The Turkish parliament is scheduled to vote on Finland’s membership in NATO Thursday while Sweden’s … Continue ReadingTurkey to vote on Finland’s NATO membership
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics İnce expected to remain in presidential race Cem CetingucPosted on30 March, 202330 March, 2023 Following a meeting between Homeland Party Chair Muharrem İnce and the joint candidate of the Nation Alliance … Continue Readingİnce expected to remain in presidential race
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Politics Why Iraq loses in the Turkish oil arbitration case Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2023 When the International Court of Arbitration ruled on Thursday that Turkey breached contract by directly trading oil with Iraq’s Kurdistan … Continue ReadingWhy Iraq loses in the Turkish oil arbitration case
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish opposition promises to undo Erdogan’s economic agenda if elected Cem CetingucPosted on28 March, 202328 March, 2023 Reviving Turkey’s struggling economy is top of the agenda for opposition candidates keen to unseat President Recep … Continue ReadingTurkish opposition promises to undo Erdogan’s economic agenda if elected
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Can Erdogan Steal the Election? (Or Will He Retire Quietly?) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 March, 2023 Can Erdogan Steal the Election? (Or Will He Retire Quietly?) Erdogan is facing mounting challenges to … Continue ReadingCan Erdogan Steal the Election? (Or Will He Retire Quietly?)
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics AFP: Can Muharrem Ince derail a Kilicdaroglu victory? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2023 Turkey’s top politicians have formed two camps heading into May’s election: those who revere President … Continue ReadingAFP: Can Muharrem Ince derail a Kilicdaroglu victory?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Atilla Yesilada: Can Erdogan steal the elections? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2023 A YouTube video with the thumbnail “election stealing scandal” circulates from channel to channel in … Continue ReadingAtilla Yesilada: Can Erdogan steal the elections?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan sycophant confesses elections are about to be lost Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 March, 2023 Mehmet Metiner, a long-time journalist and one-time AKP Congressman is currently a columnist at Islamist … Continue ReadingErdogan sycophant confesses elections are about to be lost
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan Criticizes Opposition Alliance’s Partnership with HDP Cem CetingucPosted on23 March, 2023 The opposition bloc has long been in covert cooperation with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), … Continue ReadingErdogan Criticizes Opposition Alliance’s Partnership with HDP
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey Cracks Down on TV Channels Ahead of Elections Cem CetingucPosted on23 March, 202323 March, 2023 Heavy fines imposed on four TV stations for their critical coverage of the government have … Continue ReadingTurkey Cracks Down on TV Channels Ahead of Elections
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Former Turkish Economy Czar Simsek ‘Uninterested in Politics’ Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2023 Turkey’s former deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, Mehmet Simsek, said on Monday … Continue ReadingFormer Turkish Economy Czar Simsek ‘Uninterested in Politics’
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Main opposition candidate Kılıçdaroğlu visits HDP Cem CetingucPosted on20 March, 2023 The chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance, Kemal … Continue ReadingMain opposition candidate Kılıçdaroğlu visits HDP
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics İhsan Dagi: The wind is blowing in the direction of the opposition Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2023 For the first time in its history, the AKP is going to an election where … Continue Readingİhsan Dagi: The wind is blowing in the direction of the opposition
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Nation Alliance promises pro-Western policies, respect for human rights Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2023 Turkey’s opposition is confident it can unfreeze European Union accession talks and will end Ankara’s … Continue ReadingNation Alliance promises pro-Western policies, respect for human rights
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish parties seek election alliances while endangering law protecting women Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2023 Women’s rights activists in Turkey have criticized a small party for demanding the repeal of … Continue ReadingTurkish parties seek election alliances while endangering law protecting women
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Call for Turkey to avoid shutting down pro-Kurdish party ahead of polls Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2023 European political parties and left-wing politicians have appealed to Turkey to halt a court case … Continue ReadingCall for Turkey to avoid shutting down pro-Kurdish party ahead of polls
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reuters: Recent polls are bad news for Erdogan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 March, 2023 New polls show the Turkish opposition’s presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leading against President Tayyip Erdogan … Continue ReadingReuters: Recent polls are bad news for Erdogan
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Reuters: Turkish opposition alliance plans to put Babacan in charge of economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 March, 2023 Turkey’s main opposition alliance plans to make former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan a vice … Continue ReadingReuters: Turkish opposition alliance plans to put Babacan in charge of economy
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Turkey elections: Voting abroad will start on April 27th Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 202314 March, 2023 The first votes will be cast on April 27 in Türkiye’s consulates abroad and border gates, the … Continue ReadingTurkey elections: Voting abroad will start on April 27th