11 August 2024 
Türkiye's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has introduced a controversial bill to the parliament that...
Türkiye’s energy strategy: Ambitious goals, but how realistic?
9 October 2024 We are growing increasingly tired of repeating the same refrain. The world is indeed undergoing a...
Turkish banking regulator’s wedding gifts trigger investigation
26 September 2024 Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) Deputy Chairman Mustafa Aydın is under scrutiny for accepting...
Erdoğan’s economic gamble: Will tycoons feel the pinch too?
6 September 2024 Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz unveiled the Medium Term Program (MTP), outlining Ankara's economic roadmap for...
Why Instagram was blocked and unblocked in Türkiye?
11 August 2024 On the morning of August 2, millions of Turkish users found that Instagram had been blocked....
Turkish hunger line exceeds minimum wage: Applaud the government
30 July 2024 Are you ready to face the harsh realities of life in Türkiye? Behold the absurdity: according...
Turkish move in Niger as France loses influence in West Africa
19 July 2024 In Türkiye's busy agenda, the visit of a high-level Turkish delegation to Niger on July 17...
TUIK confusion: “Which inflation did you base the rate cut on?”
16 July 2024 Unless the Minister of Treasury and Finance or the Governor of the Central Bank is suddenly...
Aging Turkish population and the need for change
13 July 2024 Türkiye has long been considered an advantageous country for foreign direct investment due to its young...
Questions on possible Turkish military aircraft sale to Russia
12 July 2024 At the recent NATO leaders summit in Washington, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea were described...
Without CBRT intervention, USD/TL could be 27 Instead of 32
20 May 2024 The Central Bank of Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) which sold foreign currency from its reserves to...
Türkiye announces major public spending cuts
13 May 2024 In a bid to curb surging inflation and restore fiscal discipline, Türkish Finance Ministry unveiled an...
Behind Turkish LNG deal with Exxon: Washington, Ankara, and Doha ties
1 May 2024 Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told the Financial Times on April 28 that negotiations were continuing...
Two challenges of Şimşek: tax reform and public sector savings
28 April 2024 The local elections are over. Not as the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan intended, but as opposition...
WB on Turkish inflation: patience is hard but the alternative is worse
18 April 2024 The World Bank has been on the agenda in Türkiye for two reasons nowadays. First, because...
Turkish Central Bank raised rates to 50 percent: what is happening?
21 March 2024 The Turkish Central Bank’s (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) increased the policy rate by 500 base...
- 16/08/2019in Politics
Turkish Defence Minister at Syria border to urge U.S. for prompt joint action
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has paid an unscheduled visit to the built-up Turkish troops in Şanlıurfa at Syria border on August 16 with Chief of Joint Staff General Yaşar Güler and force commanders. The obvious aim of the visit is to supervise the process of establishing a Joint Operation Centre with the U.S. forces... - 03/03/2019in Politics
Russian missiles separate NATO allies U.S. and Turkey
What would President Trump ask from Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan if he were allowed to ask for one thing only? An American official talking to a group of Turks on condition of anonymity recently asked that rhetorical question and continued without waiting for the Turks to answer: it would be to cancel the Russian S-400... - 18/07/2019in Politics
Turkey asks U.S. to revoke its F-35 removal decision to avoid “irreparable damage” in ties.
A Pentagon announcement was made on July 17 about removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program because of Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement in response, in the later hours, asking the U.S. to revoke the decision “which will ... - 23/07/2019in Politics
More U.S. sanctions might further push Turkey toward Russia
The Turkish service of the Russian Sputnik channel ended the political show of three Turkish journalists on July 19, a day after they interviewed Ahmet Davutoğlu, the former prime minister of President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) but now one of the in-house dissidents in preparations of a new party. Ironically, when asked... - 05/01/2019in Politics
Reunion of Orthodox churches in Istanbul despite Putin, greets Erdoğan
A dinner given by Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko tonight on Jan 5 in honor of Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul may have repercussions in regional politics. Another guest of honor of the dinner at Conrad Hotel in Istanbul is Metropolit Ephifanios of Kiev whose independence (autocephaly) from the Moscow church was approved earlier in the day...