Monthly Archive: March 2021
Unfortunately, it’s not only the COVID19 pandemic that hit Turkey with its third wave as President Tayyip Erdoğan admitted in his March 29 statement. According to Erdoğan’s statement, now 58 out of 81 Turkish...
Turkey has announced new measures, including weekend shutdowns, in the face of rising Covid-19 cases, with 58 provinces, where 80 percent of the population reside, are now under the category of very high risk....
The Turkish government welcomed the Council of Europe President Charles Michel’s announcement on March 25 European Union leaders’ decision not to impose sanctions on Turkey. The Foreign Ministry said the announcement was positive. Then...
An official statement after the European Union leaders’ summit on March 25 used an optimistic but conditional language over Turkey, with the Turkish foreign ministry responding to it in a similarly welcoming and still...
Expectations have been raised for weeks, even months, about Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) congress on March 24th. President and Party leader Tayyip Erdoğan would declare a manifest in the Congress. That...
The long-awaited meeting finally took place. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken got together on March 24, in Brussels, the premises of the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting. This...
The Turkish economy management is looking for ways to end big losses of the lira against the USD as the Istanbul stock exchange management halted operations for two times. The losses came after Presidenü...
Women in many cities across Turkey took to the streets on March 20 to protest President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to retreat from the Istanbul Convention that introduces liabilities to prevent violence against women....
The rumors that Turkey would withdraw from the Istanbul Convention against violence against women intensified late on March 19. Journalists worked until midnight but could get no answers to their questions, a sign that...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decided to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a key safeguard against violence against women.Rights groups and women organizations reacted to the decision published on the Official Gazette in...